208 Mr. H. Eltringham's Monograph of the 



females in the Tring collection taken at Kibwezi and 

 Kaligire in Unyoro. Another ^ bears the label Kirembwe, 

 Bulamwezi. All these specimens are smaller than the 

 Kisumu si^ecimens. I have not found it in the very 

 lo.rsfe collections received from Entebbe. 



80. ACRAEA MIRIFICA. PI. XIII, f. 5. PI. XVI, f. 15. 



Acraea mirifica, Lathy, Trans. Ent. Soc, p. 2, pi. I, i. 2 ^ 

 (1906) ; Neave, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. U, pi. 1, f. 3 9 

 (1910). 

 Angola (Bihe) ; N.E. Rhodesia (Serenji to L. Bangvveolo). 



^. Expanse 41 mm. F.-w. velvety brown black. A band 

 of pale dull ochreous with a slightly metallic lustre crosses the 

 wing beginning at costa just beyond cell about 3 mm. wide and 

 rapidly widening to 5 or 6 mm. as far as nervule 4. Beneath 

 this the colour inclines to pearl grey and the inner edge recedes 

 towards margin, the band being continued about 3 mm. wide, 

 tapering slightly to the hind angle. A row of orange dots al>ng 

 the hind margin. H.-w. velvety brown black with pa' e ochreous 

 fringe conspicuous on inner margin. 



Underside f.-w. cell, base of 3, and whole of wing beneath 

 nervule 3 black. Costa and apical portion pale dull metallic 

 gold. Just before margin the nervules bear diamond shaped 

 black spots which enclose an apical series of crimson spots on the 

 margin. 



H.-w. pale dull metallic gold, the nervule ends bearing 

 spindle-shaped black marks which meet in a fine marginal black 

 line and enclose a marginal series of semiovate spots of the 

 ground-colour and a submarginal row of crimson spots. Area 9 

 is also crimson, and a crimson spot at base of Ic. Black spots 

 as follows : — Two in 7, the second beyond origin of nervule 7. 

 Following these three spots in 6, 5, and 4, nearly in a straight 

 line pointing to middle of hind margin. A spot near base of 

 3, and of 2. Beneath the latter and nearer margin a spot in Ic, 

 followed by one in lb, rather nearer base. A transverse spot in 

 cell and one on middle discocellular. A subbasal spot in Ic, 

 lb, and la, the last nearer to base. 



Head and collar red. Thorax and abdomen, above, black. 

 Claws unequal. 



9 . Expanse 48 mm. F.-w. ochreous grey. Costa orange red. 

 Apex black, this colour being continued as a tapering hind- 

 marginal border. Red marginal spots as in ^ . Sometimes the 

 inner edge of this marginal border is dusted with pale ochreous. 



