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black triangles, their bases contiguous on the margin. Black 

 spots as on underside, but tho?e of outer row rather larger. 



Underside. F.-w. for the most part devoid of scales. Dusted 

 with sepia on costa, apex, and along hind margin. H.-w. Base 

 to outer row of spots, and on hind margin, brownish pink, 

 intervening space dull pale pink. Nervule ends on margin 

 blackish brown. Short internervular folds rather distinct but 

 not blackened. Black spots as follows : — An outer row of eight 

 (sometimes nine). The first two in 7 and 6 large, and placed 

 beyond origin of nervule 7, the third and fourth in 5 and 4 

 smaller, and placed much nearer margin, the fifth at ba^e of 

 area 3, sixth adjacent to it in 2, and the seventh and eighth in 

 Ic, and lb, in line with the sixth and nearly at right angles to 

 inner margin. Sometimes a ninth spot in area la. Some 

 black at base of wing, a spot in 8 against precostal, a large 

 transverse subbasal sjwt in 7, two in cell, the second lying at or 

 before origin of nervule 2, one or two spots on upper part of 

 discocellulars, a subbasal in Ic and la, and more distally placed 

 than these a spot in lb. 



Head black with a reddish dot between the eyes and two on 

 collar, thorax black above with indications of a few pale 

 markings, abdomen black above with dull yellowish lateral 

 spots and intersegmental lines. Claws unequal. 



9 . Expanse 60-70 mm. Resembles the male but the red 

 areas are either duller and paler, or may vary to yellowish 

 white. 



I have seen but few examples of this species. It may 

 be distinguished from masamha hy the more distal position 

 of the h.-w. spots in areas 4 and 5, by the much less 

 developed h.-w, marginal border, and by the greater extent 

 of red in the f.-w. 



I have no special localities for this purely Madaga?ca-u 

 species. Mabille describes the species as rare id, tliat 

 island and as inhabiting tlie eastern wooded areas. One 

 example in the Oxford collection is labelled S.W. 

 Madagascar. 



GROUP XIX. 



122. Acraea safie. PL XV, f. 1. 



Acraea safie, Felder, Reise Novara Lep., p. 370 (1867) ; Auri- 

 villius, Rhop. Aeth., p. 114 (1898) ;; Rothschild and 

 Jordan, Novit. Zool., xii, p. 183 (1905). 



