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Locality of Acrwa Ccrasa. 



I. South Africa. 

 E. Natal. 



a. Coast Districts. — Piuetown (/. H. Boivl-er). 



38. (5.) Acraea Violarum, Boisuval. 



Plate III. fig. 4 ( ? ). 



Acrcea Violarum, Boisd., App. Voy. de. Deleg. dans I'Afr. Aust., p. 591, 



n. 58 (1S47). 

 cj Acrcea NataUe7isis, Angas, Kafirs. Illustr., pi. xxx. f. 6 \_S'\ (1849). 

 (J 9 Acroia Violarum, Trimen, Rliop. Afr. Aust., i. p. 95, n. 59 (1862). 



Exp. al., 2 in. 2 lin. — 2 in. 4 lin. 



^ Soft, creamy hrich-red, with an orange tinge, spotted ivith hlach. 

 Fore-iving : base narrowly suffused with black ; on hind-margin a 

 narrow black border, widest at apex, diminishing to a point at anal 

 angle ; a short, black, transverse stripe, on costa before middle, crosses 

 discoidal cell to insertion of first median nervule ; a small, narrow, 

 slightly-curved spot occupies the upper portion of the nervules closing 

 discoidal cell ; an elongate, transverse stripe of five connected black 

 spots, a little beyond cell, from costa to second median nervule ; two 

 black spots below cell, touching median nervure, one between first and 

 second median nervules, the other between median and submedian ner- 

 vures ; near hind-margin a transverse waved row of seven black, rounded 

 inter-nervular spots of moderate size, extending 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 ahove sub- 

 median nervure. Hind-ioing : base suffused with black, which extends 

 towards anal angle on both sides of median nervure ; a spot across 

 widest part of discoidal cell ; a similar costal spot nearer base ; a highly- 

 irregular and much interrupted discal row of seven rather small spots ; 

 a rather broad black band along hind-margin, slightly but regularly 

 dentate 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-iving : base without black suffusion ; at apex, two or three yellow- 

 ish-white spots in the black marginal stripe. Hind-ioing : base but 

 narrowly black ; spots more distinct than on upper side, some addi- 

 tional ones near base being clearly visible, viz., a small one on costa 

 close to base ; a small round one in discoidal cell ; a very large elongate 

 one between origin of first median nervule and inner margin ; and two 

 spots on inner margin — one near base and the other an eighth spot in 

 discal row ; spots on hind-margin very large, conspicuous, paler than 

 above, seven or eight in number. Fringes of wings yellow. 



% Sj^otted and otherwise marked as in J^ ; but ground-colour much 



