1896.] FROM NrASA-LAND. 827 



42. AOE^A ANACMBOn. 



Acraa anacreon, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1868, p. 77, 

 pi. vi. figs. 3-5. 



A^'ar. Acrcea bomba, H. Gr. Smith, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, 

 vol. iii. p. 128 (1889) : Ehop. Exot. i., Acr. pi. iii. figs. 5, 6 (1892). 



Typical form, Chuona Eiver (Mwewe's town), Unyika, Sept. 

 15th, 1895. 



Var. Acr. bomha. Same locality and date. 



43. Ao.EiEA aUILLEMEI, var. PBHirUANES. 



Acrcua periplmnes, Obcrthiir, Etudes, livr. xvii. p. 20, pi. 2. fig. 23 

 (1893). 



Xoudowi, 4000 feet alt., Nyika, Feb. 21st, 1896. 



A somewhat aberrant example, slightly larger than usual, in some 

 respects intermediate between ty\naA\ A. guillemei and A. peri pJimies, 

 but with the spots on the border of the secondaries strongly 

 developed. 



44. AoiiyEA Bouiii/EBAYi, var. DiiioiEA, Butl. (nec Westw.). 



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

 (1847). 



J , Nyilta, 4500 feet alt., west of Lake Nyasa, June 26th ; 

 5 , Luvira Eiver, Nyasa to Tanganyika Eoad, Sept. 19tb, 189.n. 



This is the form \a ith a black apical patch, answering to AVest- 

 wood's description ; but Mr. Marshall, who has examined the type, 

 informs me that the latter does not difier from A. caldarena. 



45. Ack;ea caldarena, var. nelusoa. 



Acrcea caldarena, Hewitson, Ent. Month. Mag. xiv. p. 52 (1877). 

 A'^ar. Acrcea nehtsca, Oberthiir, Etudes, livr. iii. p. 25, pi. 2. 

 figs. 2, 3 (1878). 



? , Deep Bay, Feb. 8th, 1896. 



46. Acb;ea asema. 



Acrcea asema, Hewitson, Ent. Month. Mag. xiv. p. 52 (1877) 5 

 Trimen, P. Z. S. 1894, p. 24, pi. iv. figs. 3, 3a. 

 Loangwa Eiver, Senga, Sept. 3rd, 1895. 



47. ACEiEA INSIGNIS. 



Acrasa insignis. Distant, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 184, pi. ix. tig. 4. 

 Kasungu Mountain, 5945 feet alt., Nyika, Feb. 29th ; and 

 7200 feet alt., March 5th, 1895. 



48. Alpena iiBxicnLATA. (Plate XLI. fig. 4.) 



Alcena reticulata, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. xviii. 

 p. 160 (1896). 



c? , Kasungu Mountain, 5400 feet alt., Nyika, March 5th, 1896 ; 

 5 , Mtambwi Hill, Deep Bay, Jan. 6th, 1896. 



