304 Mr. H. Eltringham's Monogrcqih of the 



red. Some $ examples have all the scaling much reduced, 

 the h.-w. marginal border being almost absent. The $ $ 

 are of the maculivcntris form, and one example before me 

 has no black border in the h.-w. On the underside the 

 discal curved band is pink, due to a sprinkling of whitish 

 scales on a brownish ground. The hind-marginal border 

 is orange brown. 



114. ACRAEA AUBYNI. PI. V, f . 6 ( ^^ ). PI. XV, f. 9. 



Acraea anhijni, sp. nov. 



British E. Africa (Mwaeba Hill, 35 m. N.N.W. of Eabui). 



^. Expanse 50-56 mm. F.-w. elongated and with hind 

 margin slightly concave. Cell, basal two-thirds of area 3, greater 

 part of areas 2, and lb, and a streak beyond middle of la, pale 

 brick red. Costa, apex, a short space beyond cell,'and greater 

 part of la, sepia. A short blackish basal streak in area lb. A 

 subapical patch of three more or less transparent elongated 

 spots in 6, 5, and 4. H.-w. basal half of 7, and Ic, base of cell, 

 most of lb, and all of la sepia. A sepia lilack marginal border 

 1*5 to 2"5 mm. broad, slightly edentate inwardly on and be- 

 tween the nervules. Kemainder of wing pale Ijrick red with 

 black spots more easily observed beneath. 



Underside. F.-w. very sparsely scaled except at apex and 

 hind margin. Nervures and nervules finely black. Resembles 

 upperside but all the sepia areas dull ochreous and there is 

 an indication of a small blackish streak in cell. H.-w. dull 

 ochreous, those areas which are sepia above being represented 

 by a slightly darker ochreous shade. Hind margin bears short 

 internervular rays which barely reach the margin or only do so 

 in a fine point. Nervule ends on margin slightly thickened 

 with black brown. Black spots as follows ; — Two in 7, the 

 second just beyond origin of nervule 7. Beneath the second 

 and rather more distal a spot in 6, followed by one still more 

 distal in 5. A spot at base of 5 on discocellular and a similar 

 but smaller one at base of 4. One at base of 2, a basal, a suli- 

 basal and a distal in Ic and lb, the two outer spots in latter 

 area being rather further from base than the corresponding 

 ones in Ic. A subbasal in la. 



Head black with a yellowish spot between the eyes and 

 two on collar. Thorax black. Abdomen black above with 

 yellowish lateral spots. Claws equal. 



9 . Expanse 60 mm. F.-w. for the most part transparent. 

 Costa dusted with blackish. Apex rather broadly blackish 

 as far as area 4 where the dark scales become confined to a 



