82 Mr. H. Eltringham's Monograph of the 



A. insvjnis f. siginna. 



Differs from the typical form in having all the h.-w. basal 

 black coalescent, forming a large black patch extending beyond 

 cell with an irregular distal ovitline from costa to inner margin. 



Aurivillius records the siginna form as occurring almost 

 to the exclusion of the type, at great elevations (2,000 to 

 3,000 metres) on Mts. Meru and Kilimandjaro. Inter- 

 mediates however appear to occur everywhere. When 

 Distant described and figured this species, he pointed out 

 that it was the same as that described by Hewitson 

 as A. luxtoni. That name had however been pre- 

 viously used by Butler, and as God man points out, 

 Hewitson must have suppressed the species as it does not 

 appear in Kirby's catalogue of his collection, its place 

 being taken by four undetermined forms from Zanzibar. 

 These are the same as the species described and figured 

 by Distant. Butler records A. insignis as taken by Mr. R. 

 Crawshay at Roromo, Kikuyu Forest in February 1900, 

 that collector remarking that the species frequents the 

 primaeval forest and that it is capable of resisting the 

 fumes of strong cyanide for half-an-hour. The species 

 is very nearly allied to A. horta, the ^ armatures being 

 ■with difficulty distinguishable. That of insignis is of a 

 rather more slender construction. 



27. ACRAEA CAMAENA. PI. VII, f. 4. 



Acraea camaena, Drury, (Pap.) 111. Exot. Ins., 2, p. 12, pi. 7. f. 2 

 (1773) ; Fabricius, Syst. Ent., p. 464 (1775) (?) ; Herbst, 

 Naturs. Schmett, 5, p. 9, pi. 81, f. 3 (1792) ; Godart (Acraea), 

 Enc. Meth., 9, p. 234 (1819) ; Aurivillius, Rhop. Aeth. 

 p. 89 (1898) ; Lathy, Trans. Ent. Soc, p. 185 (1903). 

 = murcia, Fabricius, {Pap.) Spec. Ins., 2, p. 33 (1781). 

 S. Leone ; Gold Coast ; Liberia ; Ashanti ; Lagos ; 

 Nigeria ; Fernando Po, 



(There is apparently some confusion under camaena in the 

 1775 edition of Fabricius. Camaena is stated to have red on 

 h.-w., and to be allied to zetes. Then follows a fuller 

 description, which agrees with Drury's figure of cam,aena. In 

 the Species Insectorum (Vol. II, p. 32) camaena is again 

 described with red on h.-w., and on p. 33, " Papilio murcia " 

 is described, the account and the type agreeing with Drury's 

 figure of camaena.) 



(J. Expanse 55-65 mm. F.-w. smoky brown, partially trans- 

 lucent, one black spot at end of cell on discocellulars. H.-w. 



