116 DR. A. G. BUTLER ON BUTTERFLIES [Jail. 14, 



the species. All that can be said is, that in Central and Eastern 

 Africa a variety occurs which (in its extreme development) has 

 been named A. daira. 



34. ACRJEA ANACREON. 



Acrcea anacreon, Trinien, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1868, p. 77, 

 pi. vi. figs. 3-5. 



3 . Var. Acrcea bomba, H. G. Smith, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 ser. 6, vol. iii. p. 128 (1880) ; Khop. Exot. i. Acr. pi. iii. figs. 5, 6 

 (1892). 



Acrcea induna, Trimen, Trans. Eiit. Soc. 1895, p. 184, pi. 5. 

 figs. 3, 3 a. 



<$ , Nyaukowa Mt., 5575 feet alt., Nyika, April 10th ; Kanto- 

 rongoiido Mt., 7305 feet alt., Nyika, April 16th ; $ , Cheni-Cheni 

 Mr., 7225 feet, alt., Nyika, April 17th, 1895. 



Intermediate grades to A. bomba : 



c? < , Nyankowa Mt., 5575 ft. alt., Nyika, April 9th and 10th ; 

 Kautorongondo Mt., 7305 feet alt., Nyika, April 16th. 



We received a typical female of A. bomba (but somewhat 

 melanistic) from Zomba; it is the species referred to P. Z. S. 

 1895, p. 262, n. 45. The black apical area and the width of the 

 band on under surface of secondaries are both variable characters 

 of no specific importance. 



35. ACRCEA GUILLEMEI. 



3 . Acrcea guillemei, Oberthiir, Etudes, livr. xvii. p. 19, pi. 1. 

 fig. 1 (1893) ; $ . Butler, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 658. 



Var. o? Acrcea periplianes, Oberthiir, 1. c. p. 20, pi. 2. fig. 23 

 (1893). 



Var. periplianes. 



c? , Henga, W. of Lake Nyasa, Jan. 22nd, 1895. 



" Scarlet black-spotted and black-tipped Fritillary " (R. C.}. 



This is a rare variety of A. guillemei, differing in nothing 

 excepting the broad black apical patch of the primaries a 

 variation which crops up in a great number of species and is, 

 doubtless, seasonal. 



36. ACR^lA DOUBLEDAYI. 



Aci-cea doubledayi, Guerin, Lefebvre's Voy. en Abyss, vi. p. 378 

 (1847). 



Acrcea onccea, Hopffer, Peters' Reise n. Mossamb. v. pi. 24. 

 figs. 5-8 (1862). 



Acrcea axina, Westwood in Oates's Matabele-Land, p. 344, pi. F. 

 figs. 5, 6 (1881). 



Var. Acrcea dirccea, Westwood, 1. c. p. 348. 



$ . Telchinia nero, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, 

 vol. xii. p. 102 (1883). 



<3 , Lumpi E., Lower Nyika, W. of Lake Nyasa, Feb. 2nd, 1895. 



" Small speckled Fritillary " (It. C.). 

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