302 Mr. H. Eltringbam's Monograph of the 



series of examples in the Oxford collection are from 

 Entebbe and Kisumu. It doubtless occurs in the inter- 

 mediate region, and I find no marked difference between 

 the Congo examples and those from Uganda. I have 

 inspected the type of Miss Sharpe's A.pcrvia, and find it 

 does not ditfer from other Uganda specimens now before 



me. 



GROUP XVIII. 



113. ACRAEA IGOLA. PL XV, f. 6. 



Acraea igola, Trimen, S. At". Butt., 3, p. 379 (1889) ; Smith 

 and Kirby, Rhop. Exot., 21, Acraea, p. 12, pi. 4, f. 5 

 (1892) ; Aurivillius, Rhop. Aeth., p. 112 (1898). 

 = cerasa, Smith and Kirby, I. c, f. 2 (non f. 1) (1892). 

 = obeira, Trimen, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 23 (1894). 

 9 . f. maculiventris, Smith and Kirby, Rhop. Exot., 29, 



Acraea, p. 16, pi. 5, f. 4, 5 (1894). 

 = obeira, $, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc, p. 172 (1891). 

 ZuLULAND (Etshowe) ; Rhodesia (Chirinda) ; Manica- 

 LAND (Christmas Pass); Natal (Malvern, Durban); German 

 E. Africa (Amani, Usambara) 



A. igola. 



(J. Expanse 44-50 mm. F.-w. costa, apex, and hind margin 

 black, broadest at apex. Basal portion almost to end of cell, 

 proximal half of area 2, and the whole of areas la and lb, 

 except at hind margin, rather thinly scaled with brick red, 

 remainder of wing almost transparent crossed by black scaled 

 nervules, and slightly dusted with black scales which are 

 much reduced in width. A black basal linear mark between 

 median and submedian, and another in area la. The hind- 

 marginal black is somewhat indented between the nervules 

 by the transparent area. H.-w. brick red with a black hind- 

 marginal border projecting inwardly on the nervules, and to 

 a less extent between them. A greyish black basal suffusion 

 widest in Ic. The inner margin yellowish. Black spots as on 

 underside but somewhat less pronounced especially those in 

 areas 3, 4, 5, and 6. 



Underside, f.-w. very thinly scaled and having a glazed 

 appearance, in some examples iridescent. The black areas 

 replaced by reddish brown, and the red portions showing 

 through from upperside. 



H.-w. dull reddish, the marginal border brown crossed by 

 black nervule ends and brown internervular streaks, the latter 



