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a row of five black continent spots extending to 2nd submedian, 

 the last distinct from the row : immediately beyond this row 

 and between it and deep black apex, is a well-defined white bar, of 

 abont the same length as the row of black spots and 4 mm. 

 wide ; a small spot in 1 b, a little proximal to junction of 

 median with 1st submedian ; two larger spots in areas 2 and 1 b, 

 making a line perpendicular to hind margin, and placed a little 

 distal to end of cell. 



Secondary. Salmon-orange ground-colour as primary : base 

 suffused with dusky, especially toward inner margin, somewhat 

 obscuring spots in this area ; ground-colour with black spots of 

 which best defined are: one immediately above middle of cell; 

 two within cell ; a discocellular ; a discal row of seven around cell 

 end, of which 4th and 6th are placed more proximally than others : 

 a well-defined, rather narrow outer margin narrowing to a fine 

 line at anal angle. 



Underside. — Primary as upperside but black apex replaced by 

 ochreous except along apical portion of costa which is pale yellow ; 

 ground-colour pinkish ochreous ; two additional small spots near 

 base of costa of which the more proximal is the larger. 



Secondary. Base flushed pink ; ground-colour bright ochre ; 

 spots as upperside with following additions : — one between costal 

 and precostal ; three basal spots ; one above, one below and two 

 within cell all outlined Avith pale yellowish ; discal row around 

 cell-end has two additional ones towards inner margin ; black 

 outer margin encloses seven pale greenish semilunar spots. 



Fringe grey, more pronounced on secondaries ; palpi ochreous ; 

 vertex and thorax above bright rufous ; abdomen : first three 

 segments black, 2nd and 3rd with an ochreous lateral spot, 

 remaining segments fulvous somewhat paler below. 



Length of primary 30 mm. 



The female differs from the male only in still greater suffusion 

 of black over primaries and greater width and definition of white 

 bar, which is 5 mm. wide. The abdomen is also entirely black 

 with creamy white lateral spots and ochreous ventral lines. One 

 female is a melanic aberration being much suffused with black, 

 the spots "run" and the subapical white bars are much 

 reduced. 



Type <5 in British Museum. Serenji district, JST.E. Rhodesia, 

 18.xii.07. 



Type 2 hi British Museum. S.E. border of Katanga, Congo 

 State, 13.xii.07. 



Cotypes in Hope Coll., University Museum, Oxford, from the 

 same localities. 



This handsome species is evidently nearly allied to A . rhodesiana 

 Wichgr., but differs from it in the presence of a broad black apex 

 and strongly marked white subapical bar, especially in the male. 

 In a male of rhodesiana in the British Museum, the colour of the 

 abdomen also differs, being ochre-brown throughout with five 

 lateral spots instead of two. A. mima may possibly prove to be 



