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we detect no signs of any notable peculiarities ; indeed the majority 

 of the species are also found over a wide extent of the African con- 

 tinent, some spreading to the Cape Colony, others to East Africa, 

 and even to the valley of the Nile and Abyssinia. 



We have ventured to describe as new two species of Acrcea, both 

 rather obscure forms, of one of which we have long possessed 

 several examples. 



Nymph ALiD^. 



Danain^. 



1 . Danais alcippus. 



Papilio alcippus, Cram. Pap. Ex. t. 127. f. E, F. 

 Danais alcippus, Butl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 46. 

 Several specimens of this form of D. chrysippus, agreeing with 

 others from Abyssinia and elsewhere. 



SaTYRINjE. 



2. Mycalesis vulgaris. 



Mycalesis vulgaris, Butl. Cat. Sat. B. M. p. 130, t. 3. f. 2. 



A single specimen, agreeing with the type in the British Museum. 



3. Mycalesis doleta. 



Mycalesis doleta, Kirby, Proc. Roy. Dubl. Soc. (2) ii. p. 336 

 (1880). 

 Agrees with specimens thus named in the British Museum. 



4. Mycalesis desolata. 



Mycalesis desolata, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) xviii. 

 p. 480. 



Compared with Mr. Butler's types from Abyssinia. 



5. Mycalesis r^esaces. 



Mycalesis rcesaces, Hew. Ex. Butt. (Mycalesis), t. 8. f. 51, 52. 

 Agrees with Old-Calabar specimens whence Hewitson's types 

 were derived. 



6. YpHTHIMA ITONIA. 



Yphthima itonia. Hew. Trans. £nt. Soc. (3) ii. p. 287, t. 18. f. 13. 



Hewitson's types came from the White Nile. They differ from 

 Forbes's specimens in having the submarginal ocelli of the secon- 

 daries decidedly larger, a character of small importance in species of 

 this and the allied genera. 



AcRiEINjE. 



7. AcRiEA LYCIA. 



Papilio lycia, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 464. 



There are a number of examples in the collection of both sexes 

 this very common African insect. 



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