African Species of the Genus Acraea. 313- 



border 2-3 mm. wide, edentate inwardly on the nervules, thus 

 producing a much more broken inner outline than in A. stratti- 

 pocles. Black spots as on underside. Inner margin yellowish 

 white. 



Underside. F.-w., the greater part almost devoid of scales. 

 The red areas showing through from the upperside. The black 

 of upperside reproduced in sepia scales. Both sides of the 

 median nervure, and the basis of nervules 2 and 3 densely 

 clothed with large, ovate, golden oclireous scales. (This feature 

 is not present in strattipodes.) Costa with a small black mark 

 at base. 



H.-w. pinkish white, the black border of the upperside re- 

 produced in sepia, nervule ends and short fine internervular 

 rays rather darker. Black spots as follows : — An outer row of 

 nine, the first very large in area 7 above origin of nervule 7, 

 the second smaller in 6 and nearer margin, third still smaller 

 in 5 and nearer margin, fourth minute in 4 and further from 

 margin than third (third and fourth sometimes very minute 

 or absent,) fifth of medium size at base of area 3, sixth, about 

 as large as first, at base of area 2, and often somewhat produced 

 outwardly, seventh large, more or less heart-shaped, its inner 

 edge at level of origin of 2, eighth in lb, rather smaller, and 

 nearer margin, nintli snuxll in la nearer base. A spot in 9, one 

 in 8 against precostal, two in cell, the second lying before 

 origin of ttermde 2, a basal and a subbasal in Ic, a little basal 

 black and a subbasal spot in lb, and a subbasal in la on a 

 level with that in Ic. 



Head black with a yellow spot between eyes and two on 

 collar, thorax black above with whitish dorsal and lateral 

 marks, abdomen black above with whitish lateral spots and 

 segmental lines. Claws unequal. 



$. Expanse about 66 mm. Resembles r^ but f.-w. more 

 rounded, and general colouring paler and duller. On the f.-w. 

 underside there are a few large yellow and orange scales on the 

 median nervure but not so closely packed as in ^ . 



A. rnasaynha f. silia. 



Ward's figures show a red form which is the typical masamba 

 and a yellow form (not described in the text) which is really 

 somewhat intermediate between the f. silia and f. boseae of 

 Saalmuller. The form silia resembles the type form except that 

 the red colour is replaced by a rich golden yellow, much paler 

 in the $ . There seems to be a constant tendency toward* 

 absence of the spots in areas 5 and 4 of h.-w. 



