African Species of the Genus Acraea. 295 



f. iinipunctella. 



One spot in cell and two in area 7. 

 f. sernipunctella. 



One spot in cell, one in area 7. 

 f. transienda. 



One spot in cell, one in 7, the transparent spots in areas lb 

 and 3 of f.-w. present. 

 A. sermna rhodina, subsp. PL III, f. 4 (|^). 



This I'orm was originally described as circeis rhodina by 

 Messrs. Rothschild and Jordan and differs from typical examples 

 in having the yellow areas of the nnderside replaced by chest- 

 nut brown. The type was described from Abyssinia but the 

 subspecies is not confined to that area, since all the examples 



1 have seen from Entebbe and extending as far as Mumias 

 (Tiriki Hills) have this brown colour well developed. 



A. servona 5 f. rvhra. PL III, f. 9. 



Three examples of the insect I have figured occur in the 

 Tring collection, and I feel bound to refer them to A. servona. 

 Two were taken at Fernan Vaz (Gaboon) in company with 

 several red and black forms, which latter were undoubtedly 

 A. petteleos. It is certainly not a $ form of the latter. In 

 the specimen figured the h.-w. black spots are large and con- 

 fluent. They are also rather more numerous than in average 

 examples of servona, but fortunately the second specimen 

 already referred to supplies an intermediate in which these 

 spots are quite as in typical servoyia. The third example was 

 taken at Pundo Andongo in Angola. It differs from the others 

 in having a narrower and inwardly less well-defined marginal 

 band in the h.-w. The underside is more orange ochreous, and 

 the h.-w. nervule ends are less broadly black. The central 

 area of the h.-w. underside is pale ochreous. 



A. servona limonata, subsp. 



This form occurs at Fernando Po, a small series 'in the 

 British Museum from the Hewitson collection being at present 

 labelled A. l]iroides. Five examples of the same form are in 

 the Joicey collection (lately the projjerty of Mr. H. Grose- 

 Smith) and these are somewhat vaguely labelled Angola. All 

 differ from typical servona in having the spots in f.-w. lb and 



2 lemon ochreous instead of transparent white, and all are $ ($ . 

 For some time I was unable to decide whether this form were 

 the true lycoides, but M. Charles Oberthiir has kindly sent me 

 a most careful description of Boisduval's type. This example 

 is a 9 and evidently agrees with Godart's servona. In the 



