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(49) 22. Acraea vinidia He wit son 



Acrcea vinidia Hewitson, 1874, Ent. Mo. Mag., XI, p. 130. Aurivillius, 1913, 

 Seitz, Gross-Schmett., XIII, p. 264, PL Lvia. 



Eighty specimens, representing almost all the localities at which 

 collections were made. Forty-seven were taken at Gamangui in Febru- 

 ary; thirteen at Medje (June-September) ; five at Bafwabaka in January; 

 four at Niangara in November; others at Bafwaboli, Batama, Stanley- 

 ville, Faradje, Pawa, Kwamouth, and Isangi. 



Some of the specimens have dots in the discal area of the fore wings, 

 others do not. Here is an opportunity for a "species-maker " to signalize 

 his acumen by separating the forms and counting the spots, which are 

 variable in number and size. The case might be referred to certain 

 of my friends in Berlin who used, before being otherwise employed, to 

 occupy themselves in making "new species" and advertising them for 

 sale to ardent collectors. When I was younger I often "took the hook," 

 ])ut now, as I look back, I can fancy Dame Nature smiling at the per- 

 formance. 



(50) 23. Acraea terpsichore (Linnaeus) 

 Papilio terpsichore Linn.eus, 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th Ed., p. 466. 

 Acrcea terpsichore Aurivillius, 1913, Seitz, Gross-Schmett., XIII, p. 264. 



There are forty-three males and eleven females in the collection. 

 Of this number twentj-three were taken at Medje or at localities in the 

 forested lands of the western and central parts of the country, Stanley- 

 ville, Avakubi, ]\Iunie Katoto, Bafwabaka, Kwamouth, Batama, 

 Gamangui. They all conform more or less exactly to the typical form 

 of the western coast in which the subapical black bar is complete, fully 

 enclosing the light subapical spot. Thirty-one were taken at Niangara 

 and Faradje to the northeast in more open country, and show a tendency 

 toward the obliteration of this band, and two specimens from Faradje, 

 a male and a female, are without it, the subapical spot being confluent 

 with the lighter area of the disk, they being therefore referable to 

 the subspecies buxtoni, which is the prevalent form on the eastern coast 

 and the grass-lands of the southeastern parts of the continent. 



(51) 24. Acraea pseudegina abadima (Ribbe) 

 Acroea abadima Ribbe, 1889, Iris, II, p. 182, PI. iv, fig. 2. 



This insect is represented in the collection by sixteen males and two 

 females. One was taken at Avakubi, three males and a female at Kwa- 

 mouth, seven males at Medje, five males and a female at Niangara. It 

 was originall}' described from the Niam-Niam country, but evidently 



