African S'pecies of the Genus Acraea. 237 



Beneath all the colours are much paler. There is a spot in 

 cell, and the wedge-shaped black mark of the upperside may- 

 be resolved into a discocellular and a row of discal spots. The 

 dark marginal borders of the upperside are represented only by 

 light brown scales, though the h.-w. border may be somewhat 

 darker than that of the primary. A $ example before me 

 has the borders pale brownish grey, divided up by the dark 

 brown ends of nervules, and by the triangular orange-coloured 

 internervular marks, each of which is prolonged at the apex to 

 a dark brown ray. The h.-w. spots are much reduced in both 

 sexes, those in area 7 being most prominent. There are frequently 

 some red internervular marks on the basal portion of the wing. 



f. brahmsi. 



This form like the others is rather variable in markings. It 

 <liffers from them in having the orange tawny colour replaced 

 by dull brick red, and in having the dark markings on the 

 upperside of a more decidedly brown tone. The subapical 

 patch, which is small, a very small distal part of cell, the basal 

 half of area 2, and the central part of lb and la are dull brick 

 red. Remainder of wing dark brown. A brown spot near base 

 of 2, and beneath it l)ut rather further from margin a spot in 

 lb usually connected by a spur with the basal brown. H.-w. 

 dull brick red, slightly blackened at base, and having a dark 

 brown hind-marginal border 2"5 mm. wide as far as .3, where it 

 widens to about 4 mm. 



On the underside the basal half of f.-w. is dull red, paler 

 than above. Costa greyish brown. A large black spot in cell, 

 and one in 2 and lb. The subapical patch is ochreous, and 

 between it and end of cell is an irregular black mark joined on 

 its lower side to a crescentic spot in 3. The apical and hind- 

 marginal border presents a different appearance to that in 

 acerata and vinidia. There is a series of subtriangular orange 

 ochreous marginal spots, followed inwardly by a band of pale 

 brown. The spots are separated only by the black ends of 

 nervules ; each spot is outlined with black and its apex produced 

 into a black ray which bifurcates where it meets the pale 

 subapical spot, or the ground-colour in 2 and lb. 



H.-w. pale ochreous with black spots as in acerata. Red 

 internervular marks in basal half in y, 7, 5, cell, Ic, lb, and la. 

 A broad pale brown hind-marginal border shaped as in vinidia, 

 and inclining to tawny at its inner edge. Subtriangular orange 

 ochreous marginal spots, each outlined with black and produced 

 inwardly in a black internervular ray. Nervule ends also black. 



