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angle, on inner margin, as far as radial nervule ; on hind-margin, 

 nervules clouded with blackish, forming a narrow border, dentate 

 inwardly, but not forming nearly such sharp and deep indentations on 

 the ground-colour as in fore-wing. Under side. — Fore-wing : 'palcr 

 than on upper side ; base with a black spot, but not clouded with 

 blackish ; spots as on upper side, but rather smaller and not so black ; 

 apical portion, beyond transverse row of four spots, pale whitish- 

 yellow, with orange-ochreous rays between the nervules, which are 

 narrowly clouded with black ; a narrow j^ellowish edging along costa. 

 Hind-wing : pale ivhitish-yellow ; two or three additional small black 

 spots near base ; transverse rows of spots as on upper side ; base, inner 

 margin as far as outer row, and internal edge of straight portion of the 

 latter row of spots, clouded with reddish-ochreous between nervules ; 

 space between outer row and parallel streak from inner margin wholly 

 spotless, forming a conspicuous pale band, in consequence of there 

 being elongate reddish-ochreous marks all along hind-margin beyond 

 streak between the nervules, which are narrowly black clouded. 



$ Duller, varying from pale yellow-ochreous tinged with hroum to 

 pcde dnsky-grey ; but similar in marking. Fore-iuing : an additional, 

 more or less observable, small, thin, black spot, below median nervure, 

 not far from base ; other spots as in ^, but larger and fainter ; a paler 

 space of colour sometimes tinged with whitish beyond transverse row 

 from costa ; blackish clouding on nervules not nearly so strong or 

 clearly-defined as in ^, being much suffused. Hind-iuing : quite like 

 $ 's, excepting that the hind-marginal clouding is duller. Under side. 

 — Universally paler. Fore-wing : ochreous inter-nervular rays fainter. 

 Hind-iving : hind-marginal inter-nervular markings ill-defined, the 

 three next costa obsolete ; fuscous streak wider than in ^. 



In the greyest $ s there is but a faint tinge of yellow-ochreous in 

 the fore-wing, while its apical area and the whole field of the hind-wing 

 have a greenish tinge with the reddish-ochreous markings almost 

 obliterated. 



A rather dull-coloured female sent from the Tsomo River, Kaffi-aria, 

 by Colonel Bowker, is remarkable for the enlargement and partial con- 

 fluence of the spots on the upper side of the fore-wing ; the spot in 

 discoidal cell being united by a long ray to the spot at the end of the 

 cell, and the latter spot again being united by a similar ray to the third 

 spot of the oblique subapical bar ; the discal dark streak on the under 

 side of the hind- wing is also enlarged and suffused externally. A $ 

 taken by Mr. J. M. Hutchinson at Estcourt, Natal, has the dark 

 borders and spots of the upper side all much enlarged but normal 

 otherwise. 



A. Rahira is a very distinct species, its only ally in South- 

 Africa being A. Anacreon, Trim., readily recognised by the maculated 

 hind-marginal border of the hind-wings. It is, however, closely related 

 to A. Zitj'a, Boisd., of Madagascar, but the latter is of a deep fulvou.s- 



