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row considerably beyond the middle of the wing, the central spot 
especially being not far from the black marginal border. On the under 
side the fore wings are slightly rosy, the apical portion being more 
buff with the spaces between the veins orange ; the black spots on 
this side are not so strongly marked as above : the hind wings 
are more pale buff, with the spaces between the veins strongly marked 
with rose-colour, the black spots resting on pale spaces, giving them 
an ocellated appearance ; the very narrow black outer margin of 
these wings is preceded by a series of small black arches, including 
a row of pale yellow spots. The palpi, head, and sides of the body are 
coloured as in the preceding species ; the abdomen in one of our 
specimens is broken off, but in the other it is pale buff, with the upper 
side of the basal segments black, with two pale dots, indicating (as 
■well as the shape of the fore wings) this individual (represented in our 
figures) to be of the male sex. 
Note. — The orange and rosy tints described above are almost obliterated in one of the 
two specimens, most probably from longer exposure in the winged state. 
34. (4) ACR^A ACONTIAS, Westw. (Plate F, figs. 7, 8.) 
Alis supra obscure fusco-rufis, nigro - maculatis, maculis 4 in 
medio alarum anticarum, fascia abbreviata maculari, margine apicali 
late venisque apicalibus nigris ; alis posticis basi maculiscjue sub- 
mediis lineam irregularem formantibus, margineque postico cum venis 
nigris. Expans. alar, antic, unc. if. 
Habitat prope " Victoria Falls ; " mense Januario capta. 
The dull brownish red colouring of the upper side of the wings 
distinguishes this species. The fore wings are marked near the 
base, behind the middle of the cell, with a small black dot, followed 
by four rather large spots of the same colour, placed so as to form an 
oblique triangle ; beyond the cell is the ordinary abbreviated fascia, 
formed of four black spots, which is succeeded by a narrow paler 
buff space, the apex being traversed by black veins, the extremity of 
the anterior margin and the whole of the apical margin being also 
black : the hind wings have a suffused black spot near the base, the 
middle of the wing being crossed by zigzag rows of small but nearly 
uniform black spots ; the outer margin is black, as are the veins 
beyond the middle of the wing. On the under side the fore wings 
are more rosy coloured from the base to the abbreviated fascia, be- 
yond which they are paler buff, with orange stripes between the veins : 
the hind wings have the black dots smaller but more numerous than 
on the upper side, there being about 20 on each wing, the ground 
colour of which is buff, with the spaces between the veins in the 
basal portion rosy, but beyond the cell they are marked with longi- 
tudinal orange stripes between the veins ; the outer margin is very 
narrowly black, preceded by a very narrow black line parallel with 
the margin. The body is black, much spotted at the sides below the 
wings with buff and rosy ; the abdomen is orange, marked above 
