350 Mr. H. Eltringham's Monograph of the 



= terpsichore, Cramer, (nee Linn.) Pap. Exot., iv, pi. 298, f. 



A-C (1782). 

 = issoria, Hiibner, Verzeich. bek. Schmett., p. 27 (1816). 

 = anomala, KoUar, in Hiigel's Kaschmir, iv, 2, p. 425, pi. 3, f. 



3, 4 (1848) ; Staudinger, Exot. Schmett., p. 85 (1885). 

 N. India ; Assam ; Burmah ; W. and S. China. 



A. vestai. vestalina, Fruhstorfer, Wiener, Ent. Zeit., p. 308 (1906). 

 S. Annam. 



[F.-w. dusky with spots whitish, h.-w. with broad dark border.] 

 A. iiesta vestita, subsp. 



de Nic6ville, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, Ixiv, p. 397 (1895) ; Moore, 

 Lap. Ind., v, p. 35 (1901) ; Fruhstorfer, Wiener Ent. Zeit., 

 p. 309(1906). 

 = vesta, Snellen van Vollenhoven, Midden-Sumatra, p. 13, pi. 2, 



f, 3-5 (1892). 

 N.E. Sumatra. 



[Small. ^ with broad dusky border in both wings, nervules 

 black. 5 J'-'W. dusky with pale spots, h.-w. with broad dusky 

 marginal border.] 



A. resfd vestita f. altkola, Fruhstorfer, Wiener P^nt. Zeit., p, 309' 

 (1906). 

 W. Sumatra. 

 [Intermediate to vesta vestoides.] 



A. vesta vestoides, subsp. 



Moore (Pareba), Lep. Ind., v, p. 35 (1901) ; Fruhstorfer, Wiener 

 Ent. Ziet., p. 308, 309 (1906). 



= vesta, Horsfield, Cat. Lep. Mus. E.I.C., pi. 3, f. 21 (larva) 

 (1829). 



W. Java. 



[Small. ^ usually with dark spots in f.-w. cell and discal area. 

 H.-w. with reddisli submarginal band of underside showing through 

 to upper surface . Marginal pale spots well marked in both wings. 

 All nervules black. $ F.-w. with dark colour predominating. 

 H.-w. with nervules heavily marked, dark border broad, and usually 

 with reddish ochreous internervular patches towards anal angle. 

 Examples from E. Java are often without spots in f.-w.] 



I see no reason for separating^, vesta from other Acraeas 

 and making it a separate genus {Parcha). It appears to 

 be closely allied to A. anacrcon, and the stalked con- 

 dition of nervules 6 and 7 in the h.-w. is not constant. 

 The size, pattern, and ground-colour are extremely vari- 

 able. Both wings occasionally have discal spots, and 

 these when present in the h.-w. are suggestive of the 



