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8 c. A. peripkanes f. marginata nov. 



Resembles the melaina form, but is withont the black apex ia forewing. The 

 spots are larger in most examples than in the typical form. 

 Ilab. Lower Chambesi, L. Bangweolo. 



8 d. A. peripkanes f. acritoides nov. 



Differs from typical examples in having more elongated wings, and in the 

 absence of both the apical black patch and the discal spots of forewing. These 

 differences produce a very close resemblance to A. acrita, as already noted by Neave 

 {Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 2U, 191u). 



Hah. Chinsali District, Lower Chambesi, L. Bangweolo. 



The strnctnre of the male genital armatnre in A. peripkanes is very peculiar, 

 and separates it very definitely from allied species. The structure is the same in all 

 the above-described forms. 



9. Acraea mansya spec. nov. 



S. Differs constantly from A. chamhezi* (Neave, P.Z.S. p. 21. pi. l.fig. 5. 

 1910) in one feature only. The spot in area 3 of hindwing is in the middle of the 

 space between end of cell and the inner edge of the marginal black, whereas in 

 A. chamhezi this spot is close to end of cell. Two very small cf c? are dull orange 

 ochreous instead of rosy red. 



? . Dull smoky ochreous inclined to orange in apical area of forewing ; spots 

 and markings as in cj. 



I should not have regarded this as a distinct species had it not been for 

 the structure of the genitalia. In chamhezi the claspers are short, broad, and 

 toothed. In mansya they are long, narrow, cylindrical, and without teeth. The 

 armature of the latter species is entirely different from that of any other Acraea so 

 far examined. 



Expanse, S 40—50 mm. ; ? 40. 



5 (Jc?, 1 ?, near L. Young, N.E. Rhodesia ; Mas. Oxon. 



* Neave's A. nohai-a chamhezi is not a form of nohara^ but is a distinct species. 



