African Species of the Genus Acraea. 121 



area la slightly beyond middle a small transverse spot. Small 

 black linear marks in cell, lb, and la. 



H.-w. with black basal suffusion, slight in 7, widening in cell 

 towards median, extending to middle of wing in Ic, and tapering 

 off to base of la. Hind-marginal black border 2 mm. wide 

 rather strongly arched on inner edge between nervules and 

 bearing seven pale spots varying from red to yellowish. Black 

 spots as on underside, except in la and lb where they merely 

 show through from beneath. 



Underside. Wings as on upperside but rather paler and 

 duller, f.-w. with apical region slightly yellower than the 

 remainder. S]5ots as on upperside. The black at apex bears 

 three small greyish white spots. 



H.-w. On the marginal border the internervular spots are 

 large, rounded, and violet grey, centred with yellow, the black por- 

 tion being reduced to a series of rings. Black spots as follows : — 

 A very irregular discal row of eight, first in 7 slightly beyond 

 middle, second and third, in 6 and 5, midway between the 

 latter and marginal border, contiguous, and lying at right angles 

 to costa; fourth, in 4, touching nervule 5 and l.d.c. ; fifth, in 3, 

 crescentic nearly midway between end of cell and marginal 

 border ; sixth in 2 touching median and 2, seventh in Ic rather 

 nearer margin than the sixth ; eighth in lb at same level. In 

 addition to these the following basal and subbasal spots. In 

 area 7 a subbasal spot, its long axis pointing towards inner 

 margin ; two in cell, the second elongate and transverse ; a 

 basal and a transverse subbasal in Ic, la, and lb, the latter also 

 extending into la. A basal spot in 9, and a small spot in 8 a. 

 short distance beyond precostal. Fringes of both wings white. 



Head dark red brown, two reddish lateral tufts on collar, 

 thorax black brown with lateral tufts of red. Abdomen black 

 above, yellowish beneath with lateral orange spots. Claws unequal. 



9 . About the same size as (J , and resembling it in mark- 

 ings, but ground-colour duller, and f.-w. more rounded. 

 Abdomen black with white lateral spots. Underside of h.-w. 

 sometimes ochreous with reddish internervular patches. The 

 ground-colour varies from slightly paler than the ^ through dull 

 ochreous, smoky ochreous, to violaceous sepia. An example of 

 the latter coloration in the National Collection has a median 

 white suffusion in the h.-w. The h.-w. margin if spotted at all 

 is marked with white. 



Unfortunately very few of the examples which I have been 

 able to examine are dated, but the sepia coloured $ $ are 

 probably wet season examples. 



