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black, below median nervure, a small round spot. Hind-iving : basal 

 black very narrow next costa, wide in discoidal cell, and very wide 

 below cell ; an elongate spot in cell and one at the upper part of end 

 of cell ; a very irregular discal row of seven spots, of wliicli the second, 

 third, fifth, and seventh are farther from base than the others ; a spot 

 ou costa before middle ; an even hind-marginal border, very much 

 broader than in fore-wing, unspotted, and emitting little more than 

 denticulations on the nervules. Cilia dull-whitish. Under side. — 

 Much paler ; the surface smoother, that of the fore- wing shining. Fore- 

 wing : spots duller, with suffused edges ; a small black spot on costa 

 at base ; basal black otherwise all but obsolete ; costal and hind- 

 marginal border somewhat narrower ; from it run inter-nervular pale- 

 rufous rays, diminishing in length towards posterior angle ; some pale- 

 yellowish irroration marks inner edge of border generally, but especially 

 on costa at apex. Hind-wing : spots more conspicuous than on upper 

 side ; basal black suffusion obsolete, but the clearer ground exhibiting 

 sis additional spots, of which two are above, one in and three below 

 discoidal cell; between the spots in and below cell some pale-yellowish 

 irroration ; two additional spots (eighth and ninth) at lower end of discal 

 row ; in outer portion of hind-marginal border a row of seven large 

 sub-lunulate pale-yellowish spots. Cilia yellowish-white. 



^ Pale didl hroionish-ochrcoiis, with fore- wing semi-transparent on 

 disc ; spots and border somewhat larger than in ^. Under side. — 

 Hind-wing and apical portion of fore-wing very pale-yellowisli ; the hind- 

 wing variegated with reddish-pink in the basal region and as far as 

 discal row of spots. 



This species is readily distinguished from its nearest ally, A. Violarum, 

 Boisd., by its want in the fore-wings of the conspicuoiis submarginal row of 

 black spots, and in the hind-wings of any pale spots in the hind-marginal 

 border on the upper side. This ^croea has in all respects the habits and haunts 

 of A. Violarum, and the two species may often be met with flying in company. 

 Nohara was in the summer of 1867 much more numerous than Violarum 

 in the hilly parts of Natal ; especially near Hermansburg, where, chiefly in 

 sheltered hollows,^! took a large number of specimens, including two pairs 

 in copidd. 



Localities of Acra^a Nohara. 



I. South Africa. 



E. Natal. 



a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban. Verulam. Tongaati Eiver. Mapu- 



mulo. 

 h. Upper Districts. — Udland's Mission Station. Fort Buckingham, 

 Tugela River. Hermansburg. Little Noodsberg. Intzutze, 

 Great Noodsberg. Pieteriuaritzburg {Windham). Karkloof 

 (/. H. BowJcer). 

 K. Transvaal. — Lydenburg District (T. Ayres). 



II. Other African Regions. 

 A. South Tropical. 



a. West Coast. — " Angola [Pogge)." — Dewitz. 



