72 Mr. H. Eltringham's Monograph of the 



Acraca 7nahela \s very closely allied to A. neohulc, the 

 position of the spots is precisely similar, though mahcla 

 lacks the spotted hind wing margin and basal black ringed 

 white spots which characterise the former species. There 

 is little constant difference in the male armatures of the 

 two species. Mabille describes it as somewhat rare, 

 having a swift flight, and inhabiting the eastern slopes 

 of Madagascar. Specimens in the Oxford collection were 

 taken in S.W. Madagascar. There is an example in the 

 general collection in the Berlin Museum labelled " Mozam- 

 bique," but the occurrence of the species on the mainland 

 seems doubtful. 



22. ACRAEA NEOBULE. PI. VII, f. 3. PI. XV, f. 18. 



Acraea neohule, Doubl., Hew., and Westw.,Gen. Di. Lep.,pl. 19, 



f. 3 (1848) ; Guerin, in Lefeb. Voy. Abyss., 6, p. 378 (1849) ; 



Eeiche, in Ferret et Galinier, Voy. Abyss. Ent., p. 466, pi. 33, 



f. 3, 4 (1849) ; Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc, p. 345 (1870) ; 



Trimen, S. Af. Butt, 1, p. 137 (1887) ; Butler, Proc. Zool. 



Soc, p. 66 (1888) ; Aurivillius, Rhop. Aeth., p. 89 (1898) ; 



Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 192 (1898); I. c. p. 401 (1898^ ; 



Dixey, Proc Zool. Soc, p. 11 (1900); Butler, Proc Zool. 



Soc, p. 923 (1900) ; Neave, Novit. Zool., xi. p. 346 (1904) ; 



Aurivillius, Voeltzkow Reise. Lep., p. 315 (1909) ; Neave, 



Proc Zool. Soc, p. 11 (1910). 

 = matuapa, Gr. -Smith, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6), 3, p. 127 (1889) ; 



Smith & Kirby, Rhop. Exot, 10 (Acraea), p. 6, pi. 2, f. 5, 6 



(1889). 

 ? = mhondana, Vuillot, Ann. E. Fr. 60 Bull., p. 115 (1891). 

 Damaraland ; Angola ; Congo (Kassai) ; N.E. Rhodesia ; 

 Barotseland ; Natal ; Transvaal ; Cape Colony ; Portu- 

 guese E. Africa ; German E. Africa ; British E. Africa ; 

 Sudan ; Somaliland ; Abyssinia ; Grand Comoro I. ; Pemba I. 



f. sokotrana. 



Rebel, Denksch. Akad. Wiss. Wien., 71, 2, p. 28 (1907). 



= neofci(ie, Butler, Proc.Zool.Soc.,p.l77, pi. 18,f.5(1881);Dixey, 

 Proc Zool. Soc, p. 374 (1898) ; Grant, Nat. Hist. Sokotra, 

 p. 304 (1903) ; Neave, Proc Zool. Soc, p. 11 (1910) (part). 



Sokotra L; N.E. Rhodesia (Luangwa R). 



A. neohtde seis, subsp. 



Feisthamel (A. seis), Ann. Ent. Fr., p. 247 (1850) ; Aurivillius 



{neohtde, var. seis), Rhop. Aeth., p. 89 (1898). 

 = calyce, Godinan & Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 221, pi. 17, 

 f. 1, 2 (1884). 



