.15 -t Mr. H. Eltringham's Monograpli of the 



Neave, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 19 (1910); Strand (acrita f.) 

 Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, v. Band, 2 Heft, p. 282 (1911). 

 Nyassaland (Zomba) ; N. Rhodesia; Congo (Katanga); 

 German E. Africa. 



(J. Expanse 50-58 mm. Wings deep orange-red shading to 

 yellow in f.-w. subapical area, without the tinge of scarlet 

 common in forms of A. acrita. F.-w. with some black at base 

 which may be absent in very dry season specimens. Costa very 

 faintly lined with black. Apex with a black tip 8-10 mm. wide 

 usually with a fairly sharply defined proximal edge at right 

 .angles to cnsta. The remainder of hind margin bounded by a 

 faint black line. A spot in cell slightly beyond origin of 2, one 

 on upper part of discocel hilars, one at base of area 2 close t(j 

 median, a submarginal and a subbasal in la. 



H.-w with a black basal suffusion usually extending into area 

 7 and widest in Ic. A hind-marginal border formed by a marginal 

 line and black internervular arches. Spots as on underside, 

 those near ba.se obscured by the black suffusion. 



Underside. F.-w. ground-colour as above but paler, apical 

 black replaced by greyish ochreous divided by the black 

 Tiervules and orange ochreous rays. A black spot at base of 

 costa. Other spots as on upperside. 



H.-w. dull orange ochreous, base of 7, end of cell, and 

 ■median portions of Ic, lb, and la splashed with red. Base of 

 •cell, 2, Ic, lb and la pale greenish. Marginal border as on 

 upperside but enclosing greenish or greenish-yellow spots. 

 Black spots as follows : — Discal row, one in 7 about middle, 

 one in 6 nearer margin, very rarely a minute spot in 5 beueatii 

 the second. Beneath this a spot in 4 ; in 3 a small spot touch- 

 ing end of cell (often absent), a spot in 2 touching median and 

 2, a spot in Ic, lb and la, each nearer to base than the spot 

 preceding it. A spot in 8 near precostal, a subbasal in 7, two 

 in cell and one at base of 5 on m.d.c, a basal and a subbasal in 

 Ic and a subbasal in lb and la. 



Head black, usually with a pale mark between the eyes, 

 thorax black with red hairs, abdomen black tipped with orange, 

 and with orange lateral spots. Claws unei^ual. 



The above description is that applying to average 

 examples. Very dry forms may have no spots at all in 

 f.-w. and a very pale median area. Very wet forms may 

 have an excess of black suffusion in the h.-w. The most 

 constant feature is the very broad black apex in the 



