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93. Acraea pharsalus rhodiua. 



Afruea pfiarsdlm rhndimi Rothschild, .V"i'. Zndl. ix. p. 5!I5. n. 3 (1002) (Kaffa). 



Tlie black median and discal spots are larger than in p. flirxptio from East 

 Africa, the discal spot R' — M- seldom standing more than I mm. distant from cell 

 at M', often entirely filling np the base of cellnles 1{'— M'. The interspaces 

 between this discal costal band and the black marginal border arc red, the red sjmt 

 R- — R' being longer than the others. There is also a more or less narrow red 

 spot ontside the black discal spot W — M'. The distal border of the hindwing is 

 broader above and below than in fliesprio, and the black dots somewhat larger, partly 

 touching each other. 



10 c? c? from : Banka to Omo, 18. ii. 19U1 ; "Wori to Gamitscha, Kaffii, n. iii. ISiol ; 

 Anderatscha to Godjeb, Kaffa, 24. iii. 1901 ; Godjeb to Bonga, Kalfa, 4. iv. 1901 ; 

 Scheko, 2.). iv. 1901 ; Upper Gelo River, 4. v. 1901. 



The black markings of the two Scheko specimens are a little smaller thiui in 

 the other individuals. 



94. Acraea encedon. 



J'lijiiliu Burbitnis encethm Linne, Sijst. Xat. ed. x. p. 488. n. 188 (1768) ("in Iiidiis" errore). 

 Ainifa eiicetliiii, Aurivillius, /./■. p. llll. n. 84 (1899). 



The series of specimens comprises three forms : 



(«) A. e. f. daira. 



Af-ram daira Godman & Salv., Pnic. Zonl. Sor. Loml. p. 2-21. t. 17. f. ,3 (1884) (Niger). 



This was the commonest form at Harar. 



20 t?(?, 11 ? ? from : Harar, 3 to 7. iv. 1900; and 3 c? c? from : Lake Abassi, 

 6. xii. 1900 ; Alesa, Koscha, 23. ii. lOol. 



The specimen from Lake Abassi has the ape.x of the forewing black down to 

 the snl.apical band, which is hardly jKiler than the disc, the costal margin being also 

 blackish. 



(/') A. e. f. encedon. 



Piijiiliu Barhariis em-edon Linne, /.<■. 



In Oiie ? the forewing lias a length of 35 mm., while in another it is only 

 27 mm. long. 



5 cJcJ, 2 ? ? from : Harar, 7. iv. 1900 ; Badattino to Abuje, Schoa, 28. ix. 1900 ; 

 Madali, Abai River, l..\.19(i((; Lake Abassi, 9. xii. 19(10 : Alesa, Knscha. 23. ii. lOOl; 

 Diilba to Uma River, Konta, 28. ii. lOn]. 



('•) A. e. f. lycia. 



I'ajiilio Ufliroiiius li/ria Fabriciiis, Sysl. Kiit.^\\ 4(14. n. 94 (1775) (Sierra Leone). 



The specimens approach the yellowish f. M/rinziiu, which it is iiardly wmth 

 keeping apart from f l)/cia under a separate name. 



2 t?cJ,3 ? ? from : Harar, 9. iv. 1900 ; Lake Znai, 21. xi. I'.KtO; Lake Abassi, 

 7. xii. 1900; Alesa, Koscha, 22. ii. 1901 ; Uma River, Konta, 1. iii. 190]. 



