96 RHOPALOCERA AFRICA AUSTRALIS. 



from near costa to just above submedian nervure ; a small 

 black spot on inner-margin, slightly beyond middle, and 

 another larger spot a little beyond it, but above submedian 

 nervure. Hind-wing _.*- base suffused with black, which ex- 

 tends towards anal angle on both sides of median nervure ; 

 eight or nine black spots (some of them more or less con- 

 nected) scattered over wing to beyond middle ; a rather broad 

 black band along hind-margin, slightly but regularly den- 

 tate on its inner edge, and containing six or seven small, 

 pale-yellowish spots, between nervules. UNDER-SIDE. 

 Paler than upper-side, with a peculiarly glossy appearance ; 

 black spots not so large. Fore-wing : base without black 

 suffusion ; at apex, two or three yellowish-white spots in the 

 black marginal stripe. Hind-wing : base but narrowly 

 black ; spots more distinct than on upper-side, those near 

 base being clearly visible ; spots on hind-margin large, con- 

 spicuous, paler than above, seven or eight in number. 

 Fringes of wings yellow. 



? . Spotted and otherwise marked as in $ ; but ground- 

 colour of both wings pale, dull, brownish-ochreous, semi-trans- 

 parent. 



A description of this species is given by Dr. Boisduval, in his Appendix 

 to M. Delegorgue's Travels ; but he does not mention the $ , of which I 

 have only seen one specimen, from Natal, given me by Mr. C. Morland, of 

 Croydon. The distinctive differences from A. Viola t Fab., that are pre- 

 sented by this Butterfly (which is nevertheless a closely-allied species), are 

 correctly stated by Dr. Boisduval as consisting of the extra row of spots 

 near hind-margin, and- the entire nature of the hind-marginal bordering of 

 black, which does not radiate on the nervules as in A. Viola. The latter 

 is an Indian species. 



Natal. Coll. mihi. 



Port Natal. Coll. Brit. Mus. 



60. Acrsea Nohara. 



Acraea Nohara, Boisd., App. Voy. de Dcleg., p. 590, n. 54. 



$ . Acraea Actiaca, Hewits., Exot. Butt., pt. 2, pi. 6, f. 3. 



" About the size of A. Horta, with the habit of A. Ra- 

 hira. Dull fulvous-yellow ; both wings with a black, white- 

 fringed border, very narrow on fore-wings, where it radiates 

 on the nervures to beyond the middle. Fore-wing : between 

 the middle and apex, a slender, short, transverse, black band, 

 commencing on costa ; towards base, this band is preceded 

 by three black spots, situate on disc. Hind-wing : twelve 

 large black spots scattered over wing from base to beyond 

 middle. UNDER-SIDE. Paler than upper-side, the hind- 

 wings particularly so. Hind-wing : yellowish in tint ; the 

 black border intersected by a row of spots of the ground- 

 colour ; some fulvous marks between the black spots." 



