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form but the spots are larger, especially those of the f.-w. The 

 area between end of cell and apical black is very pale ochreous, 

 and the h.-w. marginal black is better developed though not to 

 the extent found in acrita acrita. 



9. Dry season. Resembles the dry season (J. Very slightly 

 duller in colour, and with more rounded wings. 



5 • Intermediate. Resembles the ^ but wings more rounded 

 and red colour replaced by dusky brown. Spots large and f.-w. 

 apical black about 9 mm. wide. A white discal patch extending 

 from end of cell to apical black. Underside correspondingly 

 dull in colour. 



§ . Wet season. Resembles the foregoing intermediate form 

 but the ground-colour dark smoky grey. Underside with base 

 of cell and area 2, also internervular portions of hind-marginal 

 border pale sage green. 



9 9 of acrita belloiui are distinguished by the character of 

 the genital plate which is very much narrower structure than in 

 other forms {except pudorina). It is in fact in a condition inter- 

 mediate between that in pudorma and the other forms. 



A. acrita littoralis. 



^ . Dry season. Ground-colour somewhat less brilliant than 

 in acrita acrita. F.-w. apical black 3 mm. wide. H.-w. hind- 

 marginal black arches rather faint towards anal angle. Many 

 of h.-w. spots rather faintly indicated on upper side. 



^ . Wet season. F.-w. spots larger than in dry form, and 

 apical black broader than in acrita acrita (4-5 mm.). H.-w. 

 discal spots very variable. Rarely a trace of a spot in area 5, 

 sometimes no spot in 3, often all the spots very close together. 

 Hind-maiginal border with well-marked black arches varying to 

 an almost entirely black border 3 mm. wide. H.-w. underside 

 with or without red splashes in the discal area. 



$ . Dry season. Resembling dry ^ but with more rounded 

 wings and duller in ground-colour. H.-w, hind-marginal,border 

 heavier, often leaving only a trace of internervular spots. The 

 inner edge of this border may be either sharply defined or 

 suffused. 



5 . Wet season. Marked as in dry 9 but ground-colour 

 smoky grey and f.-w. apical black 6-7 mm. wide. A discal 

 white band between apical black and end of cell. Underside 

 correspondingly dull in colour. H.-w. marginal spots white or 

 greenish. 



This form is distinguished from acrita acrita principally 

 by the broader apical black of the f.-w. and the shorter 



