48 New Lepidoptera collected by Mr. T. A. Barns 



Underside of fore wing as above. Hind wing with black area as 

 above, thinly scaled with white proximally, pink distally. A dentate 

 marginal border as above, and submarginal red border. 



Abdomen black, with two thin ochreous subventral lines. 



Length of fore wing : 24 mm. 



Habitat. — Kisaba Forest, E. Lake Kivu, Euanda District. Septem- 

 ber, 1919, T. A. Barns, 1 $ . 



9. Acraea bettiana sp. nov. (pi. IX, figs. 6, 7 $ , 8 ? .) 



This species, quite distinct from any known, belongs to the goetzi 

 group. We dedicate it to Mrs. T. A. Barns. 



$ . Upperside of fore wing with black-brown ground-colour. A 

 creamy-white median area of triangular shape, extending from the 

 inner margin to slightly beyond vein 3. The part of this patch lying in 

 cellules lb and lc represents the widest part of the area. The patch 

 does not reach the base, its proximal edge lies along the cell, and its 

 distal edge is oblique to the outer margin and is nearly straight. The 

 patch is traversed by the dark veins. A narrow subapical band of the 

 same colour as the central area, lying between veins 4 and 10. A 

 similarly coloured spot in the centre of the cell, more or less rounded 

 but inclined to be pointed basad. A series of short brick-red marginal 

 stripes in 2 to 7, which scarcely touch the margin ; a rounded brick-red 

 marginal spot on the fold lb to lc. 



Hind wing with black-brown ground-colour. The distal area 

 traversed by a creamy-white band from vein 8 to the inner margin. 

 The lower half of this band is of even width and but slightly indented 

 to vein 3, but in cellules 3 to 5 it is produced distally, more so in 4 and 

 5, and ends narrowly in 6 and 7. This band reaches the cell end but 

 does not fill in the bases of cellules 2 and 5. A marginal series of 

 brick-red triangular spots which are slightly creamy-coloured at their 

 edges ; these spots lie in cellules lc, 2 to 7. 



Underside of fore wing as above. The marginal stripes are greatly 

 extended and they reach the pale area and the subapical band. There 

 is some brick-red scaling at the base. Hind wing with a creamy-white 

 band as above, but edged proximally by a thick black line, and also a 

 creamy-white basal band edged distally by a thick black line. The 

 basal band consists of an elongated patch on the inner margin, a narrow 

 stripe in lb, a spot in lc, and a large patch in the cell and 7 ; it bears 

 a rounded black spot in the cell, and there is also a black spot dividing 

 the area in la. The basal part of area lc is black, and above this the 



