340 New Forms of Butterflies from Africa 



ACBAEIDAE. 



3. Acraea asboloplintha Karsch f. rubescens Trim., ? f. albulaf. nov. 



The ? neallotype of asboloplintha, described by Suffert (Iris, p. 19, 

 pi. 2, f. 6, 1904) is in the Joicey collection. It represents the 3 type 

 of colouring and belongs to the rubescens form. Dr. Eltringham, in his 

 monograph of Acraea (T. E. S., 1912, p. 197) treats rubescens as a 

 subspecies. 



The material obtained by Mr. Barns from the Kivu district contains 

 examples of both forms from the same place. There is also a ? of the 

 rubescens type. This specimen is not so heavily scaled with red on the 

 fore wing as in Suffert's 2 from Nairobi, but it has the colour ochreous 

 and the stripes reach the distal margin. There are ochreous stripes in 

 cellules 3 to 6, those in 3 and 4 being only well-defined distally as spots, 

 the one in 6 heavily marked. The distal area of the hind wing is rosy- 

 red with a pale-ochreous marginal border. This specimen may be 

 regarded as transitional to the specimen described by Suffert. Mr. 

 Barns marked a specimen of typical asboloplintha as being the 3 of 

 this ? . It is unfortunate that he did not specify whether or no these 

 were taken " in cop." 



There is a 3 specimen with slight red scaling in lb, base of 2, and 

 extending a little into the cell, being thus transitional. 



We are inclined to regard rubescens as an individual aberration. 



The 2 with white markings deserves a name, and for this we 

 propose albula. The type will be the ? described by Trimen in the 

 Hope Department, Oxford. 



4. Acraea eltringhami J. and T., ? . 



Bull. Hill Mus. 1, p. 47, pi. x, fig. 11 (1921) (Kivu) 3 . 

 Only differs from the 3 in its larger size and much duller colouring. 

 Length of fore wing : 29 mm. 



Bugege Forest, 8,000 feet, December, one ? , also two 3 3 . 

 Collected by T. A. Barns. 



5. Acraea hamata sp. nov. 



At first sight this interesting species may be said to be mimetic of 

 insignis Dist., and to be allied to the orestia group. However, the 

 black unspotted abdomen, showing some slight lateral reddish scaling, 

 places it with eltringhami J. and T. We venture to suggest that it is 

 derived from eltringhami in the same locality, and whilst it may never 



