African Species of the Genus Acraea. 333 



Head black with a tawny spot between the eyes, and two on 

 the collar. Thorax 'black with a few paler spots. Abdomen 

 black above with orange tawny lateral spots and fine inter- 

 segmental lines. Claws unequal. 



9 . Expanse 64-74 mm. Resembles the $ but the ground- 

 colour is rather browner, and the f.-w. subapical band is broader, 

 and white instead of ochreous. Inner edge of h.-w. marginal 

 border usually less well defined. 



A. esebria f. protea. 



^ . F.-w. pattern as in typical form but the subapical band 

 and inner marginal patch are pale dull ochreous. 



H.-w. rather more darkened at base. Hind-marginal border 

 inwardly more sharply defined, and the central area is pale dull 

 ochreous. 



9 like the (J but the f.-w. subapical band is broader, and 

 white, and the inner-marginal patch and central area of h.-w. 

 are pale creamy ochreous. 



A. esebria f. pseudoprotea. 



(^ rather smaller than typical form. Ground-colour pale 

 ochreous brown. F.-w. subapical band rather broader, pale 

 ochreous, inner-marginal patch pale ochreous. H.-w. also pale 

 ochreous, the hind-marginal border narrow and inwardly 

 much suffused. 



§ (type) rather larger, having the ground-colour as in ^J , the 

 subapical band and inner- marginal patch pale tawny, h.-w. 

 much as in ^ but marginal border broader and rather better 

 defined. 



A. esebria f. amphiprotea ( $ ). 



The type is a large $ from Angola. Ground-colour medium 

 dark brown, the subapical band pale tawny and about twice the 

 width of that in the typical ? . There is a tawny submarginal 

 streak in area 2, and the inner-marginal patch, and the central 

 area of the h.-w. are pale tawny. The h.-w. marginal border 

 is of medium width and inwardly suffused. There seems to be 

 no particular form of ^ associated with it. 



A. esebria f. metaprotea ( 9 ). 



This form is very like A.jodutta. The type is a large $. 

 The f.-w. is nearly all pale tawny with the cell black brown, 

 and a band of the same colour extending from costa to middle 

 of area 2 where it becomes broken up. The apical and hind- 

 marginal areas brown. The h.-w. is very pale tawny and has 

 only a dark marginal line and hardly any basal suffusion. The 

 nervules and rays are narrowly darkened. 



