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Upper Side. Antennae black. Thorax black, with several white spots. Abdomen black, with five 

 dark yellow spots on each side, and five rings of the same colour placed between them. Apical half the 

 anterior wings a very dark brown, almost black; basal half, dark yellow-brown. One-third of the 

 posterior wings, next the outer edges, almost black ; the remainder of a dark yellow-brown. The black 

 spots described on the under side are discernible on this side. 



Under Side. Palpi black above, but whiteish underneath. Legs the same. Breast nearly black, 

 with white spots. Abdomen yellowish. Anterior wings a very dark brown of a yellowish tinge ; the 

 posterior having a number of small black spots (about 18) situate near the body. Margins of the wings 

 nearly entire. 



The minute black spots at the base of the posterior vdngs, described by Drury and 

 Fabricius, are not represented in the figure. 



ACR.EA DICE. 



Plate XVIII. flg. 3, 4. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Familv : Heliconiidce. 



Genus. Acr.ea, Fabr. Latr. God. Papilio (Helicon.), Fabr. dim 



AcR.EA Dice. Alls oblongis integcrrimis concoloribus, anticis Iiyalino-cinerascentibuf ; posticis fulvis nigro- 

 punctatis, margine exteriori late hyalino. (Expans. Alar 2 imu. IJ lin.) 



SvN. Papilio (Helicon.) Dice, Brunj, App. vol. 3. (1783.) 



Papilio (H.) Quirina, Fabr. Ent. Sijst. 111. \. p. 159. iVo. 492. (1793.) Enc. MHh. ix. p. 231. iVo. 2. 

 (Acrsea Q.) 

 Habitat : " Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeatliman, 177ti" (Druri/'s MSS.J. Madras (Fabricius). 



Upper Side. Antennae, eyes, thorax, and abdomen black; the latter having a row of white 

 spots on each side, extending to the anus. Anterior wings thin and diaphanous ; with a red streak 

 along their posterior edges, reaching to the body from the lower corners, whereon is a small black 

 line close to the body, with a small black round spot just below it. Posterior wings red, having a 

 diaphanous border running along the external edges from the upper to the abdominal corners. 

 These wings next the body are dark brown, and on the red are dispersed several small black spots, 

 vaiying in number. 



Under Side. Palpi brown. Fore legs yellow ; the others yellow and brown. Breast spotted black 

 and white. Abdomen ringed with yellow. Wings coloured as on the upper side, but the red is fainter ; 

 the dark brown part on this side is grey, and the black spots larger and more distinct. Margins of the 

 wings entire. 



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