ACRMIDJE. 107 



67. Acrsea Serena. 



Papilio Serena, Fab., Syst. Ent., p. 461, n. 76. 



Papilio Eponina, Cram., Pap. Exot., pi. 268, f. C., D. 



Papilio Serena, Herbst., Bek. Ins. Schmett., V, pi. 82, 



[f. 69. 

 Fab., Ent. Syst., Ill, 1, p. 174, n. 507. 



Telchinia Serena, Hiibn., Verz. Bek. Schmett., p. 27, n. 219. 



Acraea Serena, Godt., Enc. Meth., IX, p. 232, n. 7. 



Acrsea Manjaca, Boisd., Faune Ent. de Mad., pi. 5, f. 6, 



[7, ( $ ), and pi. 4, f. 6, ( ? ). 



Acraea Serena, Boisd., App. Voy. de Deleg., p. 590. 



Expands 1 in. 6 lin. 2 in. 



Dull orange-ochreous ; with blackish borders and spots. 

 Fore-wing : base slightly blackish ; costa edged with blackish ; 

 adjoining the latter, about middle of discoidal cell, a rounded 

 black spot ; a black stripe of variable width and irregular 

 form, from costa, at extremity of discoidal cell, sometimes 

 only extending to first median nervule, but oftener to near 

 middle of hind-margin ; where it is frequently united to a 

 broad blackish hind-marginal band, which is altogether spot- 

 less, with traces of paler spots, or with a row of from six to 

 eight spots of the ground-colour between nervules. Hind- 

 wing : base slightly blackish ; a small black spot at extremity 

 of discoidal cell ; numerous spots of the under-side more or 

 less distinctly visible through the semi-transparent wing as 

 far as middle, or slightly beyond ; a broad, blackish band 

 along hind-margin, presenting the same variability of mark- 

 ing as that of fore-wing, seven being the largest number of 

 inter-nervular spots of the ground-colour contained in it. 

 UNDER-SIDE. Fore-wing: ground-colour much paler than 

 on upper-side ; costal blackish replaced by pale yellowish- 

 ochreous ; apical portion, beyond black stripe, pale yellowish- 

 ochreous, which narrows to a point at anal angle ; nervules 

 at apex and along hind-margin clouded with black ; between 

 them, short ochreous rays ; stripe at extremity of cell of a 

 much duller, fainter black than on upper-side. Hind-wing .- 

 wholly pale yellowish-ochreous ; three black spots in cell, 

 the outer one at extremity ; two above cell, one above, the 

 other below, costal nervure ; three below cell, one above, two 

 below, submedian nervure ; a little beyond middle, an angu- 

 lated, somewhat sinuous, transverse row of eight black spots 

 from costa to inner-margin ; a blackish border along hind- 

 margin, containing six or seven large, conspicuous, pale- 

 yellow spots between nervules, which are clouded with 

 .blackish ; from the inner black edging of the hind-marginal 



