i64 SOUTH-AFRICAX BUTTERFLIES. 



Var. A. — Fcqnlio 11. Lyoia, Eab., Sysfc. Ent., p. 464, n. 94 (1775); and 

 Ent. Syst., iii. i, p. 176, n. 546 (1793)- 

 Acrcea Sganzhii, BoiscL, Faune Ent. cle Mad. p. 34, pi. 6, ff. 6, 7 



(1833)- ' ^ 



Acrci^a Lycia, Trim., op. cit, p. 102, n. 62 (1862). 



Uxj). ciL, 2 in. — 2 iu. 8 lin. 



^ Dull hroivnish-red, inclining to ochreous-yclloio (especially in hind- 

 win^), with l)lach spots ; apiccd area of fore-iving duslcy-blackishj crossed 

 olliqucly hy a conspicuous tohite har. Fore-ioing : before middle, in 

 discoidal cell, a conspicuous transversely-elongate black spot ; occa- 

 sionally a much smaller ovate spot nearer base ; at extremity of cell a 

 large spot, usually indistinct from being united to blackish of apical 

 area ; below this spot a strongly-curved discal row of three good-sized 

 spots, between second median nervule and inner margin beyond middle ; 

 near base, below median nervure, a moderate-sized spot, usually obliquely 

 elongate, but sometimes smaller and rounded ; subapical white bar broad, 

 about equally dividing the blackish, composed of five elongate spots 

 (the first four of which are united, the fifth smaller and separate), and 

 extending from close to costal edge, almost to bind-margin. Hind- 

 wing : a small spot at base ; an obliquely-transverse row of four or five 

 small indistinct spots near base (of which one is usually in discoidal 

 cell) ; a second small spot in cell, and two small ones obliquely placed 

 at its extremity ; a discal, sinuated row of eight distinct rounded 

 spots, from costa to inner margin ; hind-margin with a narrow, dusky- 

 blackish, unspotted border, not well defined interiorly, from which 

 radiate short thin blackish inter-nervular linos. Under side. — Hind- 

 wing and apical-hind-marginal area of fore-wing heyond vjJiite har pale 

 ochreous-yelloiu ; the inter-nervular rays suffused fulwus-ochreous. Fore- 

 wing : ground-colour much paler ; surface smooth and glistening ; spots, 

 and blackish immediately before white bar, duller and more suffused 

 than on upper side. Hind-iving : spots as on upper side, but very 

 distinctly defined. 



^ Larger and paler than $ ; the hlack spots duller and smaller. 

 Fore-wing : spot below median nervure, and lowest of three discal 

 spots, wanting or but faintly indicated. 



Var. a. {Lycia, Fab.) $ and ^. 



^ Ground-colour ereamy-yelloivish ; hlackish apical area of fore-wing 

 and hind-marginal border of land- wing much enlarged ; in fore-wing, a 

 dusky-fuscous suffusion over basal area and sometimes also over disc. 

 Fore-wing : blackish of apical area extending to posterior angle, and 

 almost enclosing first and second spots of discal row. Hind-ioing : 

 hind-marginal border broader (usually very much broader), and more 

 suff'used interiorly ; inter-nervular rays very strongly and broadly 

 black. Under side. — Hind-wing and apical hind-marginal area of 

 fore-wing (beyond white bar) creamy-yellowish, brighter than on 

 upper side ; inter-nervular rays thin, well-defined, blackish with faint 



