4S [P'ebniaiy, i9Vi. 



34. — Acrxa chilo, Godm. Coast district. Taita, Taveta. The species is often 

 common. The female was long known as A. crystallina, which is not 

 siirprisiiig', as both wings are quite transparent, and the spots are 

 obsolete in the fore wings and much rediiced in the hind wings. 



35. — Acrsea acrita. Hew. Taita, Taveta, Ukambani, Kikiiyn. Generally 

 common. Most specimens are of the form pudorinn. 



36. — Acrxa equatorialis, Neavc. Coast district, Taita. Not uncommon. This 

 form lias recently been separated from the type Ijy Mr. Eltringham 

 nnder the name of anxmia. 



37. — Acrxa pudorella, Aiiriv. Taita, Taveta. Apjjarently not common. 



38. — Acrxa caldarena. Hew. Eabai. This species does not seem by any means 

 common. The examples taken are not typical lacking as they do the 

 pronounced black tip to the fore-wings. 



39. — Acrxa brxsia, Godm. Genei-ally distributed. This species is particularly 

 abundant in Taita, where the form regaLis also is of frequent occurrence. 



4D.— Acrxa oncxa, Hopff. Widely distributed and often common. 



41. — Acrxa cxcilia, Fabr. Not uncommcm in Ukambani and j^robably occurs 

 elsewhere. 



42.— Acrxa natalica, Boisd. Generally abundant. 



43. — Acrxa terpsichore, L. Uliiquitous. I once found a pupa all golden on a 

 yellow leaf. Each day when the sun was hot it raised itself so as to lie 

 along the underside of the leaf. Was this diie to the heat of the sun ? 



44. — Acrxa excelsior, Sharpe. I have only taken this at considerable elevations 

 on the Aberdare Mountains up to 11,000 ft. 



45. — Acrxa acerata. Hew. Taita, Kikuyu. All my specimens of this common 

 species seem to be of the form tenella. 



46. — Acrxa honasia alicia, Sharije. Ukambani, Kikuyii, Kenia. Often exceed- 

 ingly abundant. I once counted 460 on one small tree. 



47. — Acrxa uvui, Smith. Kikuyu, Kenia. Not uncommon. It is not possible to 

 distinguish this from the preceding on the wing. 



48. — Acrxa cahira, Hopff. This is a common species everywhere except in the 

 coast district. It is very variable. 



49. — Acrxa pharsalus. Ward. Taita, North Kikuyu. Generally rather 

 vmcommon. 



50. — Acrxa encedon, L Ubiqvxitous. The daira form seems to be the most 

 numerous, but all forms occur. 



51. — Acrxa auhyni, Eltr. Coast district. This species does not seem common. 

 It flies rather higher than most of its congeners but not rapidly 



52. — Acrxa johnstoni, Godm. Taita, Taveta, Kikuyu, Kenia. A most protean 

 species which seems to have been modified in mimicry of several species 

 of Danaidx and Planema. 



