African Species of the Genius Acraea. 847 



A. jolmstoni butleri. 



= lycoa o var. Butler, Proc. Zoo]. Soc, p. 731 (1895). 



= lycoa ab. butleri, Aurivillius, Rhop. Aeth., p. 115 (1898). 



= A. toruna, Grose-Smith, Novit. Zool., 7, p. 546 (1900) , 

 Rhop. Exot., Acraea, 8, p. 27, pL 8, f. 1 (1901) ; Poulton, 

 Trans. Ent. Soc, p. 303, pi. 22, f. 3a (1906) : Heron, Trans. 

 Zool. Soc, xix, p. 148 (1909) ; Eltringham, Af. Mini. Butt, 

 p. 47, pi. 3, f. 28 (1910) ; Trans. Ent. Soc, p. 15, pi. 1, f. 10 

 (1911). 



German E. Africa (Urundi) ; Uc4anda (Toro). 



A . johnstoni johnstoni. 



Expanse 58-60 mm. Pattern very unstable. F.-w. Base 

 suffused with black to a varying extent. Following this 

 suffusion is an irregular tawny orange area extending a little 

 beyond the pale spots in areas 11, 10, 6, and 5, as far as 

 the spot in 4, over the basal parts of 3 and 2, as far as the 

 submarginal spot in lb, and nearly as far as la. The spots 

 referred to are pale pinkish ochreous and arranged as follows. 

 A subapical series of three or four separated only by the 

 nervules 10, subcostal, and 6. A submarginal spot in area 4, 

 a large rounded spot in 2 touching 2, 3, and median, and a 

 smaller spot near margin in lb. Beyond these spots the apex 

 and margin is brown black. 



H.-w. white, slightly blackened at base, and having a broad 

 black marginal border somewhat indented at area 4. This 

 indentation gives the inner edge of the border an angulated 

 appearance characteristic of A. johnstoni throughout its 

 numerous forms. 



Underside. F.-w. Resembles the upper, but the dark areas 

 are replaced by ochreous grey, striated by the dark nervulea 

 and rays, and the whole pattern is paler and duller, the pale 

 spots often almost devoid of scales. 



H.-w. much as above but there are a few black spots close to 

 base arranged for the most part as a basal and subbasal series, 

 one in 9, 8, 7, and cell, two in Ic, lb, and la. The central 

 area less clear white than above, the marginal border ochreous 

 grey, inwardly inclined to reddish brown. 



Head and thorax black with a few white dots. Abdomen 

 black above with orange lateral spots and whitish segmental 

 lines. Claws unecpal. 



9 . Except that it is larger, one example before me having 

 an expanse of 74 mm., the female resembles the ^^ , or at least 

 ? 5 can be found which resemble the (t . The species is so 



