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a little dark scaling remaining on the nervules in the snbapical 

 region. The remainder of the wing is orange ochreous. In 

 the h.-w. the dark border, though nearly as wide as in other 

 forms has a much browner appearance owing to an admixture 

 of orange ochreous scales. Base and inner margin suffused 

 with greyish. Remainder of wing orange ochreous. 



A. conjuncta is still rare in collections, indeed until 

 quite recently only very few examples were known. It 

 has however lately been taken in some numbers by Neave 

 on Mt. Kokaiijero, and his series contains all the forms 

 mentioned above. The polymorphism of the species 

 appears to be associated with that of A. johnstoni, a great 

 number of forms of the latter liaving been taken at the 

 same time and place. 



126. Acraea disjuncta. PL XIV, f. 12. 



Acraea ditijtiitc.ta, Grose-Smith, Novit. Zool., 5, p. 351 

 (1898) ; Aurivillius, Ehop. Aeth., p. 117 (1898) ; Grose- 

 Smith, Rhop. Exot. (Acraea), vi, p. 20, pi. 6, f. 7, 8 

 (1901) ; Heron, Trans. Zool. Soc. xix, p. 148 (1909). 

 = Planema nandensis., E. M. B. Sharpe, Ann. Nat. Hist., 



iii, p. 244 (1899). 

 British E. Africa (Nandi) ; Congo (nr. L. Kivu ; Mt. 

 Ruwenzori, 5-7,000 ft. ; " 90 km. W. of Albert Nyanza "). 



cj. Expanse 44-48 nun. F.-w. Co.sta, cell, base of lb and 

 la, apical area, and hind margin sepia black. A large sub- 

 apical and inner marginal patch of pale ochre yellow. The dark 

 colour extends a little beyond cell and is continued in area 3 

 so as to join, or nearly join, that of the hind margin, thus 

 isolating a subapical patch of the paler colour. This patch is 

 almost 4 mm. wide in areas 6, 5, and 4, is somewhat narrower 

 at costa, and in area 3 is reduced to about 2 mm. The inner 

 marginal patch occupies the whole of area 2 except at hind 

 margin, and becomes gradually wider to the inner margin. 



H.-w. pale ochre yellow with a slight dusting of brownish 

 scales at base, and a hind-marginal border of sepia brown the 

 inner edge of which is slightly sufi'used. 



Underside. A pale replica of the upper, the f.-w. cell some- 

 what suffused with pale ochreous, and the darker colour of 

 apex, margin, and base of area lb, dusky ochreous. Nervule 

 ends and rays finely marked in black brown. H.-w. margin 

 dusky ochreous. Nervules and rays finely marked in black 

 brown, the latter long and extending inwards almost to cell. 

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