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In 1912 the engineer of our steamer took a male on 

 board near Lado, February 13th, 1912 [Lat. 5° 5' N.]. 



Mr. Eltringham tells me that this species is found through 

 practically the whole of Africa south of the Sahara. 



15. Acraea terjpsichore, Linne, form rougeti, Guerin. 



I took a single specimen, February 12th, 1912, at 

 Mongalla [Lat. 5° 12' N.]. 



Mr. Eltringham tells me that this species is even more 

 widely distributed than the last, extending to the Islands. 



16. Acraea natalica, Boisduval. 



Taken by Capt. Dunn on the Bahr al-Zarafa. 



Widely distributed in South and East Africa ! the 

 nearest locality to the White Nile given by Mr. Eltringham 

 (13. p. 192) is Kibwezi in British East Africa. 



17. Acraea encedon, Linne. 



Loat took a male at Gondokoro which was intermediate 

 between the typical form and A. daira, Godman and 

 Salvin. The Swedish expedition took a male of the form 

 daira at Renk [Lat. 11° 45' N.], and Selous took three 

 males at the same place, as well as two males at Tawfikiya 

 [Lat. 9° 25' N.] ; Mr. Trimen says these are all small and 

 pale, and more or less inclining to the form daira. 



In 1912 I took a male at Tawfikiya which approached 

 the form infuscata, Staudinger, and another near Duleb 

 Hill [Lat. 9° 22' N.] of the form lycia, Wallengren, with 

 much white about it. 



Thus it will be seen that this species, in several forms, 

 ranges in the White Nile district over at least 7° of latitude. 



Mr. Eltringham (13. p. 210) gives its distribution as from 

 Sierra Leone to the East Coast and from the Cape to Upper 

 Egypt, also to the Islands. 



Its larva feeds on Commelina. 



18. Acraea abdera, Hewitson (= cepheus, Linne). 



Taken by Capt. Dunn on the Bahr al-Zarafa. 



Mr. Eltringham (13. p. 112) gives its range as including 

 the Bahr al-Ghazal, the Congo basin, Angola, Gold Coast 

 and Gaboon. 



