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form lint the spots are larger, especially those of the f.-w. The 

 area between end of cell and apical black is very pale ochreous, 

 and the h.-w. marginal black is better developed though not to 

 the extent found in arriia aoita. 



$. Dry season. Resembles the dry season (J. Very slightly 

 duller in colour, and with more I'ounded wings. 



9 . Intermediate. Resembles the ^ but wings more rounded 

 and red colour replaced by dusky brown. Spots large and f.-w. 

 apical black about 9 mm. wide. A white discal patch extending 

 from end of cell to apical black. Underside correspondingly 

 dull in colour. 



9 . Wet season. Resembles the foregoing intermediate form 

 but the ground-colour dark smoky grey. Underside with base 

 of cell and area 2, also internervular portions of hind-marginal 

 border pale sage green. 



$ $ of acrita bellona are distinguished by the character of 

 the genital plate which is very much narrower structiire than in 

 other forms (exceipt jnidorina). It is in fact in a condition inter- 

 mediate between that in pudor'ina and the other forms. 



A. acrita littoraUs. 



^ . Dry season. Ground-colour somewhat less brilliant than 

 in acrita acrita. F.-w. apical black 3 mm. wide. H.-w. hind- 

 marginal black arches rather faint towards anal angle. Many 

 of h.-w. spots rather faintly indicated on upper side. 



(^ . Wet season. F.-w. spots larger than in dry form, and 

 apical black broader than in ncrita acrita (4-5 mm.). H.-w. 

 discal spots very variable. Rarely a trace of a spot in area 5, 

 sometimes no spot in ,3, often all the spots very close together. 

 Hind-marginal border with well-marked black arches varying to 

 an almost entirely black border 3 mm. wide. H.-w. underside 

 with or without red splashes in the discal area. 



$ . Dry season. Resembling dry (^ but with more rounded 

 wings and duller in ground-colour. H.-w. hind-marginal border 

 heavier, often leaving only a trace of internervular spots. The 

 inner edge of this border may be either sharply defined or 

 suffused. 



5 . Wet season. Marked as in dry 9 ^J^^t ground-colour 

 smoky grey and f.-w. apical black 6-7 mm. wide. A discal 

 white band between apical black and end of cell. Underside 

 cori'espondingly dull in colour. II. -w. marginal spots white or 

 greenish. 



This form is distinguished from acrita acrita principally 

 b}^ the broader apical black of the f -w. and the shorter 



