Collection of Butterjlies laken in East. Africa. 325 



ACRAEINAE. 

 Acraea quirina, Fab. 



Five females of tlie usual brownish form. The note 

 accompanymg these examples describes the locality as 

 dense evergreen forest. This may account for the absence 

 of male specimens, which probably frequent more open 

 situations. 



Arusha. 5 $$. May 16. 



A. neobule, Doubl. 



Five examples of this widely distributed species, all of 

 typical pattern and colour. 



Ufiomi (plains), Muruancoin, Same. 5 (^^. May 22- 

 July 10. 



A. zetes, Ijinii. 



One male of the acara form so greatly modified in re- 

 semblance to A. fseudolycia astrigera, Butl., that the male 

 armature gives the principal evidence of its distinction 

 from that species. Zetes and pseudolycia are certainly 

 closely allied, and the resemblance would appear to be due 

 to affinity rather than to mimetic association. 



Kikuletwa-Darjama River. 1 (^. May 19. 



A. insignis, Dist. 



A single female approaching the siginna form. 

 Handeni. 1 $. July 23. 



A. chilo, Godm. 



Of the twelve examples received, ten are of the crystallina 

 form of female, the remaining two are males of the ordinary 

 fgrm. It is remarkable that whereas the female chilo 

 becomes more transparent as it extends southward, the 

 female braesia, and to some extent its male also, becomes 

 more transparent towards the northern limit of its range. 

 The male chilo, on the other hand, shows some tendency to 

 heavier spotting as it extends southward. The localities 

 where the present examples were taken are further south 

 than any yet recorded. 



Same, Mabirioni. 2 ^<^, 10 ??. July 10-14. 



