180 Mr. H. Eltringham's Monograph of the 



margin a spot in 5 (absent in three examples). In 4 a spot 

 about 1 mm. from end of cell, a spot in 3, 2 mm. from end of 

 cell, and one in 2 not very close to median. A spot in Ic, 3 mm. 

 from margin, and one in lb rather nearer base. A spot in 8 

 near precostal, a sub basal in 7, two in cell, one at base of 5 on 

 m.d.c, a basal and a subbasal in Ic, and immediately below 

 the latter a spot in lb and la, also a subbasal in la. Some 

 irregular black at base of wing. 



Head and thorax black, with reddish tufts and hairs, base of 

 abdomen black with whitish lateral spots, remainder white to 

 yellowish. Claws unequal. 



5 resembles ^ but ground-colour rather more dusky 

 ochreous. 



This species is apparently very closely allied to 

 equatorialis. It may be distinguished from the latter by 

 its larger average size, and by the fact that the discal spot 

 in f.-w. lb is usually slightly more distally placed than 

 that in 2, whereas in equatorialis this spot is slightly more 

 proximally placed. Also the spot in h.-w. at base of area 

 5 is well developed, and is rarely indicated in equatorialis. 

 Further the structure of the claspers in the male armature 

 is slightly different and the penis is longer and much 

 more slender. The chitinous plate in the female of ^. ella 

 is of quite different structure, having a bifid process on its 

 anterior edge, and the aperture is much smaller. 



68. ACRAEA AXINA. PI. XII, f. 7. 



Acraea axina, Westwood, Gates, Matabeleland, p. 344, pi. F, 



f. 5, 6 (1881) ; I.e., Ed. 2, p. 352, pi. 6, f. 5, 6 (1889) ; 



Trimen, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 66 (1891) ; I.e., p. 26 (1894) ; 



Aurivillius, Rhop. Aeth., p. 99 (1898) ; Butler, Proc. Zool. 



Soc, p. 905 (1898) ; Neave, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 25 (1910). 

 = doubledayi, var., Trimen, S. Af. Butt., 1, p. 147 (1887). 



Angola (Bih6, Benguella) ; Damaraland ; Manicaland ; 

 Mashonaland; Transvaal; Portuguese E. Africa (Delagoa 

 B., Tete) ; Nyassaland (Blantyre) ; Rhodesia (Ft. Jame- 

 son, Alala Plateau). 



cJ. Expanse 36-48 mm. Dry season form. Wings rosy 

 ochreous with a brownish basal and costal suffusion. Costa 

 from middle to apex narrowly black. Hind margin black, 

 1 mm. broad, slightly narrowing towards hind angle. Apical 

 area orange ochreous, the ends of nervules black, and with black 

 or brownish internervular rays. Black spots as follows : — A 



