African SjJccics of the Genus Acraea. 329 



$. Expanse about 70 mm. Resembles (^ in pattern but 

 the dark areas are somewliat blacker, and the pale ochreous 

 areas are replaced by white. In f.-w. the subapical band is 

 somewhat reduced in width, and the inner marginal patch is 

 very small and ill defined. On the underside the pattern is 

 the same as above, and the blackish areas are the same, and 

 are not replaced by ochreous as in (^ . 

 A. judutta 9 f- carnientis. 



In this form the white of f.-w. subapical band and of inner 

 margin is much extended and almost joined in the neighbour- 

 hood of nervule 2. 

 A. jodutta 9 f- dorotheae. 



The f.-w. subapical band is rather broader than i:sual, and 

 is golden yellow shading to rather paler or even white, towards 

 costa. The inner marginal patch is nearly as large as in the 

 (J and is golden yellow. The h.-w. is a slightly deeper shade 

 of the same colour, and though very distinctly striated by 

 black nervules and long black rays has very little dark 

 marginal suffusion, there Ijeing just a little powdering towards 

 the apex. 



On the underside the f.-w. has the cell and central portion 

 blackish and tlie apical and hind-marginal area dull orange 

 ochreous. II. -w. dull orange ochreous with fine black nervules 

 and rays. 



Some examples of this form have the subapical patch white. 

 A. jodutta 9 f- interjeda. 



The f.-w. subapical band is white as in tyj^ical 5 > but the 

 inner marginal patch is a mere sprinkling of pale ochreous 

 scales, except in la where it is well defined. In the centre of 

 area 2 is a longitudinal submarginal white streak. 



H.-w. basal area pale ochreous with a slight brownish basal 

 sutt'usion. Outer half of wing dusted with reddish brown 

 suflused with sepia at apex. 



Underside. F.-w. apex and hind margin dull reddish brown. 

 H.-w. dull orange at base, outer half suffused with dull reddish 

 brown. 



A. jodutta 5 f. subf ulva. 



Eesembles the typical 5 , but the outer half of h.-w. is 

 reddish brown, the inner edge of this colour being rather 

 sharply defined. A dusting of sepia brown about apex and 

 filong hind margin. 

 ? f. castanca. PL V, f. 1. 



r,-w. rich sepia-black. The subapical patch almost obliter- 



