204 Mr. H. Eltringham's Monograph of the 



species in Madagascar is extremely doubtful. Boisduval 

 states {I. c.) that M. Goudot says he found it at Tamatave, 

 but as he (M. Boisduval) has examples from the " pays 

 des Hottentots" he fears that Goudot collected it at the 

 Cape on his way out and afterwards it got mixed with 

 those he took in Madagascar. Mabille includes it in his 

 work on the Madagascar Lepidoptera, but apparently only 

 on the same doubtful authority. 



Neave describes the species as being fond of swamps 

 and marshy ground and having a very feeble flight. 



78. ACRAEA ZITJA. PI. XIII, f. 2. 



Acraea zitja, Boisduval, Faune. Mad., p. 32, pi. 4, f. 4, 5 (1833) ; 



Guenee, Vinson Voy. Mad. Annexe. F., p. 35 (1864) ; 



Mabille, Hist. Mad. Lep., 1, p. 108, pi. 11, f. 1, 2 (1885-7) ; 



Aurivillius, Rhop. Aeth., p. 103 (1898) ; Voeltzkow Exp., 



p. 316 (1909). 

 9 f. radiata, Guenee, Vinson Voy. Mad. Annexe. F., p. 35, note 8 



(1864); Mabille, Nat. Hist Mad. Lep., 1, p. 109, pi. 11, 



f. 5, 6 (1885-7). 

 ? f. calida ( ? ), Butler, Ann. Nat. Hist. (5), 2, p. 288 (1878); 



Mabille, Nat. Hist. Mad. Lep., 1, p. 109 (1887). 

 $ f. raMi, Boisduval, Faune. Mad., p. 32, pi. 5, f. 1, 2 (1833). 

 = zitja 5 



Mabille, Nat. Hist. Mad. Lep., 1, p. 108, pi. 11, f. 3, 4 (1885-7). 

 ? f. fumida, Mabille, Ann. Ent. Beige, 23, Bull., p. 106 (1880) ; 



Nat. Hist. Mad. Lep., 1, p. 109, pi. 9a, f. 9 (1885-7). 

 Madagascar (Fenerive, Kinkuni, Tulear, Fianarantsoa, 

 Menabe, Morondava, Camp d'Ambre, Antanosy, Diego Suarez) ; 

 1 Natal. 



Acraea zitja is exceedingly variable both in ground- 

 colour and in extent of markings. Typical examples may 

 be thus described : — 



$ . Expanse 36-50 nnn. Ground-colour rather dull brick 

 red. F.-w. costa narrowly black ; apex and hind margin black 

 (about 2-3 mm . wide, tapering to a point at angle) and deeply 

 indented between the nervules by the ground-colour. Black 

 spots as follows : — One in cell above origin of 2, one on upper 

 part of discocellulars ; a discal row of four, the first three in 6, 

 5, and 4 either separated or contiguous and on a line outwardly 

 more or less convex. The fourth in 3 separated and rather 

 nearer base than the third. A spot in 2 about 2 mm. from the 

 base of that area, and either immediately beneath it or slightly 

 nearer mai'gin a spot in lb. 



