African Species of the Genus Acraea. 349 



Lep. E.I.C., pi. 8, f. 2, 2a (1829) ; Doubleday, Hew. & Westw., 

 Gen. Di. Lep., p. 142 (1848) ; Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus., E.LC. 

 (metam.) p. 135, pi. 5, f. 1, la (1857); Chaumette, Ent. Mo. Mag., 

 p. 37 (1865) ; Butler, Cat. Fabr. Lep. in B.M., p. 131 (1809) ; 

 Moore, Lep. Ceyl. (metam.) 1, p. 66, pi. 33, f. 1, la, lb (1881) ; 

 Marshall & de Niceville, Butt. Ind., 1, p. 320, fig. S, (1883) ; 

 ■de Nic6ville, Journ. As. See. Bengal, p. 43 (1885) ; Svvinhoe, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 127 (1885) ; ProR. Zool. Soc, p. 424 

 (1886) ; Aitken, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc, p. 129 (1886); 

 Hampson, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, p. 352 (1888) ; Davidson 

 & Aitken, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc, v, p. 268 (1890) ; 

 Fergusson, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, p. 7 (1891) ; Swinhoe, 

 Trans. Ent. Soc, p. 276 (1893); de Niceville, Sikkim Gazet- 

 teer, p. 131 (1894); Davidson & Aitken, Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 Hist. Soc, p. 246 (1896) ; Moore, Lep. Ind., v (metam.), p. 

 36, pi. 388, f. 1-lg (1901-1903) ; Suffert (viokij, Iris, p. 

 34 (1904) ; Bingham, Faun. Brit. Ind. Butt., i, p. 471, f. 85 

 (1905). 



= Pap. cephea, Cramer, Pap. Exot., iv, pi. 298, f. D. E (1782). 



= Tel. cephea, Hiihuer, Verz. bek. Schmett, p. 27 (1816). 



Ceylon ; Madras ; Mysore ; Nilgherries ; Berhampore ; 

 Bombay ; Darjeeling ; N. W. Provinces. 



This species is quite easily recognised by its orange 

 ground-colour and numerous black spots. Suffert's sug- 

 gestion {I. c.) that it has been taken in German East 

 Africa is not confirmed. 



Acraea vesta. 



Acraea vesta, Fabricius {Pop.), Mant. Ins., ii, p. 14 (1787) ; Dono- 

 van, Ins. China, pi. 30, f. 1 (1799) ; Godart, Encycl. Meth. 

 ix, p. 233 (1819) ; Doubleday, Hew. & Westw., Gen. Di. Lep. 

 (Pareba), p. 142 (1846-50) ; Butler, Cat. Fabr. Lep. in B.M., 

 p. 132 (1869) ; Graham Young, Proc Zool. Soc, p. 243 (1882) ; 

 Marshall & de Niceville, Butt. Ind. 1, p. 318 (1883) ; Stau- 

 dinger, Exot. Schmett., p. 85, pi. 33 (1885) ; Doherty, Journ. 

 As. Soc. Bengal, p. 114 (1886) ; Elwes, Trans. Ent. Soc, p. 334 

 (1888); Manders, Trans. Ent. Soc, p. 520 (1890) ; Leech, Butt, 

 fr. China, etc, 1, p. 14 (1892) ; de Niceville, Sikkim Gazetteer, 

 p. 131 (1894) ; Watson, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc, p. 652 

 (1897) ; Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc, p. 104 (1899) ; Johannis, Bull. 

 Sci. Fr. et Belg., p. 325 (1901) ; Moore, Lep. Ind., v. (metam.), 

 p. 31, pi. 387, f. 1, la-lf (1901) ; Bingham, Faun. Brit. Ind. 

 Butt, i, p. 469, f. 84 (1905) ; Fruhstorfer Wiener. Ent. Zeit., 

 p. 308 (1906). 



