656 DB. A. 6. BUTLER OK lEPIDOPTEEA EBOM [NoV. 7, 



Tiorta is rightly opposed by Auriyillius ; his hesitation to regard it 

 as A. Serena, 'Fa.hT.,=eponina $ , Cramer, seems to be based solely 

 on the words " posticis saturatioribus,'' and is, I think, hyper- 

 critical : the question as to whether A. serena is the insect which 

 it is ^ generally supposed to be, in the absence of any mention by 

 Tabricius of the oblique spot on the black at apex, is, I think, far 

 mpre doubtful. My remark {loc. dt.) that the Linnsean description 

 " is applicable to A. rcihira g " appears on more mature reflection 

 to be untenable. 



63. ACE^EA PERETJPTA. 



Telchinia per)-upta, Butler. Ann. & Mag. Xat. Hist. ser. 5, 

 vol. xii. p. 102, n. 4 (1883). 



Lake Mweru ; Zomba, July 1892. 



64. ACE^A LTCIA. 



Papilio hjcia, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 464, n. 94 (1775). 

 Lake Mweru. 



A. adrasta, Weymar (Stett. ent. Zeit. 1892, p. 85), is the allied 

 A. ccecilia. 



65. ACEiEA DOUBLEDATI. 



Acrcea doubledayi, Guerin, Lefebvre's Voy. en Abyss, vi. p. 378 

 (1847). 



Acrcea onccea, HopfPer, Peters's Eeise, v. pi. 24. figs. 5-8 (1862). 

 2 , Lake Mweru ; 6 2 , Zomba, July 1892. 

 I believe A. abadina, Eibbe, to be this species. 



66. AcE^A EjrPFSA, sp. n. (? local race of A. asema, Hewits.) 



Allied to A. doubledayi, with the aspect of A. punctatissima. 

 Sexes nearly alike, semitransparent, tawny ; the primaries greyer 

 than the secondaries, -with diffused black apical patch ; the spots 

 nearly as in A. doubledayi, but the primaries with three additional 

 spots in an oblique series below apex ; secondaries with marginal 

 ta^vny spots on the black border. Primaries below with three more 

 or less distinct yellowish-white apical marginal spots on a diflfused 

 grey apical nebula; four spots instead of three in the oblique 

 series beyond the cell ; no white subapical band in the female, the 

 three additional black spots as above : secondaries with the black 

 spots vi-ider apart, larger and less numerous ; rose-colour and spots 

 at base similar, no spot on upper radial interspace, the dot at base 

 of lower radial interspace wanting, and the large spot placed nearer 

 to the base ; only one spot on abdominal margin. Expanse of 

 wings, S 46 miUim., $ 47 mUlim. 



Zomba, July 1892. 



One crippled male example has an expanse of 50 millim. 



A similar but distinct species is described by Eogenhofer under 

 the name of A. marnois. 



