154 Mr. H. Eltringham's Monofjrai)h of the 



Neave, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 19 (1910); Strand {acriia f.) 

 Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, v. Baud, 2 Heft, p. 282 (1911). 

 Nyassaland (Zomba) ; N. Khodesia ; Conuo (Katanj^^a) ; 

 German E. Africa. 



^ . Expanse 50-58 mm. Wings deep orange-red shading to 

 yellow in f.-w. snbapical area, without the tinge of scarlet 

 common in forms of A. acrita. F.-w. with some black at base 

 which may be absent in very dry season specimens. Costa very 

 faintly lined with black. Apex with a black tip 8-10 mm. wide 

 usually with a fairly sharply defined proximal edge at right 

 angles to costa. The remainder of hind margin bounded by a 

 faint black line. A spot in cell slightly beyond origin of 2, one 

 on upper part of discocel hilars, one at base of area 2 close to 

 median, a subniarginal and a subbasal in la. 



H.-w with a black basal suffusion usually extending into area 

 7 and widest in Ic. A hind-marginal border formed by a marginal 

 line and black internervular ai'ches. Spots as on underside, 

 those near base obscured by the black suffusion. 



Underside. F.-w. ground-colour as above but paler, apical 

 black replaced by greyish ochreous divided by the black 

 nervules and orange ochreous rays. A black spot at base of 

 costa. Other spots as on upperside. 



H.-w. dull orange ochreous, base of 7, end of cell, and 

 median portions of Ic, lb, and la splashed with red. Base of 

 cell, 2, Ic, lb and la pale greenish. Marginal border as on 

 upperside but enclosing greenish or greenish-yellow spots. 

 Black spots as follows : — Discal row, one in 7 about middle, 

 one in G nearer margin, very rarely a minute spot in 5 beneath 

 the second. Beneath this a spot in 4 ; in 3 a small spot touch- 

 ing end of cell (often absent), a spot in 2 touching median and 

 2, a spot in Ic, lb and la, each neaier to base than the spot 

 preceding it. A spot in 8 near precostal, a subbasal in 7, two 

 in cell and one at base of 5 on m.d.c, a basal and a subbasal in 

 Ic and a subbasal in lb and la. 



Head black, usually with a pale mark between the eyes, 

 thorax black with red hairs, abdomen black tipped with orange, 

 and with orange lateral spots. Claws une(|ual. 



The above description is that applying to average 

 examples. Very dry forms may have no spots at all m 

 f.-w. and a very pale median area. Very wet forms may 

 have an excess of black suffusion in the h.-w. The most 

 constant feature is the very broad black apex in the 



