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nearer margin a spot in area 6. In middle of cell a transverse 

 V-shaped spot, the angle pointing outwards ; remaining spots 

 obscured by basal suffusion. Hind margin with a very nari'ow 

 black line, and a series of well-marked black internervular 

 arches. 



Underside. F.-w. resembling upperside but paler and duller ; 

 apical portion pinkish ochreous ; nervules not black and without 

 triangular marginal marks. No basal suffusion. H.-w. pinkish 

 ochreous ; the basal portion brown ochreous, except above the 

 subcostal ; a round black spot near base of cell, followed by 

 a V-shaped mark as on upperside. In area Ic a basal spot 

 followed by another V-shaj^ed mark, and a spot in lb and la ; 

 other marks as on upperside. 



Head and thorax brown; basal part of abdomen black, 

 remainder orange ; tarsal claws unequal. 



Only a single example of this beautiful species is 

 known to me. It appears to be very distinct. The 

 structure of the genital armature is quite characteristic, 

 and the dorsal abdominal plate is folded in a very peculiar 

 manner, as I have endeavoured to show on PI. IX, f. 15. 

 I have placed the species in a separate group, as it does 

 not appear to have any near allies. 



GROUP IX. 



53. Acraea acrita. PI. X, ft'. 1, 4. PI. XVI, f. 10. 



Acraea acrita, Hewitson, Exot. Butt. (Acmea), pi. 3, f. 18 (1865); 

 Trimen, S. Af. Butt, 3, p. 381 (1889) (part); Proc. Zool. 

 Soc, p. 28, pi. 4, f. 4 (1894) ; Aurivillius, Rhop. Aeth., 

 p. 96 (1898) ; Neave, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 16 (1910) (part). 



f. msamiciae, Strand, Mitt. Zool. ]\Ius. Berlin, v. 2, p. 282 

 (1911). 



f. aqiiilina, Strand, I.e., p. 281 (1911). 



f. nyassicola, Strand, I.e., p. 282 (1911). 



Portuguese E. Africa (Mt. Pakolwe) ; Mashonaland ; 

 Zambesi ; Manicaland ; Rhodesia (Chambezi, Luangwa, 

 Alala Plateau, Kafue R., Mt. Kapsuku, Ft. Jameson) ; 

 Nyassaland. 



A. acrita ambigua, subsp. PI. X, ff. 9, 12. 

 Trimen, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 70, pi. 9, f. 11 (1891); Aurivillius, 

 Rhop. Aeth., p. 96 (1898); Neave, Proc Zool. Soc, p. 17 

 (1910) ; Strand, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, p. 280 (1911). 



