African Species of the Genus Acraca. 37 



F.-w. cell fully scaled with black, except occasionally at extreme 



end {k) 



(k) H.-w. central band very narrow (about 4 mm.) 



pcnelope deruhescens (281) 



H.-M\ central band so broad as to leave a black margin of only 



about 3 mm. ..... . pendope vitrea {ISl) 



X. 



X. 



F.-w. with a peculiar pattern formed as follows. Cell aiid a short 

 distance beyond it sepia. A central band of taumy brown 

 outwardly deeply identate on the nervnles. Outer half of wing 

 sepia. An irregular spot near base of area 2 and a V-shaped 

 spot berieath it in lb . . . . alciope alciope (322) 



F.-iv. tmth a similar pattern, but with a ivhite saffiision of the 

 central band ..... alciope /. cretacea (323) 



F.-w. bears subapical spots in 6, 5, and 4, and discal spots in 16 

 and 2, just as in species of Sections VI or VII . . (a 

 F.-w. not bearing such spots (m) 



in lb and 2, and the h.-w. 



. . . . (6) 



. . . . (d) 



rogersi rogersi (61) 



. . . . (c) 



rogersi lamborni (62) 



(a) F.-w. bears large submarginal spots 

 ditto at least in Ic, 2, and 3 . 



No submarginal spots 

 {b) Central band of h.-w. red . 



Central band of h.-w. not red 



(c) H.-w. with a whitish central band 

 H.-w. central band not differentiated, the whole ground-colour 



of botli wings being sepia-brown . rogersi f. scdambo (61) 



(d) H.-w. discal spot in 4 stands nearer to cell than that in 3 or 5 (e) 

 H.-w. discal spot in 4 stands not nearer to cell than that in 3 



or 5 .......... (t) 



(e) H.-w. underside with a black border bearing orange spots (/) 

 H.-w. margin without orange spots . . . . . (g) 



(/) Red of f.-w. not extending beyond subapical spots 



perenna perenna (261) 

 Eed of f.-w. extending beyond subapical spots 



perenna thesprio (262) 



((/) H.-w. with a white inner marginal patch pharsalus vuilloti (257) 



H.-w. without white patch ...... (h) 



(h) F.-w. with a white or whitish band beyond the subapical spots, 

 the red ground-colour not extending into apical area 



pharsalus pharsalus (256) 

 F.-w. without white subapical band, the corresponding area 

 being occupied by an extension of the red ground-colour 



pharsahis f. pharsaloides (256) 



