African ^SjJccies of the (rcnus Acraca. 105 



by the form hrvnnea and by intermediates. The white 

 or typical form appears only to occur in Angola, but is 

 tliere accompanied by the brunnca form and by inter- 

 mediates. Thus strictly speaking astrigera is a subspecies 

 in relation to the typical pscudolycia whilst hrunnea is a 

 form of both. 



The male genital armature of all these forms is the 

 same, but differs from that oi' aveDWsa and wdwitachii. 



35. ACRAEA TURNA. PI. VIII, f. 9. 



Acraca tunia, Mabille, Pet. Nouv. Ent., 2, p. 158 (1877) ; 

 Hist. Niit. Marl. Lep., 1, p. 99, pi. 12, f. 8, 9 (1885-7) ; 

 Aurivillius, Rhoii. Aeth., p. 95 (1898). 



f. mannorata, Smith & Ivirby (^4. inannorata), Rhop. Exot., 

 19 (Acraca), p. 9, pi. 3, f. 7, 8 (1892); Aurivillius, 

 Voeltzkow Exp., p. 315 (1909). 

 Madagascar (Morondava, Tulear, Maliobo). 



^. Expanse about 60 mm. Wings creamy white with sepia 

 black spots and markings. F.-w. base suffused with sepia 

 extending to two-thirds the length of cell, slightly into area 2, 

 in upper part of lb nearly to middle, and slightly less in la. 

 Costa dusted with sepia. An apical and hind-marginal border 

 about 5 mm. wide at apex narrowing to about 2 mm. along 

 margin to hind angle and bearing ochreous internervular spots. 

 A small spot in cell rather before middle followed by a larger 

 obliquely transverse spot, and usually a black mark on disco- 

 cellulars. Beyond the cell a discal band of spots, wide at costa, 

 becoming naiTower posteriorly, and ending (in area 3) in a 

 large rounded spot. A large spot in 2 close to median. A sub- 

 marginal and a subbasal spot in lb. H.-w. with a slight basal 

 sulTusion and a hind-marginal border about 4 mm. wide, the 

 inner edge of which is rather indistinctly defined Init with a 

 marked indentation of the ground-colour in area 4. On this 

 border and close to margin is a row of seven minute inter- 

 nervular white spots. Margin slightly serrated and fringes 

 spotted with white. A discal row of eight spots, the first four 

 (in 7, 6, 5, 4) lie almost in a straight line from middle of costa 

 to middle of hind margin (sometimes this line of spots has a 

 slight outward curve). The fifth spot is in 3 and further from 

 margin, tlie sixth in 2 near median, the seventh and eighth (in 

 Ic and lb) nearer margin. The basal and subbasal spots are 

 more easily seen on luulerside, but those in cell and Ic are 

 well developed above. 



