African Species of the Genus Acrnea. 237 



Beneath all the coh^urs are much paler. There is a spot in 

 rell, and the wedge-shaped black mark of the uppei'side may 

 be resolved into a discocellular and a row of discal spots. The 

 dark marginal borders of the npperside are represented only by 

 light brown scales, though the h.-w. border may be somewhat 

 darker than that of the primary. A $ example before me 

 has the borders pale brownish grey, divided up by the dark 

 brown ends of nervules, and by the triangular orange-coloured 

 internervular marks, each of which is prolonged at the apex to 

 a dark brown ray. The h.-w. spots are much reduced in both 

 sexes, those in area 7 being most prominent. There are frequently 

 some red interner\'ular marks on the basal portion of the wing. 



f. hrahmsi. 



This form like the others is rather variable in markings. It 

 differs from them in having the orange tawny colour replaced 

 by dull brick red, and in having the dark markings on the 

 upjierside of a more decidedly brown tone. The subapical 

 patch, which is small, a very small distal part of cell, the basal 

 half of area 2, and the central part of lb and la are dull brick 

 red. Remainder of wing dark brown. A brown spot near base 

 of 2, and beneath it but rather further from margin a spot in 

 lb usually connected by a spur with the basal brown. H.-av. 

 dull brick red, slightly blackened at base, and having a dark 

 brown hind-marginal border 2"5 mm. wide as far as -3, where it 

 widens to about 4 mm. 



On the imderside the basal half of f.-w. is dull red, paler 

 than above. Costa greyish brown. A large black spot in cell, 

 and one in 2 and lb. The subapical patch is ochreous, and 

 between it and end of cell is an irregular Ijlack mark joined on 

 its lower side to a crescentic spot in 3. The apical and hind- 

 marginal border presents a different appearance to that in 

 acerata and vinidia. There is a series of subtriangular orange 

 ochreous marginal spots, followed inwardly by a band of pale 

 brown. The spots are separated oidy by the black ends of 

 nervules ; each spot is outlined with black and its apex produced 

 into a black ray which bifurcates where it meets the pale 

 subapical spot, or the ground-colour in 2 and lb. 



H.-w. pale ochreous with black spots as in acerata. Red 

 internervular marks in basal half in \), 7, 5, cell, Ic, lb, and la. 

 A broad pale brown hind-marginal border shaped as in vinidia, 

 and inclining to tawny at its inner edge. Subtriangular orange 

 ochreous marginal spots, each outlined with black and produced 

 inwardly in a black iutei'nervular ray. Nervule ends also black. 



