( 180) 

 S4. Acraea perenna kaflfana. 



Airaea pereima Kaffana Rothschild, Noi'. Zool. ix. p. 695. n. 2. (1902) (Ka£Ea and Konta). 



The sexes are practically alike in colour. 



3 (?c?, 1 ? from : Dalba to Uma Hiver, Konta, 2s. ii. lOtil, ///jjf; Uma Uiver, 

 Kouta, l.iii. 1901 ; Anderatscha, Kaffa, 12 to ly. iii. I'Ml ; Goiljeb, Bonga, Kaffa, 

 4. iv. 1901. 



85. Acraea braesia. 



Acraea bmnia Godman, Pnic. Znol. Soc. Lund. p. 538 (1885) (Kilimaudjaro) ; Auriv., Ij: p. Vi. 

 n. 52 (1899) ; Pagenst., /.<■. p. 134. n. 5 (1902). 



The border is slightly broader than in East African specimens. 

 Only 1 ? from : Gurgnra to Gololota, 17. vi. 1900. 



86. Acraea doubledayi. 



Acraea (lutiUechii/i Gue'rin, in Lefebre, Vuy. Abi/ss. vi. p. 378 (184',l) (Abyssinia) ; Auriv., /.<■. p. 99 

 n. .53 (1899). 



1 c?, 1 ? from : Artn and Djildessa, north of Harar, 2. & 3. iii. 1900. 



87. Acraea caecilia. 



Papilio Helicoinus cuecilla Fabricius, S/iec. In", ii. p. 34. n. 142 (1781) (Afr. ac(iuin.). 

 Acraea caecilia, Aurivillius, l.i: p. 100. n. 57 (1899). 



The wings are rather more red than in ordinary caecilia. 



■2 SS from : Abulcassim, 2400—2000 m., 10. vii. lOiio ; Mole River, 22. i. \\W\. 



88. Acraea natalica pseudegina. 



J'apili'i eii'iiiti. StoU {null Cramer, 1775), in Cram., Pop. Ex. Snjipt. p. 122. t. 25. f. 3. .'Ic (1790) 



(Guinea ; Sierra Leone).* 

 Acraea ji'icuileijina Westwood, in Doubl., Westw. & Hew., Gen. Diuni. Lep. ii. p. 531 (1852); 



Auriv., i.e. p. KlO. n. 59 (1899). 

 Acraea natalica, Pagenstecher, I.e. p. 134. n. 7 (190:;). 



1 cf from : Alesa, Koscha, 22. ii. 190 1. 



Another S among Baron von Erlanger's specimens, recorded by Pagenstecher 

 as natalica. 



89. Acraea terpsicore. 



I'apilio Uclicimius trrjisicare Linne, Sijst. Nat. ed. .\. p. 4ij(i. n. 45 (1758) (" Asia " err. loci). 

 Acraea terp^iclwre, Aurivilliu.s, I.e. p. 104. n. (54 (1899) ; Pagenst., /...-. p. 134. u. 8 (1902). 



An individnally variable species. The black oblique band of the forcwing is 

 complete in nearly all the specimens obtained. In many individuals tiiere arc red 

 spots between the black dots on the underside of the hiudwing, and in one pair 

 (Lake Abassi) also between the black halfrings which border the buff marginal 

 spots. The forewing is smoky brown in one ? (from Walenso). 



" OniiUcd in ludcx lo 8iippl. 



