1896.] FROM NTASA-LAND. 827 



42. ACR^EA ANACREON. 



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

 pi. vi. figs. 3-5. 



Var. Acrcea bomba, H. Gr. Smith, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, 

 vol. iii. p. 128 (1889) ; Ehop. Exot. i., Acr. pi. iii. figs. 5, 6 (1892). 



Typical form, Chuona Eiver (Mwewe's town), Unyika, Sept. 

 15th, 1895. 



Var. Acr. bomba. Same locality and date. 



43. ACR^EA GUJILLEMEI, Var. PERIPHANES. 



Acrcea periphanes, Oberthiir, Etudes, livr. xvii. p. 20, pi. 2. fig. 23 

 (1893). ' 



Kondowi, 4000 feet alt., Nyika, Feb. 21st, 1896. 



A somewhat aberrant example, slightly larger than usual, in some 

 respects intermediate between typical A. guillemei andA.periphanes, 

 but with the spots on the border of the secondaries strongly 

 developed. 



44. ACR.&A DOUBLEDATI, var. DIRC^EA, Butl. (nee Westw.). 



Acrcea doubledayi, Guerin, Lefebvre's Voy. en Abyss, vi. p. 378 

 (1847). 



rf , Nyika, 4500 feet alt., west of Lake Nyasa, June 26th ; 

 $ , Luvira Eiver, Nyasa to Tanganyika Eoad, Sept. 19th, 1895. 



This is the form with a black apical patch, answering to West- 

 wood's description ; but Mr. Marshall, who has examined the type, 

 informs me that the latter does not differ from A. caldarena. 



45. ACRJEA CALDARENA, var. NELUSCA. 



Acrcea caldarena, Hewitson, Ent. Month. Mag. xiv. p. 52 (1877). 

 Var. Acrcea nelusca, Oberthiir, Etudes, livr. iii. p. 25, pi. 2. 

 figs. 2, 3 (1878). 



$ , Deep Bay, Feb. 8th, 1896. 



46. ACR^A ASEMA. 



Acrcea asema, Hewitson, Ent. Month. Mag. xiv. p. 52 (1877) '> 

 Trimen, P. Z. S. 1894, p. 24, pi. iv. figs. 3, 3a. 

 Loangwa Eiver, Senga, Sept. 3rd, 1895. 



47. ACRCEA INSIGHTS. 



Acrcea insignis, Distant, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 184, pi. ix. tig. 4. 

 Kasungu Mountain, 5945 feet alt., Nyika, Feb. 29th; and 

 7200 feet alt., March 5th, 1895. 



48. AiuENA RETICULATA. (Plate XLI. fig. 4.) 



Alcena reticulata, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. xviii. 

 p. 160 (1896). 



rf , Kasungu Mountain, 5400 feet alt., Nyika, March 5th, 1896 ; 

 $ , Mtambwi Hill, Deep Bay, Jan. 6th, 1896. 



