116 DE. A. G. BUTLEE ON BU'lTEEFLIES [Jail. 14, 



the species. All that can be said is, that iu Central and Eastern 

 Africa a variety occurs which (in its extreme development) has 

 been named A. daira. 



34. AcnjEA ANACEEON. 



Acraa anacreon, Trimen, Ti'ans. Ent. Soc. London, 1868, p. 77, 

 pi. vi. jigs. 3-5. 



d . Var. Acrcea lomha, H. G. Smith, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, 

 ser. 6, vol. iii. p. 128 (1880) ; Ehop. Exot. i. Acr. pi. iii. figs. 5, 6 

 (1892). 



Acrcea hiduna, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 184, pi. 5. 

 figs. 3, 3 a. 



cJ, Nvaiilvowa Mt., 5575 feet alt., Nyika, April 10th; Kanto- 

 rongoiido Mt., 7305 feet alt., Nyika, April 10th ; 5 , Cheni-Cheni 

 Mr., 7225 feet alt., Nyika, April 17Ui, 1895. 



Intermediate grades to A. homla : 



(S d , 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. homha (but somewhat 

 melanistic) from Zomba; it is the species referred to P. 'A. fcS. 

 1895, p. 262, n. 45. The black apical area and the width of the 

 baud on under surface of secondaries are both variable characters 

 of no specific iiriportance. 



35. Acr;ea guillemei. 



(S . Acrcea guillemei, Oberthiir, Etudes, livr. xvii. p. 19, pi. 1. 

 fig. 1 (1893) ; $ . Butler, P. Z. 8. 1893, p. 658. 



Var. iS . Acrcva periplianes, Oberthiir, I. e. p. 20, pi. 2. fig. 23 

 (1893). 



Var. periplianes. 



6 , Henga, W. of Lake 'Nya.m, Jan. 22nd, 1895. 



" Scarlet black-spotted and black-tipped Fritillary " {11. C). 



This is a rare variety of A. cjuiUemei, 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. AorjEa douuledayi. 



Acrcea douhledaiji, Guerin, Lefebvre's Toy. en Abyss, vi. p. 378 

 (1847). 



Acrcea onccea, llopffer, Peters' lleise n. Mossamb. v. pi. 24. 

 figs. 5-8 (1862). 



Acrcea axina, Westwood in Oates's Matabele-Land, p. 344, pi. F. 

 figs. 5, 6 (1881). 



Var. Acrcecc dirccea, AVestwood, 1. e. p. 348. 



2 . Telchinia nero, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, 

 vol. xii. p. 102 (1883). 



(J , Luinpi E., Lo«-er Nyika, W. of Lake Nyasa, Feb. 2nd, 1895. 



" Small speckled Eritilliiry " {11. C). 



