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right angles to the inner margin and then curving sharply up- 

 wards towards costa. As far as area 4 this band is distally 

 outlined with sepia scales, beyond which tbe nervules are black, 

 and the internervular spaces bear reddish ochreous rays. From 

 apex to anal angle a fine black marginal line. Black spots as 

 follows : — A discal series of nine, the first three (in 7, 6, and 5) 

 nearly parallel to the apical curve, the line then bends sharply 

 inwards and the remaining spots lie approximately at right 

 angles to the inner margin. In addition to these there is a spot 

 in 8 against the precostal, near it one in 7, two in cell, two on 

 the discocellulars, one in Ic, lb, and la and some irregular black 

 at bases of nervures. 



Head black with a pale mark between the eyes and orange 

 hairs on collar. Thorax black with a few reddish hairs, abdomen 

 black above, with lateral yellowish and dorsal whitish spots. 

 Claws unequal. 



5 . Expanse 44-52 mm. Eesembles ^ but the ground-colour 

 is usually creamy ochreous, the spots are larger, and the black 

 powdering of the nervules along the f.-w. apex and hind margin 

 is so wide as to form a band broken only by narrow orange 

 ochreous rays. In rare cases the ground-colour is nearly as dark 

 as that of the (^ . 



The larva is thus described by Fawcett (/. c.) : — 



"Larva, back and sides blackish ; thoracic legs, claspers, and 

 a line above them chrome yellow. A dorsal white stripe, and 

 on each segment four yellow spots from which spring four 

 branched yellow spines, the lower pair springing from the yellow 

 .spiracular line. These spines are shorter than in the majority 

 of Acraea larvae. Head yellow. 



" Feeds on a species of groundsel, Erigeron canadense." 

 Two figures of the pupa are given : one pupa is waxy white 

 and similar to the pupae of other Acraeae, the other ferruginous. 

 The ferruginous pupae had nearly always been attacked by 

 ichneumons, with which the larvae were much infested. 



Trimen figures {I. c.) two aberrations of the ^ from 

 Joliannesburg, the first having the black markings on 

 both sides much enlarged, the second having no black 

 spots except that in f.-w. cell (much reduced), those on f.- 

 and h.-w. discocellulars, and a streak at base of h.-w. cell. 

 On a previous occasion {I.e. 1891) the same author 

 described a ^ from Matabeleland corresponding to the 

 iirst aberration mentioned above. The occurrence of the 



