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Expanse, <?, 40 mm. ; ?, 45 mm. 

 Six specimens from the Tiriki Hills, .i c?(J, 1 ?. 



This peculiar little species, with its long narrow winjfs, has apparently its nearest 

 allies in forms like A. iturimi and ^l. quiriHalis of (jrose-Smith. 



o. Acraea wigginsi spec. nov. (PL I. f :5). 



?. IJppo'sidc. Forewing : The actual base of costa, a narrow line within 



cell above median ncrvure, space below median nervure and down to the 

 submediau ncrvure are all of a dull red colour slightl}' dusted with dusky 

 scales ; the base of wing and the rest of costa, apex and distal margin of the wing 

 fuscous black. A large black spot in the discoidal cell near its extremity, another 

 in an oblique line with this below median nervure, and a pair of confluent spots 

 below the second median nervnle in the same line. These latter bound the distal 

 limit of the red area of the forewiug. At the extremity of the cell in its upper 

 part two confluent spots, and beyond these two more. These last two spots form 

 the inner boundaries of a broad white subapical bar. This bar is divided into 

 five parts by nervnles which cross it. The fifth part, i.e. between third radial 

 and first median nervnles, is less well defined than the others. Along margin 

 and upon it there are brownish spots in the iuternervnlar spaces, becoming paler 

 as they approach the posterior angle. Below the snbmedian nervure is a black 



streak shading to reddish toward the posterior angl?. Hindwing has two black 



streaks at base, one being within the cell. Rest of wing red shading to orange, 

 red toward margin, one spot in cell near its extremity and one just below it ; 

 a row of these small spots beyond and above the e.xtremity of tiie cell ; a 

 narrow black border inclosing seven small pale yellow spots placed between the 

 nervnles. 



Unclersifk paler. Red colour of forewiug more extensive, apex greyish with 

 black nervnles, and pale brown iuternervnlar streaks along the margins ; of these 

 the one between last subcostal and first radial nervule is much the longest, 



running in as far as the white subapical bar. Hindwing pale buff. At the base 



above the precostal and below tlie median nervnres are bright pink patches. A 

 ring of five patches of the same colour and somewhat rectangular shape surrounds 

 the end of the cell, while the second and largest of these includes its extremity. 

 Each of these patches is bounded both proximally and distally by black streaks; 

 the narrow and black festooned distal marginal band encloses eight semilunar 

 spots of a creamy white colour. There is a slight invasion of black colour 

 along the nervnles, and between these projections are patches of a reddish brown 

 colour. Abdomen greyish above, paler below ; the fringe black on forewiug, 

 grey on hindwing. 



Expanse, 53 mm. 



1 ?, Tiriki Hills, March 20th, 1903. 



1 ? , Kisumu, end of May 1903. 



This remarkable species is evidently related to A. honiha Grose-Smith, and 

 it is possible that these specimens, being evidently raimetically associated with 

 A. encedon L. and L. chrysippus L., may have a S still more closely resembling 

 A. bomba. 



