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unspotted, inwardly not clearly defined border, — from which 

 radiate slender blackish streaks, betioeen the nervules ; a few 

 small black spots near base, in and on the edf^es of discoidal 

 cell ; about middle, or pehaps a little beyond it, a transverse, 

 sinuate, sub-angulated row of seven or eight small, round, 

 black spots, from costa to inner-margin. Under-side. — Paler; 

 black spots similar in number and arrangement to those of 

 upper-side. Fore-wing : apical portion, beyond white band, 

 dull orange-ochreous, or pale yellowish-ochreous. Hind- 

 wing : base and hind-marginal band of the same colour as 

 apex of fore-wing ; sometimes all the ground pale yellowish- 

 ochreous, with a lemon tint ; hind-marginal streaks between 

 nervules rather fainter than on upper-side. 



Var. a. — Ground-colour dull brownish-red, or dusky 

 reddish-ochre, paler on hind-wing ; black markings similar ; 

 white apical band very conspicuous ; band on hind-margin 

 of hind-wing usually more clearly defined. Under-side. — 

 At^q.^ oi fore-wing , QXiA. ivJiole of hind-wing, pale ochrenus- 

 yelloiv ; the streaks between nervules brownish-ochre. 

 Chiefly from Natal. A specimen in the British Museum, 

 from Sierra Leone, is all but white in ground-colour. 



M. Boisduval notes the brownish-red variety described, as being a form 

 of his Jcrica Sgntiziiii. As, however, after a careful comparison of his 

 figures and descrijition with numerous specimens, I have no doubt of A. 

 Srjanzini being identical with Lycia ; I find as little difficulty in reconciling 

 the dark variety to the latter species. M. Boisduval states that A. Sgan- 

 z/»e is very common in Madagascar, "found nearly throughout the year, 

 and only ceasing to appear when the rains are very heavy." — (" Faune 

 Entomologique de Madagascar, &c.") In the Appendix to M. Delegorgue's 

 " Voyage dans L'Afrique Australe, &c.," he further remarks : " tliis spe- 

 cies is no less common at Natal than in Madagascar; but, instead of being 

 of a pale ochreous-yellow, as in the latter country, it is constantly of a 

 fulvous-brown, with the apical band very white." Ttie dark variety just 

 mentioned bears considerable resemblance to the ? A. Petrcpn, but may 

 be distinguished from the latter by the narrower white apical band, by the 

 more reddish tint of the ground-colour, and by the possession of dark 

 streaks between the nervules, from hind-margin of hind-wing. 



Natal.— Coll. S. A. Mus. 



D'Urban, Natal (R. C. Jones). — Coll. mihi. 



Natal. Madagascar. Sierra Leone. — Coll. Brit. Mus. 



65. Acrsea Rahira. 



Acraea Rahira, Boisd., Faune Ent. de Mad., See, pi. 5, 



[f. 4, 5. 

 „ „ „ Jpp. Fog. de Deleg., p. 590. 



Expands 1 in. 8 lin. — 2 in. 3 lin. 



$ . Warm yelloiv-ochreous, with a reddish tinge ; spotted 

 with black. Fore-wing: a small, ovate, or kidney-shaped 



