52 Mr. H. Eltiingham's Monograjth of the 



possession of two small horn-like processes on the margin 

 of the velum, or ventral abdominal plate. 



Acraea damii cuva, subsp. 



(^ . Expanse 50-60 mm. Resembles damii but the red suffusion 

 is usually of greater extent, sometimes extending nearly to tlie 

 margin in the f.-w. In the h.-w. it is often rather sharply 

 defined leaving a transparent margin of moderate width. 

 The black spots on the h.-w. are more sharply outlined than in 

 damii damii, but exhibit as in tlie latter considerable variation 

 in size and number. Grose-Smith's type, which is described in 

 the text and on the plate as a 5 > appears in fact to be a ^ . It 

 has eight black spots on the h.-w. An example before me 

 from the Tring collection has five spots (= nidama, Sutf.), whilst 

 others have rather conspicuous basal spots, notably a large rounded 

 one in area Ic. 



$ . Resembles ^ , but is rather larger and has the red 

 replaced by creamy yellow. The black spots are larger, and 

 the base of tlie h.-w. is much suffused with black. An example 

 before me has a small black spot in the h.-w. cell near the 

 base, and in one unwj another spot near the end of cell. 

 Occasionally the 9 is red like the ^. 



I have followed Aurivillius in regarding civra as a form 

 of damii, though in view of its geographical distribution it 

 must be considered a subspecies of the Madagascar form. 

 It occurs only on the mainland and Zanzibar. There are 

 fifteen examples in the National collection, hve of which 

 are ^ i^ and the localities given are, Zanzibar, Dar-es- 

 Salaam, and Rabai. The type Avas received from 

 Mombasa, and there are examples in the Tring collection 

 labelled " Katanga, Tanganyika," and though the exact 

 meaning of the locality is rather vague, it would appear 

 that the species has a considerable westward range. I 

 have dissected out the genitalia of one of these examples 

 and find no difference from those of damii taken in 

 Madagascar. 



8. Acraea kraka. PL VII, f. 15. 



Acraea kraka, Aurivillius, Ent. Tidskr., 14, p. 272, pi. 6, f. 3 

 (1893) ; Rhop. Aeth., p. 86 (1898). 

 Cameroon (Bibundi, Bonge) ; Fernando Po. 



(^ . Expanse about 50 mm. Wings transparent. Transparency 

 caused by the scales being reduced to fine hairs. F.-w. black 

 at base and dusted with black ior a short distance along the 



