1900.] INSECTS AND ARACHNIDS FROM SOMALILAND. 11 



are generally obsolete on the upper surface ; they are, however, 

 conspicuous in one of the two dorippus. Most of 'the male Mugii 

 show a slight powdering of white scales in the neighbourhood 'of 

 the subinedian scent-patch. 



In describing the collections made fifteen years ago in Somali- 

 land by Col. Yerbury and Messrs. Thrupp^ Lort Phillips, and 

 James (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 756), Dr. Butler remarked of 

 L. Tclugiii "This is clearly the prevalent Limnas in Somaliland ; 

 L. chrysippus and L. alcippus having, apparently, entirely 

 disappeared, and L. dorippus being scarce." The fact that the 

 only specimens of L. chrysippus obtained by Mr. Peel in his two 

 distinct visits to Somaliland were of the Mugii and dorippus 

 varieties, confirms the above conclusion. It is also worthy of 

 note that the collection made by Capt. Swayne in the Ilarar 

 Highlands (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 821) contained L. Mugii, but 

 no specimens of L. chrysippus, L. alcippoides, or L. dorippus. 



Acr.ein.e. 



ACR.EA NEOBULE Doubl. 



Pour specimens : 2 <S , 2 § . Caught at Gonsali (West Somali- 

 land), June 24, 1895. 



ACR.EA DOUBLEDAYI Grlier. 



1 $ . Gonsali, June 24, 1895. 

 AcrtEA serena Fabr. 



3 2 . Gonsali, June 24, 1895. In one of these specimens the 

 subapical oblique dark bar on the fore wing is well marked, in the 

 other two it is almost or altogether absent. One of the latter 

 has the inner portion of the liind-uiarginal dark border of the fore 

 wing almost obsolete, except near the apex. 



Acrcea mirabilis Butl. (Plate I. fig. 4.) 



Acrcea mirabilis, Butl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 760, pi. xlvii. 

 fig. 1. 



Seven specimens : apparently 5 S , 2 $ . The British Museum 

 possesses five specimens of this interesting Acrcea, including the 

 t\ pes. _ The present specimens differ from those in the National 

 Collection (one of which retains a violet bloom) in the following 

 particulars : — (1) The upper surface is generally of a warmer 

 chestnut tinge. (2) The paler marks beneath, including the sub- 

 apical patch of the fore wings, are rich yellow-ochre, instead of 

 being nearly white as in the British Museum examples. In one 

 of the latter, a female, the subapical patch on the upper surface 

 also is creamy white. (3) In the present specimens there is a 

 definite yellow band immediately external to the darker median 

 band of the hind wing beneath. " This is not the case in the British 

 Museum examples, where the drab submarginal area gradually 

 pales inwards towards the darker median band. In the $ type 



