5,38 MR. F. D. GODMAN ON [May 19, 



3. ACR^A INSIGNTS. 



Acrcea insignis, Distant, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 184, t. xix. f. 6. 



Acrcea biiootoni. Hew. Ent. Month. Mag. xiv. p. 154. 



Kilima-njaro, wooded hills at 5000 feet, August. 



This insect was first described by Hewitson from examples procured 

 by Buxton in the neighbourhood of Zanzibar, and was named by 

 him after its discoverer. Mr. Distant pointed out that the name 

 A. buxtoni had been already applied to another species by Mr. Butler, 

 and hence renamed it as above. Our collection contains a good 

 series of this insect, chiefly taken by Mr. Last at Manboia in 

 Eastern Central Africa. These exhibit considerable variation in the 

 amount of black at the base of the secondaries, for while some 

 specimens have only four or five isolated spots, others have a large 

 confluent patch occupying the basal third of these wings, and 

 between these two extremes we have every intermediate form, all 

 captured in the same locality and at the same time. 



Mr, Johnston procured but a single example, which has the 

 confluent black patch and agrees in this respect with some of our 

 own specimens from Manboia. 



4. AcR^A BR^siA, sp. nov. 



Alis anticis semihyalinis ad basin rosacea svffusis; macula in cellula, 

 altera ad finem ejus, quinque in serie fere recta ultra earn, una 

 inter ramos medianos, duabus inter ramum medianum primum 

 et venam submedianam nigris, margine externa fusco-nigra 

 maculis lunvlatis submarginalibus rufis ; posticis rosaceis ad 

 basin obscurioribus, margine externa nigro, area discali plus 

 minusve maculafa ; subtus anticis fere ut supra; posticis flavidis 

 nigro disfincte macidatis, ad basin et marginem internum rosacea 

 notatis; margine externa nigra lunulas septem flavidas includente ; 

 fronte, palpis et pedibus fulvis ; abdomine subtus flavido, lateribus 

 albo maculatis ; cupite, prothorace et thorace albido distincte 

 macidatis. 



Kilima-njaro, in wooded country at 5000 feet, August. 



A single male specimen allied to A. onccea, differing in its 

 diaphanous primaries and its more rosy secondaries. 



5. ACK^A NATALICA. 



Acrcea natalica, Boisd. Voy. Deleg. ii. p. 590 ; Hopff^. in Pet. 

 Reise, Zool. v. p. 371, t. 23. f."l2, 13. 



Kilima-njaro, grassy downs at 6000 feet, June. 



One example ( $ ). 



Agrees best with specimens of this species, but the disk of the 

 secondaries is whiter and the spots in general are larger. 



6. Pyrameis cardui. 



Papilio cardui, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 276. 

 Kilima-njaro, in thin forest country at 7000 feet, July. 

 One much worn male. 



