194 Mr. H. Eltringham's Monograph of the 



hind-marginal border are reddish internervular markings. Black 

 spots as follows : — A discal row, the first in 7 about middle, 

 second in 6 nearer margin, third in 5 beneath second but slightly 

 more distal, fourth in 4 just above outer point of cell, fifth in 3 

 directly below fourth and some distance from end of cell, sixth 

 in 2 further from margin, seventh in Ic at about same level, 

 eighth in lb slightly nearer base. A spot in 8 near precostal, a 

 subbasal in 7, two spots in cell, one at base of 5 on m.d.c. a 

 large subbasal in Ic, beneath it a spot in lb, and two equidistant 

 spots in la. Head and thorax black with white spots, base of 

 abdomen black above with yellowish lateral spots, remainder 

 orange or whitish. Claws unequal. 



The male exhibits a certain amount of seasonal dimorphism, 

 wet season forms being often more heavily spotted and especially 

 having a broader h.w. marginal band. Very dry males often 

 have the ground-colour ochreous. 



9 . Expanse 46-80 mm. Dry season. Very like ^ but with 

 more rounded f .-w. Spots of h.-w. margin on underside whitish. 

 Abdomen black above with white spots. 



$ Intermediate. F.-w. smoky ochreous much paler in sub- 

 apical area. H.-w. dusky pink. Marginal border broad and 

 inwardly much suffused, the black sometimes extending over 

 the whole wing. 



$ Wet .season. Sepia black. F.-w. with a whitish subapical 

 bar and a central whitish band. H.-w. sometimes with a white 

 median patch. 



In all these $ forms the spots and markings are as in the ^ . 



A. natalica f. umbrata resembles the ordinary form but has a 

 greyish median band across the f.-w. Huppfer's figures in 

 "Peters' Eeise nach Mossambique" agree closely with this form. 



A. natalica pseudegina, subsp. PI. VI, f. 9 (larva). 



This is the western subspecies. Typical examples of the 

 ^ have the f.-w. smoky black, the spots being thereby much 

 obscured. Near the apex are two or three internervular markings,, 

 orange ochreous to white. The h.-w. is, in fresh specimens, rich 

 rose colour without, or with only a faint black marginal band,, 

 though the black arches of the underside are just visible. The 

 spots are represented only by dull brownish marks. 



Some examples have a reddish suffusion in the median area of 

 f.-w. and the apical ochreous marks may be continued as a 

 marginal border. The usual black spots are well marked on the 

 underside, and the h.-w. marginal spots are ochreous like the 

 ground-colour, instead of green. The 5 is like the (^ but 

 the f.-w. red suffusion is more frequently developed. 



