1806.] rnOM NTASA-LAND. 115 



As nn example of Ihe inconsistency of those lepidopterists who 

 have been styled " Lumpers," Hewitson's separation of two 

 palpable forms of the present species is noteworthy. 



30. ACE^A BXCELSIOE. 



Acrcea excelsior, E. M. Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1891, p. 192, pi. ivii. 

 fig. 3. 



<S (S , Kondowi, Lower Nyika, W. of Lake Nyasa, April 4th and 

 6th ; $ 2 , Njankowa Mt., 6500 feet alt., April'9th ; d , Liimpi E. 

 valley, Lower Nyika, April 21st, 1895. 



" Deep-bordered orange and black Fritillary " (li. C). 



This rare species is one of the most beautiful in the genus. 



31. ACBJEA TBNTIIBA. 



Acrcea ventura, Hewitson, Ent. Month. Mag. xiv. p. 51 (1877). 

 J , Lun)pi E., Lower Nyika, W. of Lake Nyasa, Feb. 2nd ; 

 ? , Nyankowa Mt., 5575 feet alt., Nyika, April I'Oth, 1895. 

 " Orange and black Fritillary." 



32. ACVLJEA SEBBNA, var. B0XTOWI. 



Acraa huatoni, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xvi. 

 p. 395 (1875). 



cJ rf , Deep Bay, W. coast of Lake Nyasa, Feb. 14th, and 

 Ngerenge Plains, W. coast of Lake Nyasa, Feb. 24th, 1895. 



" Small orange and black Fritillary " {li. C). • 



"Whether this is a race or a sectional form of A. serena can only 

 be decided by breeding it ; but with our present extensive series 

 I lind it impossible to regard the following as distinct species : — 

 A. serena = eponiva =janisca = rongetii = manjaca = huxtnni =per- 

 rvpta = halina. Probably the Linnean name terpsicliore should 

 stand over A. serena, but there is so much doubt connected with 

 the identification of that species that the better-known name 

 seems preferable at present. 



33. AoBiEA LxoiA, var. sganzini. 



Acrwa sganzini, Boisduval, Faune Madag. p. 34, pi. vi. figs. 6, 7 

 (1833). 



3 , Mrali, W. coast of Lake Nyasa, March 2nd, 1895. 



" Lesser speckled brown and white Fritillary " {R. C). 



A. lycia separates roughly into three forms, which are linked 

 together by numerous intergrades ; they are — 



1. Acrxa sganzini, vaguely resembling Limnas chrysipi2>us. 



2. Acrcea daira = iisar/ar<v, like 1, but wanting black at apex. 



3. Acraa lijeia=^hrannei, pattern of 1, grouud-colour white. 

 Every link between these varieties is now represented in the 



Museum collection. A. daira appears to he an Eastern and 

 Central-African sport of the species, occurring togetlier with the 

 two normal forms ; it is completely linked to the A. sganzini 

 type by intergrades, and therefore cannot be regarded as a race of 



