374 MESSRS. DIXBT, BURB, AND PICKAUD-CAMBRIDGE ON [May 3, 



AcRjEIN^. 

 AcRiEA NEOBULE Doubl. (NoS. 10-15.) 



Acrcea ncobule Doubl. ; Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 177, 

 pi. xviii. fig. 5. 



Six specimens ; probably all females, but in one the abdomen is 

 missing. These resemble A, neohuJe from the African mainland, 

 but the powdering of black scales at the apex of the fore wing is 

 much more distinct, and there is little or no admixture of brown 

 or reddish scales with the black of the apex, as generally occurs in 

 A. neobide. In all six examples the ground-colour is deeper in 

 tone, and the dark border of the hind wing is broader and has a 

 smoother outline than in average specimens of A. neobule, while 

 the pale spots in the dark border are on the upperside either not 

 present or comparatively indistinct. All the black spots on the 

 hind wing are relatively larger than in normal A. neohule ; they 

 are also more uniform in size ; the two spots which occur one on 

 each side of the discoidal vein, usually very small in A. neobule, 

 are here less different in bulk from the other dark spots of the 

 wing. The abdomen in these specimens is black with spots of 

 the pale ground-colour, as in A. Tiorta Linn. A female A. neobule, 

 brought from Socotra by Prof. Bayley Balfour, has a perceptible 

 powdering of reddish scales at the apex of the fore wing, but in 

 other respects resembles Mr. Bennett's specimens. It was noted 

 and figured in 1881 by Mr. Butler (he. cit), who, however, 

 refrained from giving it a specific name in the absence of further 

 examples. From the present series it seems probable that the 

 differences from normal A. neobule are fairly constant, but not 

 sufficiently so to warrant separation. It is worth remarking that 

 in Eeiche's figure of A. neobule from Abyssinia' the border of the 

 hind wing is comparatively narrow, denticulate, and furnished 

 with large light-coloured spots, while the apex of the fore v\ ing 

 appears to be powdered with red. The specimen represented 

 differs therefore considerably from Mr. Bennett's series. 



" Mostly seen in the hills, at an elevation of about 2000 feet. 

 Not hard to get, the flight being slow and bold." — E. JV. B. 



Satyrin^e. 



Caltsisme ANi'NAXA Butl. (Nos. 3-7.) 



Mycalesis anynuna Butl. Ann. Nat. Hist. (5) iii. (1879), p. 187. 



Calysisme socotrana Butl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 3 881, p. 176, pi. xviii. 

 fig. 7. 



Five specimens ; 3 J , 2 $ . Two of the males and one of the 

 females are much worn. The iris of the large ocellus on the 

 underside of the fore wing, which is whitish in the male described 



^ Ferr. et Gall., ' Voy. en Abyss.' iii. p. 46(5, pi. "'3. fig. 'j. See TiMiueti, 

 ' South Afr. Butt.' vol. i.' 1887, p. 138. 



