African Species of the Genus Acraea. 133 



a straight line at right angles to costa. The fourth obliquely 

 placed and pointing towards margin. The fifth slightly elon- 

 gated, its long axis making an obtuse angle with that of the 

 fourth. A snbreniform spot in 2 near median. Tlie ends of 

 nervures though finely marked in black are cUstindlii less black 

 than in nohara halali. A submarginal and usually a subbasal 

 spot in lb. 



H.w. with a black basal suffusion widest in Ic. A hind- 

 marginal black border about To mm. wide, with faint indications 

 of paler internervular spots. Black spots as on underside, those 

 near base obscured by the black suff"usion, and those in lb and 

 Ic often faintly indicated. 



Underside rose pink but more sparsely scaled than above. 

 r.-w. as above but with a spot at base of costa, and an indication 

 of pale spots on apical black in 6 and 7. 



H.-w. with a black marginal border as above bearing distinct 

 sublinear pale yellowish internervular spots. Discal row of 

 seven spots. No spot in area 5. The spot in 3 is always much 

 nearer to end of cell than to inner edge of marginal black. 

 This spot seems to be alivaijs a little further from end of cell 

 than in nohara. In one example it is absent. The three spots 

 in 2, Ic, lb, are usually in a straight line whereas the middle 

 spot is generally nearer margin in nohara. This feature can- 

 not be relied upon as a constant distinction since some specimens 

 of nohara also have these spots similarly placed. There is a spot 

 in 8 close to precostal, a subbasal in 7, two spots in cell, one in 

 Ic, lb, and la and some black about the base of the nervures. 



Head black with red tufts between eyes and on collar. 

 Thorax black with some reddish hairs. Abdomen, basal half 

 black with orange lateral spots, remainder and beneath, orange. 

 Claws unequal. 



9 . Resembles the (^ but the f.-w. are more orange coloured 

 and the abdomen is dorsally black over whole length, an;:! has 

 dorso-lateral whitish s2:)ots. 



When Neave described this form he was of the opinion 

 that it was a subspecies of A. nohara, and in the absence 

 of preparations of the male armature, such a conclusion 

 would seem to be justified. The differences between 

 the genitalia of cliamhezi and nohara are however of so 

 marked a kind that the two must certainly be regarded 

 as distinct species. 



From typical nohara, cliamhezi differs in the smaller 

 size of the spots; from nohara halali in the greater width 



