African Species of the Genus Acraea. 21 T 



From the distal edge of this band to the margin the ground- 

 colour is pale greenish grey, forminc; a marginal band some 

 3'5 mm. wide, its inner edge indistinctly dotted with black 

 between the nervules. The marginal edge narrowly outlined 

 with black, and a submarginal row of narrow linear black marks.- 

 Between these and the inner edge of the grey border, a series of 

 internervular deep orange marks. 



Head black with an orange collar. Thorax black with orange 

 hairs and two anterior dorsal pale streaks. Base of abdomen 

 black, remainder whitish. Orange lateral spots edged with 

 black. Claws unequal. 



9 . Expanse 38-44 mm. Resembles ^ , but ground-colour 

 and markings j^aler and duller. 



The foregoing descriptions are taken from a small series- 

 of specimens in the Oxford collection. They differ from 

 examples in the National Collection in having a some- 

 what richer ground-colour, the paler marks beneath are 

 yellower, and the yellow band in h.-w. beneath is very 

 definitely outlined, whereas in the British Museum speci- 

 mens the submarginal grey gradually becomes paler 

 proximally towards the dark median band. The Oxford 

 specimens were taken in August, and the British Museum 

 examples in April, so that as suggested by Dr. Dixey 

 (/. c.) the ditferences may be seasonal. 



The species is easily recognised by its characteristic 

 underside, and the genitalia are quite distinct. 



85. Acraea uvui. PI. XIII, f. 16. 



Acraea wmd, Gr.-Smith, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6), 5, p. 168 (1890) ; 

 Aurivillius, Rhop. Aeth., p. 106 (1898) ; Neave, Novit. 

 Zool., 11, p. .346 (1904) ; Heron, Trans. Zool. Soc, xix, 

 p. 147 (1909) ; Aurivillius, Sjostedt's Exp. Lep., p. 4 

 (1910). 

 = minima, Holland, Entomologist, 25, Suppl., p. 89 

 (1892) ; Ann. Nat. Hist. 6, 12, p. 249 (1893) ; Proc. U.S. 

 Nat. Mus., 18, p. 232 (1895). 

 German E. Africa (Dar-es-Salaam, Kilimandjaro) ; British 

 E. Africa (Mombasa, Tana R.) ; Uganda (Entebbe, Toro). 



A. iivui bcdina, subsp. 



Karsch, Ent. Nachr., 18, p. 170 (1892). 



Cameroon (Baliburg, Bitje) ; Angola (Libollo). 



^ . Expanse 30-34 mm. F.-w. black. A subapical patch of 

 tawny red narrow in 10, 9, and 6, and widened to about double 



