f 183 ) 



Oi"). Acraea peneleos gelonica snbsp. nov. 



c?. Winsrs, upper&ide. Forewiiig : the reddish orange spots situated in 



p. pendeox between M' and liinder margin are absent or replaced by some creamy 



scaling, only one specimen bearing a small reddish streak at hinder margin. 



Ilindwing : black distal border broader than in p. peneleos, especially in the middle, 

 the border snrpassing here in width the distance from the border to the apex of 

 the cell. 



On the under side the border of the hind wing is still broader than above, being 

 edged proximally with tawny brown, which reaches to cell at R"* and M', there 

 being only a small buff spot between these veins ; basal area of wing olivaceous buif 

 or washed with rnfons ; the black dots somewhat reduced in size and number. 



"i ii from : Upper Gelo River, 4. v. 1901. 



90. Acraea safie. 



.\imrn m/ir Felder, Reiae Novum, Lfp. p. .370. n. .0.33(1807) (Abyss, mer.) ; Auriv., Koiii/!.Sr, Vet. 



Abi.i. llwuil xxxi. b. p. 114. n. 104 (180;)) (Abys.siaia). 

 Arriim aiilhoiii Oberthiir, Ann. Mm. Cir. Gciiora xv. p. 1.07. n. 29. t. 1. f. 3 (1880) (Schoa, June. 



August and Saptember) ; id., l.r. xvm. p. 719. n. 31 (1883) (Schoa, June and July). 

 Afriieri siifr ab. (var ?) antinorii, Aurivillius, l.r. 

 Anwa safie var. antinorii, Pagenstecher, Jahrh. Nass. Ver. Nat. Iv. p. 13G.n. 12 (1902) (Moldscha 



and Gigero, December). 



Tliis species appears in two forms : 



(«) A. safie f. safie. 

 Hindwing with a broad, curved, yellowish band beyond middle. 



{b) A. safie f. antinorii. 



Yellowish spots IM'— SM- of forewing and band of hindwing more or loss 

 strongly reduced, the band of the hindwing and the posterior spot of the forewing 

 being sometimes absent. This is apparently the commoner form. 



1 S off. safe from Gardnlla, 13. i. 1901. 



14 <?cJ, 1 ? off. antinorii from: Gara Daij or Abumass, 2500— 2700 mm., 

 10 vii. 1900; Abnlcassim, 2400—2600 mm., 16. vii. 1900; Aveve, Kollu, Schoa. 

 22. ix. 1900; Koritscha to Tomata, Dara R., Gndji, 24. xii. 1900; Banka, Malo, 

 17. ii. 1901 ; Godjeb to Bonga, Kaffa, 4. iv. 1901. 



97. Acraea jodutta aethiops subsp. nov. 



<?. Similar to the West African A. jodutta jodutta. Upperside, foreyring with 



the streak R- — R' of the submarginal band one-third longer than streaks Sd'— R- ; 

 the discal patch extending closer to base, the black basi-costal area being only 3 mm. 



wide at posterior margin ; a diffused bnff patch in cell. Black basal area of 



hindwing more reduced ; the black distal border narrower and more sharjily defined 

 between costal margin and R''. 



On the underside the cell of for"wing more washed with bull'; the black dots ol 



