African Species of the Gcmis Acraea. 79 



Nigeria ; Cameroon ; Gaboon ; Congo Region (Bena Bendi 



Zongo, Mokoange) ; Natal ; Zului.and ; British E. Africa 



(Witu). 



f. leucogrnplia. 



Ribbe {A. leucoiirapha), Iris., 2, p. 181, pi. 4, f. 1 (1889) ; 

 Snellen, TijJschr. v. Ent, 38, p. 13 (1895) ; Aurivillius, 

 Rhop. Aeth., p. 88 (1898). 



S. Leone ; Cameroon (Bitje) ; Nyam Ntam Country ; 

 Congo (Sassa) ; Uganda (Unyoro, Nandi, Entebbe, Seniiliki R., 

 Kitala) ; British E. Africa (N. Kavirondo) ; German E. 

 Africa (Ukerewel.) ; Abyssinia (Sclieko). 

 A. (idmatha admatlia. 



^. Expanse 55-65 nun. F.-w. seniiti*ansparent, thinly 

 scaled with scales of normal size standing partially erect, 

 narrow bifid scales and fine hairs appear at hind margin. 

 A rosy red basal flush (brick red in old specimens) extending 

 nearly to end of cell at subcostal and median, but more basal in 

 the middle, passing slightly beyond origin of 2 and just reaching 

 the hind angle. Base, costa and apex dusted with black, and a 

 small linear basal spot below median. A faint black spot in 

 middle of cell and sometimes a blackish dusting at end of cell 

 on discocellulars. A little beyond end of cell two faint black 

 spots in 4 and 5, and sometimes a tliird nearer to cell in 3. Just 

 below median in 2 a faint spot, and one in lb rather nearer 

 margin. These spots are very variable in intensity. 



H.-w. rosy red (brick red in old examples) dusted with black 

 at base, whitish in area la, and having a moderately bi'oad black 

 marginal border bearing six rounded red internervular spots. 

 Black discal and basal spots as follows : — A discal series of eight, 

 tlie first (large) in area 7 near the middle, the second in 6, 

 rather nearer base (this spot is often wanting), third and fourth 

 in 5 and 4 and lying in a straight line with the first, the fifth in 

 3 close to cell, the sixth, seventh, and eighth in 2, Ic, and lb, 

 large, nearer to base, and almost in a straight line (some of the 

 discal spots are sometimes small or wanting), in addition to these 

 two small spots at end of cell, one spot in 9, one in 7, two in 

 cell, two in Ic, one in lb (clote to eighth of discal row), and two 

 in la. Underside f.-w. almost devoid of scales but dusted with 

 yellow near base, h.-w. pink with black border as on npperside, 

 bearing six red spots outwardly edged with pinkish white. 

 Black spots as on upperside but much more distinct. Thorax 

 black, spotted aljove and below with yellowish white. Abdomen 

 basal half black above with lateral orange spots, remainder 

 orange, undersidii yellowish white. Claws unecjual. 



