344 Mr, H. Eltringham's Monogi^aph of the 



"which, so far as I know, is only found in Urundi and 

 Toro. At Chirinda only the form confusa seems to occur. 

 A long series taken by Neave on Mt. Kokanjero (British 

 E. Africa) contains a large number of intermediates 

 between fulvescens and scmifalvescens. 



The two following species cannot be assigned to any of 

 the foregoing groups, and present no special affinities. 



132. ACRAEA NIOBE. 



Acraea niobe, Em. M. B. Sharpe, Pioc. Zool. Soc, p. 554 (1893); 

 Smith and Kirby, Khop. Exot., Acraea, 5, p. 18, pi. 5, f. 10 

 (1894); Aurivillius, Rhop. Aeth., p. 92 (1898). 



Sao Thome. 



(J . Expanse 60 mm. 



F.-w. Thinly scaled, elongated, more or less translucent. 

 Brown-black. Base, costa, apical and hind-marginal borders 

 darker. Large rounded black spots as follows. One in cell 

 over origin of nervule 2, one at end of cell. A subapical row 

 of three contiguous spots in 6, 5, and 4, followed by a spot in 

 3 more proximally placed. One at base of area 2, and beneath 

 it but nearer margin a spot in lb, and in the same area 

 a subbasal spot against median, midway between base and 

 origin of 2. 



H.-w. thinly scaled, brown black, rather darker at base and 

 having a narrow black border, widest in areas 2 and Ic. Black 

 spots as on underside. 



Underside. F.-w. almost scaleless excejit on spots which are 

 as on uppeiside. 



H.-w. as above. Black spots as follows. An outer row of 

 nine, the first three in 7, 6, and 5, small and parallel to apical 

 margin. The fourth in 4 rather more proximal, the fifth larger, 

 a short distance from base of area 3, sixth large, at base of area 

 2, followed by a large spot in Ic and lb all in a straight line at 

 right angles to inner margin, ninth very small in la. In addi- 

 tion to these a small subbasal in 7, two spots in cell, the second 

 very large, a large spot on discocellulars, a basal and a sub- 

 basal in Ic and lb and an additional spot in la. 



Head black with a crimson collar. Thorax black above. 

 Basal half of abdomen black above with red lateral spots. 

 Distal half crimson. Claws unequal. 



9 at present unknown. 



