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Body black ; the palpi, two round spots on the pro-thorax 

 above, a double row of spots on the sides of the abdomen, and 

 transverse stripes beneath, buff. Pouch of the female reddish. 



Allied to the Australian A. andromache^ Fabr. ; but the 

 latter species is larger, and the buff colour extends over the 

 whole hind-wing except. at the extreme base and hind-margin, 

 being divided in the middle by a single or Y-shaped row of 

 confluent black spots. 



The typical specimens are in the British Museum. They 

 were collected by Mr. Basil Thomson. 



GENUS GNESIA. 



Acraa, section iii., Gnesia, Doubl., Gen. Diurn. Lep., p. 141 



(1848). 



In this genus or sub genus the palpi are less swollen and 

 more scaly than in typical Acraa, and the fore-wings are longer 

 and narrower, rarely transparent, and the cell of the hind-wings is 

 much shorter. The species are generally rather large, brown 

 and red, insects, with black spots and borders ; but Dr. Scudder 

 has selected G. circeis (Drury) from Sierra Leone as the type. 

 It has more resemblance to typical Acrcea than the group of 

 G. zetes, and the latter group will, perhaps, be ultimately 

 separated from Gnesia. 



GNESIA CIRCEIS. 



Papilio circeis ; Drury, 111. Ex. Ent, iii., pi. 18, figs. 5, 6 

 (1782). 



A comparatively small species from Sierra Leone, measur- 

 ing two inches in expanse. The fore-wings are rather long, 

 and are transparent, with the borders and nervures rather 

 broadly brown ; the hind-wings are brown, with black spots at 

 the base, and a yellow band across the centre ; the body is 

 spotted with white. 



