192 Mr. H. Eltringham's Monograpli of the 



Butler has susrsrested that steiwhea is a seasonal form of 

 caldarena, and later (P.Z.S., 1898, p. 401) refers to it as a 

 variety of caecilia. The structure of the male armature 

 shows, however, that it is quite a distinct species. Trimen 

 states (/. c. sup.) that the white suffusion on the $ h.-w., 

 though variable in extent, seems always to be present. 



74. ACRAEA NATALICA. PI. XII, f. 1. 



Acraea natalica, Boisduval, Voy. Deleg, 2, p.'590 (1847); Staud- 

 inger, Exot. Sclimett, 1, p. 83 (1885); Trimen,. S. Af. Butt., 

 1, p. 155 (1887); Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 66 (1888); 

 Aurivillius, Rhop. Aeth., p. 101 (1898); Butler, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc, p. 53 (1898) ; I. c, p. 26 (1901); Dixey and Longstaff, 

 Trans. Ent. Soc, p. 318 (1907) : Rogers, Trans. Ent. Soc, 

 p. 525 (1908); Neave, Proc Zool. Soc, p. 26 (1910); 

 Aurivillius, Sjostedt's Exp., p. 4 (1910). 

 1 = cephaea, Bertolini, Mem. Accad. Bologna, 2, p. 176 (1851). 

 = bellua, Wallengren, Rhop. Caftr., p. 22 (1857). 

 = hypatia, var., Trimen, Rhop. Afr., Austr., p. 98 (1862). 

 ANGOLA(Canhoca); Congo (Kassai; Lualaba); Barotseland ; 

 Natal ; Transvaal ; Cape Colony ; Griqualand ; Mashona- 

 LAND ; Portuguese E. Africa (Mozambique) ; Nyassaland ; 

 Cerman E. Africa ; British E. Africa (Taita, Taveta, 

 Kibwezi) ; Pemba I. ; Zanzibar. 

 f. vmbrata, SufFert, Iris, p. 30 (1904). 

 = natalira Hoppfer, Peters Reise, Ins. p. 371, pi. 23, f. 12, 13 



(1862). 

 Portuguese E. Africa ; German E. Africa ; British E. 

 Africa; Pemba I. ; Congo (Lualaba). 

 A. natalica pseudecjina, siibsp. 



Westwood {A. pseudegiua), Gen. Di. Lep., p. 531 (1852) ; Auri- 

 villius, Ent. Tidskr., 14, p. 276 (1893) ; Karsch., Berl. Ent. 

 Zeit., b8, p. 195 (1893) ; Aurivillius, Rhop. Aeth, p. 100 

 (1898) ; Lathy, Trans. Ent. Soc, p. 186(1903) ; Aurivillius, 

 Ann. Mus. Genov, p. 11 (504), (1910). 

 — egina, Stoll., {Pap.) Cramer Suppl., p. 122, pi. 25, f. 3, 3c 



(1790). 

 Portuguese Guinea; S. Leone; Gold Coast; Nigeria; 

 Angola. 

 A. natalica ahadima, subsp. 



Ribbe {A. ahadima), Iris, 2, p. 182, pi. 4, f. 2 (1889); Aurivillius, 

 Ent. Tidskr., 12, p. 201 (1891) ; Butler {pseudegina, 

 var.), Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 731 (1895); Aurivillius (pseudegina 

 var. ahadima), Rhop. Aeth., p. 101 (1898). 



