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shows a constant difference in the form of the penis. In 
C. fulgurata the large toothed ridge just distal from the 
bend is replaced by a slight toothed swelling. This differ- 
ence was at first thought to be individual, but it is actually 
constant in all the specimens examined. 
16 33, 15 99, i. iv—vill. x. Solwezi. 
9. Precis actia Dist., forms, actia Dist., and fureata, 
R. and J., and 
10. Precis pelarga Fab. f. leodice Cram. 
It is interesting to note that Dollman was convinced of 
the specific distinction of these two species, which had 
always been considered one until separated by Rothschild 
and Jordan (Noy. Zool. x, p. 516, 1903). He regarded the 
commoner species however (P. actia Dist.) to be P. pelarga 
and thought this latter a new species. His females of 
P. pelarga f. leodice are of the more unusual form which 
resembles the male in coloration and is quite devoid of any 
trace of bluish or white suffusion of the yellow band on 
both wings. A character which may be of some use to help 
to separate these two species is the shape of the outer edge 
of the basal black area of the fore-wing. In P. actia it is, 
as a rule, mach more crenulate, especially posteriorly, than 
in P. pelarg ga; it nearly always runs in an even curve in 
areas 2 and 3 in P. pelarga, but is interrupted on vein 3 im 
P. actia. The only certain guide, however, is the shape of 
the clasper in the male, as indicated by Rothschild and 
Jordan (l.c.). 
ACRAEINAE. 
11. Acraea welwitsehi Rogenh. 
Acraea welwitschi Rogenh., Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien. 42, p. 573. 
(a) A. welwitschi lutea, subsp. noy. 
(Plate V, fig. 7.) 
A series of 11 3g from Mutema’s in the Lukanga Valley, 
Kashitu, taken during August 1917, exhibits little variation. 
They are nearest to the subsp. lobemba Hltr., but differ 
constantly in having the fore-wing apical and hind marginal 
black restricted to about half the width, in having a 
generally paler ground-colour, with distinct ochreous tinge 
in the fore-wing discal area, and very slightly more pro- 
nounced white in discal area of hind-wing. 
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