a 
408 Mr. H. Eltringham on 
since Dr. G. D. H. Carpenter actually showed, by breeding, 
the specific identity of this form with A. orestia. Whether 
I noticed the stalked condition of the hind-wing nervules 
when examining the type of A. humilis I do not now 
recall, though if so, I probably attached little importance 
to it in the absence of a series showing it to be constant, 
since the feature is quite inconstant in some species of 
Acraea, notably in A. burnt Butl. On the other hand, it is 
constant in the very few examples of A. dzurina which 
I have been able to examine, and this fact naturally 
suggests some connection between hwmilis and that species. 
The genitalia are, however, quite different, so that there 
is no reason to suppose that they are even allied. It 
seems scarcely possible at present to decide on the position 
of this species (A. humilis). Most examples have a spot 
in hind-wing near the base of the cell and sometimes there 
is a second immediately below this in lc. Beyond these 
there are no markings, the wings being for the most part 
transparent with a slight dusting of brownish-black scales 
about the costa of fore-wing and hind-margin, inner margin 
and base of hind-wing. The genital armature has a very 
short uncus somewhat like that in A. penelope, whilst the 
claspers are rather like those of A. buschbeckv. 
The synonymy of the species will now be as follows :-— 
Acraea humilis, H. M. B. Sharpe, Ann. Nat. Hist., (6) 19, 
p. 582 (1897); Auriv., Rhop. Aeth., p. 86 (1898); 
Smith & Kirby, Rhop. Exot., 7, p. 23, pl. 7, f. 3 (non 
f. 1 and 2) (1901). 
= orestia f. humilis, Kltr., Trans. Ent. Soc., p. 305 (1912) 
(part). 
Acraea orestia, Hew., Ent. Mo. Mag., 11, p. 131 (1874); 
Exot. Butt., Acraea, pl. 7, f. 47 (1875); Snellen, 
Tijdschr. v. Ent., 25, p. 217 (1882); Auriv., Ent. 
Tidskr, 14, p. 273 (1893); Rhop. Aeth., p. 112 (1898) ; 
Lathy, Trans. Ent. Soc., p. 186 (1903); Eltr., Trans. 
Ent. Soc., p. 305, pl. 15, f. 10 (as humalis) (1912). 
= orestina, Plétz, Stett. Ent. Zeit., 41, p. 190 (1880). 
= aurina, Neave, Novit. Zool., xi, p. 346 (1904). 
f. transita, Eltr., Trans. Ent. Soe., p. 306 (1912). 
= humilis 3, Smith & Kirby, Rhop. Exot., Acraea, rf; 
p. 23, ploy, £. dy 2aaSon): 
