African S^iecies of the Genus Acraea. 89 



resemble very closely A. astrir/cra. Both specimens have 

 a slight tendency to white discal suffusion in the h.-w. 

 This and the f.-w, marginal black, surrounding large 

 orange spots in areas lb, and 2, are the principal features 

 which serve to distinguish these examples from the other 

 species named. 



A. zetcs is essentially the western form whilst acara is 

 found in the south, east, and north-east. Godart's jcdema 

 is labelled Gaboon, whilst Aurivillius notes a similar speci- 

 men from Nyassaland. The acara subspecies also extends 

 to German and British E. Africa, and northwards to the 

 White Nile. Godart's types (two $ $ and one $) are in 

 the Dufresne collection at Edinburgh. 



Though some examples of A. zetcs approximate very 

 closely in appearance to typical specimens of A. astrigera, 

 the male armature is very distinct, showing a much closer 

 relationship with chilo and hijpoleuca. 



29. Acraea chilo. PI. VIII, f. 4. 



Acraea chilo, Godman, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 184, pi. 19, f. 4, 5 



(1880) ; Aurivillius, Rhop. Aeth., p. 96 (1898) ; E. M. B. 



Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 369 (1898) ; Butler, Proc. 



Zool. Soc, p. 401 (1898) ; Roth. & Jord., Novit. Zool., xii, 



p. 179(1905). 

 = rosina, Rogenliofer, Verh. z. b. Ges. Wien., 41, p. 565 (1891); 



in Baumann, Usambara, p. 326 (1891). 

 = zetes, var. acara, Pageustecher, Jahrb.Nass. Ver. Nat., p. 133 



(1902), (part). 

 = wissmanni, Weymer, Iris., p. 223 (1903). 

 5 = crystallina, Gr.-Smith, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6), 5, p. 167 



(1890) ; Rhop. Exot., 19 {Acraea), p. 7, pi. 3, f. 3, 4 (1892) ; 



Aurivillius, Rhop. Aeth., p. 89 (1898); Neave, Ent. Mo. 



Mag., p. 171 (1909); Aurivillius, Sjostedt's Expedition, p. 3 



(1910). 



9 . f. lioeneli. 



= A. hoeneli, Holland, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 18, p. 746(1896). 



Abyssinia (Mojo R., Atschabo, Harar) ; Somalilamd (Sso- 

 Omadu, Solole, Wagga, Rugga Pass, Hankadeely, Berbera) ; 

 British E. Africa (Voi R., Maziwa, Mitati, Taita, Taveta, 

 Mombasa, Witu) ; German E. Africa (Kilimandjaro). 



A. cli ilo chilo. 



^. Expanse 50-70 mm. Wings rosy pink. F.-w. narrowly 

 black along co.sta. Apex and hind margin black and bearing a 



