150 Mr. H. Eltringham's Monograph of the 



process of the terminal dorsal abdominal plate. In spite of 

 its geographical position it is somewhat intermediate in 

 pattern between arrita acrita and acrita amhigua. 



A. acrita p\idovina. 



^ . Dry season. F.-w. rather more pointed than acrita acrita. 

 Ground-colour rather duller flame colonr varying to rosy. 

 F.-w. almost devoid of spots, though curiously enough there is 

 often a faint trace of a discal row of spots beyond the cell. No 

 basal black suffusion and very little apical black, often a mere 

 marginal line. Though the ground-colour is rather richer near 

 base, there is no distinct paler outer area of the ground-colour. 

 The spot in 2 wlien present is nearly always nearer the median 

 than in the other forms of acrita, thus destroying the straight line 

 eti'ect already referred to. The spots on h.-w. are faintly 

 indicated on the upperside, as also are the hind-marginal black 

 arches. There is a slight black basal suffusion. Discal area of 

 the h.-w. underside is not splashed with red. 



^. Wet season. DiflVrs only in the somewhat more distinct 

 black markings. A black suti'usion at base of h.-w. Apical 

 black about 1 mm. wide and h.-w. marginal black 3 mm. wide, 

 sometimes leaving only a trace of interner\-ular markings. 



9 . Dry season. Resembles ^ but the wings are more 

 roiuided. 



5. Intermediate. Duller than (f^ with a brown liasal suffusion 

 in f.-w. and rather rosy-pink h.-w., the marginal border of 

 which is rather heavily marked with black. 



5. Wet .season. Resembles the intermediate form in mark- 

 ings but ground-colour dusky ochreous grey. No subapical 

 white. Black basal suffusion in both wings. H.-w, marginal 

 border black 3 mm. wide with a faint indication of pale inter- 

 nervular spots. Abdomen black with white lateral spots. 

 Underside correspondingly dull in colour and h.-w. hind- 

 marginal spots white. 



A. acrita. f. manca. PI. Ill, f. 8 ((J). 



This peculiar form is comparatively rare in collections. The 

 (^ has an expanse of 52 mm. and the 5 >^jC. The ^ resembles in 

 shape a small but uniformly coloured example of acrita 

 pudorina. The f.-w. has a narrow black apical border. A spot 

 in cell just beyond origin of 2 and one on upper part of end of 

 cell. The spot in 2 touches the median so that it does not make 

 a straight line with those on end of cell and in la. There is a 

 well-marked subbasal spot in la, and a fully develaped (lineal 

 hand cf f'oin- upols hcyond the cdl, the first of which is very 



