220 Mr. H. Eltringbam's Monograph of the 



patch of the ground-colour. A little black at base and in basal 

 half of la. 



H.-w. with a very slight blackish basal suffusion, and a 

 perfectly regular hind-marginal black band 2 mm. wide. 

 Traces of underside spots on discocellulars and near base of Ic, 

 lb, and la. 



Underside. F.-w. basal half pale orange red, costa and trans- 

 verse bar blackish and shaped as above. Subapical patch dark 

 ochreous. Hind margin black, the ends of nervules laterally 

 lined with dark ochreous, and marginal internervular triangular 

 spots of the same colour. 



H.-w. greenish yellow at base, followed by some small very 

 irregular black marks, which may be made out approximately 

 as follows :— One in 9, one in 8, one in 7 before end of cell, one 

 on discocellulars more or less confluent with a larger spot in 

 cell. Another spot in cell nearer base, two in Ic, one in lb 

 with a minute streak at base, and one in la. Rest of wing 

 dark ochreous as far as marginal border which is black, inwardly 

 edged with a few brown scales, and bears triangular marginal 

 internervular spots of greyish white. 



Head black with grey tufts on collar. Thorax black, abdomen 

 black above with small yellowish lateral spots. Claws unequal. 



I have not seen a $ of this species. The ^ differs from 

 allied species in the reduction or absence of basal black in 

 both winofs. There are several examples in the Berlin 

 Museum and also at Trmg. 



87. ACRAEA BONASIA. PL XIII, f. 11. 



Acraea bonasia, Fabricius, {Pap.) Syst. Ent., p. 464 (1775); 

 Trime.n, {A.) S. Af. Butt., 1, p. 174, note (1887) ; Auri- 

 villius, Ent. Tidskr., 12, p. 202 (1891) ; Karsch, BerL Ent. 

 Zeit., 38, p. 195 (1893) ; Aurivillius (metamorph.), Ent. 

 Tidskr., 14, p. 277, pi. 5, f. 1 (1893) ; Rhop. Aeth., p. 105 

 (1898); Neave, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 26, 1910. 

 = epunina ^, Cramer, {Pap.) Pap. Exot., 3, p. 138, pi. 268, f. 

 A, B (1780) ; Staudinger, Exot. Schmett., 1, p. 84 (1885) ;. 

 $ , Iris, 9, p. 202 (1896). 

 = serena, Herbst, (Pap.) Nat. Schmett., 4, pi. 82, f. 6, 7 c^ 

 (non ? ) (1790); Godart, (.4.) Enc. Meth., 9, p. 232 ( ^ non ? ) 

 (1819). 



$ f. cynthhis, Drury, (Pap.) 111. Exot. Ins., 3, p. 52, pi. 37, 

 f.'s, 6 (1782) ; Butler, (A.) Ann. Nat. Hist. (6), 16, p. 271 

 (1895). 



