10 NYMPHALID.5. — ACR.^INiE. — ACRiEA. 



XX.— ACR.EA MACULIVENTRIS. ? Figs, i, 5. 



Exp. 2^ inches. 



Fi-nialc. Upperside dull reddisb -tawny, anterior wings with the ajjical 

 half (hill smoky-brown, the si)aces between the nervnres smoky hyaline, 

 except on the borders. Posterior wings with blackish l)orders, and the 

 extremity of the nervnres, and short streaks between them, black ; two subcostal 

 spots, two contiguous ones at the base of the cell, an oblique one on its lower 

 side, and two smaller round ones at its u^jper extremity, and another small one 

 beyond the uppermost of these. Below the cells the l)asal part of the wing 

 shades into yellowish-grey ; there are two spots at the base, and two rows of three 

 each, which latter converge towards each other at the inner margin ; there is 

 also another small spot in the fork of the two upper submodian nervules. 



Underside iridescent, greyish where the wings are reddish above, with the 

 spots, dark nervnres and intermediate streaks marked, but with no distinct 

 borders. 



Hab. South Africa. 



lu the Collet-tiou of Mr. H. Grose Smith. 

 Belongs to the group of A. Horta, Liun. 



XXI.— ACR.EA INSULAEIS. $ . Figs, (i, 7. 



Jcrcea IinoiJuri.'^, E. M. Sharpe, "Proceedings of the Zoological Society of 

 London," (1893) p. 555. 



Exp. 1;] inches. 



J/alr. Upperside dark brown, with orange markings, the space between 

 those on the anterior wings darker than the rest of the wing. Anterior wings 

 with a broad orange band just before the end of the cell, preceded by a 

 narrower yellowish one in the cell ; below the orange biiiid is a large oval spot, 

 between the two lower median nervules, and between this and the submedian 

 nervuve is a sagittate spot directed towards the hind margin. Towards the 

 apex are two irregularly-shaped spots, the lower one paler and nearer the hind 

 margin than tlie other. Posterior wings with a broad brown border, and the 

 base and inner margin greyish-brown, the rest of the wing tilled up with 

 oi'ange, which shades into yellow on the inner side. There are two large black 

 spots in the cell, i.wo smaller ones on the discocellulars, three beyond the cell. 



