116 DR. A. G. BUTLER ON BUITERFLIES [Jan. 14, 
the species. All that can be said is, that in Central and Eastern 
Africa a variety occurs which (in its extreme development) has 
been named A. daira. 
34, ACRHA ANACREON. 
Acrea anacreon, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1868, p. 77, 
pl. vi. figs. 5-5. 
3. Var. Acrea bomba, H. G. Smith, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 
ser. 6, vol. iii. p. 128 (1880); Rhop. Exot. i. Aer. pl. iii. figs. 5, 6 
(1892). 
Acrea induna, Trimen, Trans, Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 184, pl. 5. 
figs. 3, 3a. 
3, Nyankowa Mt., 5575 feet alt., Nyika, April 10th; Kanto- 
rongondo Mt., 7305 feet alt., Nyika, April 16th; 9, Cheni-Cheni 
Mt., 7225 feet alt., Nyika, April 17th, 1895. 
Intermediate grades to A. bomba: 
3 do, Nyankowa Mt., 5575 ft. alt., Nyika, April 9th and 10th; 
Kantorongondo Mt., 7305 feet alt., Nyika, April 16th. 
We received a typical female of A. bomba (but somewhat 
melanistic) from Zomba; it is the species referred to P. Z. 8. 
1895, p. 262, n. 45. The black apical area and the width of the 
band on under surface of secondaries are both variable characters 
of no specific importance. 
35, ACREHA GUILLEMEI. 
3. Acrwa guillemei, Oberthiir, Etudes, livr. xvii. p. 19, pl. 1. 
fig. 1 (1893); 2. Butler, P. Z. 8. 1893, p. 658. 
Var. 3. Acrwa periphanes, Oberthiir, 1. ¢. p. 20, pl. 2. fig. 28 
(1893). 
Var. periphanes. 
3, Henga, W. of Lake Nyasa, Jan. 22nd, 1895. 
“ Searlet black-spotted and black-tipped Fritillary ” (22. C.). 
This is a rare variety of A. guillemei, differing in nothing 
excepting the broad black apical patch of the primaries—a 
variation which crops up in a great number of species and is, 
doubtless, seasonal. 
36. ACRHA DOUBLEDAYI. 
Acrea doubledayi, Guérin, Lefebyre’s Voy. en Abyss. vi. p. 378 
(1847). 
Acrea oncea, Hopfier, Peters’ Reise un. Mossamb. v. pl. 24. 
figs. 5-8 (1862). 
Acrea axina, Westwood in Oates’s Matabele-Land, p. 344, pl. F. 
figs. 5, 6 (1881). 
Var. Acrea dircea, Westwood, |. ¢. p. 348. 
Q. Telchinia nero, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, 
vol. xii. p. 102 (1883). 
3, Lumpi R., Lower Nyika, W. of Lake Nyasa, Feb. 2nd, 1895. 
“Small speckled Fritillary ” (2. C.). 
