60 Mr. H. Eltringham's Monograph of the 



the h.-w. Thorax and abdomen black above with lateral pale 

 spots, and paler beneath. Claws unequal. 



5. Expanse 37-53 mm. Resembles the ^, but the red of the 

 h.-w. usually replaced by dull brown, though occasionally the 

 $ is almost as brightly coloured as the ^. In brown 5 9 

 the underside of the h.-w. is whitish ochreous. The h.-w. black 

 spots as follows. On the margin of the coloured area a row of 

 seven internervular spots nearly parallel to the hind margin, 

 those near costa sometimes obsolete. A discal row of eight inter- 

 nervular spots, the first in area 7, the spot in area 2 much nearer 

 base than the rest. Eight basal spots, one in area 8, one in area 7, 

 two in cell, two in area Ic, and one each in la, and lb. 



A common and widely distributed species occurring from 

 Sierra Leone to tlie Kikuyu Escarpment. 



A. quirina rosa, subsp. 



Distinguished from the tyj^ical form by the greater extent 

 of the red suffusion in the f.-w., reaching to end of cell and 

 nearly to hind angle. Eight (^ examples in the Hope Depart- 

 ment, from British E. Africa (Kitui and Rabai). The male 

 armature in quirina and its subspecies is characterised by the 

 modification of the imcus into two hooks as large as the 

 claspers. The ventral abdominal plate is large and contains a 

 dense mass of hairs, probably of a glandular nature. 



Speaking o( A. q^iirina (or its subspecies), (Proc. Zool. 

 Soc, p. 923, 1900) Butler quotes from the MS. of the col- 

 lector Mr. R. Crawshay. " All these AcraeiTiae were taken 

 in the gloom of the forest, flitting about feebly, and 

 settling on the bushes. Spherical yellow ova." The 

 locality was Ruarka R, Kikuyu, 5,500 ft. (April 1900). 



15. ACRAEA HOVA. PI. VII, f. 17. 



Acraea hova, Boisduval, Faune Mad., p. 29, pi. 4, f. 1, 2 

 (1833) ; Blanchard, Hist. Nat. Ins., 3, p. 438, pi 11, f. 1 

 (1840) ; Lucas in Chenu, Enc. Hist. Nat., p. 3, f. 6, pi. 27, 

 f. 3 (1852) ; Guenee, Vinson Voy. Annex., p. 35 (1864); Ward, 

 Af. Lep., p. 10, pi. 7, f. 6 (1874) ; Mabille, Hist. Nat. Mad. 

 Lep., 1, p. 94, pi. 9, f .1-3, pi. 9a, f. 6(1885-7) ; Aurivillius, 

 Rhop. Aeth., p. 87 (1898). 

 Madagascar. 



(J. Expanse about 75 mm. F.-w. semitransparent, due to 

 scales being reduced in number but not in size. Base and basal 

 part of hind margin black. Costa and hind margin slightly 

 dusted with blackish. Basal area to slightly beyond end of cell, 

 and extending downwards to hind angle, sufl'used with brick red. 



