50 Mr. H. Eltringham's Monograph of the 



similar but more elongated spots in areas 2 and 3. In some 

 examples there is a small spot in area 5. Thorax black, spotted 

 with white beneath. Abdomen black with white lateral seg- 

 mental spots. Claws unequal. 



$. Expanse about 65 mm. The spots on the h.-w. are 

 similar to those in the $ but that in area 5 is often larger. 

 The orange suffusion in the f.-w. is replaced by pale yellow and 

 that in the h.-w. by white. In some examples the coloured 

 areas are entirely replaced by white. 



Acraca i(jati is found only in Madagascar. Boisduval 

 and Mabille describe it as frequenting wooded districts, 

 and producing two broods, the first in April and May, the 

 second in July and August. Boisduval states that it is 

 found on Ste. Marie I. and on the mainland. He appears 

 to have confused the sexes, describing the orange suffused 

 form as the female. His figure is that of the male. 



The male armature is peculiar, as will be seen from a 

 reference to the figure in Plate VII. The velum is much 

 larger than in A. datnii and both uncus and claspers are 

 more highly developed. The entire structure resembles 

 that of the Australasian A. andromache. 



7, ACRAEA DAMII. PI. VII, flF. 11a, b, c. 



Acraea damii, Vollenhoven, Pollen and Van Dam, Faune 



Mad., 5, Ins., p. 12, pi. 2, f. 4 (1869) ; Mabille, Hist. Nat. 



Mad. Lep., 1, p. 83, 88, pi. 10, f. 3, 4 (1885-7) ; Oberthiir, 



Etud. d'Ent., 13, p. 12, pi. 3, f. 11-16(1890); Aurivillius, 



Rhop. Aeth., p. 85 (1898). 

 = perciissa, Keferstein, Jahrb. Akad. Erfurt (2), 6, p. 13, pi. 1, 



f. 1, 2 (1870). 

 = masonala, Ward, Ent. Mo. Mag., is, p. 3 (1872) ; Af. 



Lep., p. 10, pi. 7, f. 5 (1874). 

 Mayotta I.; Comoro I. ; Madagascar. 



A. damii cnva, subsp. 



Gr. Smith (A. cuva), Ann. Nat. Hist. (6), 3, p. 126 (1889) ; Smith 



& Kirby, Rhop. Exot. (Acraea), p. 2, pi. 1, f. 5 (1889) ; 



Aurivillius, Rhop. Aeth., p. 86 (1898) ; Smith & Kirby, 



Rhop. Exot., 3 (Acraea), p. 24, pi. 7, f. 4 (1901). 



British E. Africa (Rabai, Zanzibar) ; German E. Africa 



(Dar-es- Salaam) ; (?) Katancja. 



f. nidama. Suffert, Iris., p. 19 (1904). 



Type from Dar-es-Salaam. (Liable to appear wherever cuva 

 occurs.) 



