■2.6 LEPIDOPTERA RHOPALOCERA 



24. Acraea zambesina Aurivillius. 



Acraea zambesina Aurivilllius, Arkiv f. Zoo], no. 5, Vol. 5, p. 123 (190SI ; Mendes, Broteria, Ser. Zool. 

 (9), Vol. 3, p. 160, pi. 7, f. 1 (1910); Ellringham, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 73 (1912). 

 Portugese East Africa. 



25. Acraea horta Linnasus. 



a. Acraea horta horta Linnaeus (Pap.) Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 234 (1764); Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (ed.12), p. 755 (1767); 

 Fabricius, Syst. Nat. p. 459 (1775) ; Sulzer, Ges. Ins p. 143, pi. 10, f. 1 (1776) ; Cramer, Pap. Exot. Vol 4, 

 p. 18. pi. 29S, f. F. G. (17S0); Drury, 111. Exot. Ins. Vol. 3, p. 37, pi. 28, f. 1, 2 (17S2); Wulfen. Ins. Cap. 

 p. 3i (1786); Herbst, Naturs. Schmett. Vol. 5. p. 22, pi. 83, f. 1, 2 (1792) ; Fabricius (A.) in Illigers Mag. 

 Ins. Vol 6, p. 284 (1807); Godart, Enc. Meth. Lep. Vol. 9, p. 23i (1819); Doubleday, Gen. diurn. Lep. 

 p. 140 (1S4S); Trimen, Rhop. Afr. austral, p. g3 (1862); S. Afr. Butt, (metam.) Vol 1, p. 134-136 (1887); 

 Staudinger, Exot. Schmett. Vol. 1, p. S2, pi. 33 (iS85); Brunner von Wattenwyl, Farben d. Ins. p. 5, pi. 4 

 f. 43 (1897) ; Aurivillius, Rhop. Aethiop. p. 89 (189S'; Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 192 (1908) ; Mar- 

 shall, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 337 (1902); Eltringham, ibidem, p. 77, pi. 7, f. 1, pi. i5, f. 16 (g) (1912); 

 Aurivillius, in Seitz, Macr. Lep. p. 285, pi. 53«,/(igi3). 

 Transvaal, Zululand, Natal, Cape Colony. 



«t. Acraea horta forma conjuncta Blachier, Bull. Soc. Lep. Geneve, p. 176, pi. i5, f. 4 (1912). 

 Locality ? 



26. Acraea admatha Hewitson. 



a. Acraea admatha admatha Hewitson. Exot. Butt. pi. 3, f. 16, 17 (i865); Trimen. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 

 p. 171 (1S91); Aurivillius, Rhop. Aethiop. p. SS (1898); Gordon, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 33o (1902); 

 Eltringham, ibidem, p. 78, pi. 7, f. 5 (g) (1912); Aurivillius, in Seitz, Macr. Lep. p. 2S5, pi. 53e (1913). 

 Sierra Leone, Ashanti, Gold Coast, Old Calabar, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gaboon, Congo, British East 

 Africa, Natal, Zululand. 



a'. Acraea admatha admatha forma leucographa Ribbe (A.hucographa), Iris, Vol. 2, p. 181, pi. 4, f. 1(1889); 

 Snellen. Tijdschr. v. Ent. Vol. 38, p. i3 (1S95); Aurivillius, Rhop. Aethiop. p. 88 (1S98); Eltringham, 

 Trans. Ent. Sjc. Lond. p. 79 (1912); Aurivillius, in Seitz, Macr. Lep. p. 2S5, pi. 53e(igi3), — PI. I, 



Fig. 3. 



Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Nyam Nyam, Congo, Uganda. Abyssinia, British East Africa, German East 

 Africa. 



*«2. Acraea admatha admatha forma hodpis Wichgraf, Deutsch Ent Zeitschr. p 346 (1914). 

 Zululand. 



27 Acraea insignis Distant. 



,1. Acraea insignis insignis Distant, Proc. Zool Soc. Lond. p. 184, pi. 16, f. 6 (1880); Godman. ibidem, p. 538 

 (i8S5); Butler, ibidem, p. 66 (18SS) ; Rogenhofer, Ann. Naturh. Mus. Wien, Vol. 6, p. 457 (1S91); Auri- 

 villius, Rhop. Aethiop. p. 89 (1S98); Sjostedt's Exp. Kilimandj. p. 3 (1910); Griinberg, Sitz. Ges. Nat. 

 Freunde, Berlin, p. 148 (1910); Deutsch Zent. Afr. Exped. (3), Vol. 17, p. 014 (1911); Eltringham, Trans. 

 Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 81, pi. 7. f. 2, pi. i5. f. 17, pi. 16, f 20 fg) (19 12); Aurivillius, in Seitz, Macr. Lep. p. 284, 

 pi. 53i; (I9i3). 

 = balbina, Oberthur, Etud. Ent. Vol. 12, p. 6, pi. 3, f. 8 (1888); Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 923 (1900). 

 = buxtoni Hewitson (nee Butler) Ent. Monthly Mag. Vol. 14, p. i55 (1S77). 

 Uganda, British East Africa, Nyassaland, German East Africa. 



a'. Acraea insignis insignis forma siginna Suffert, Iris, p. 19 (1904) : Aurivillius, Sjostedt's Exped. Kilimandj. 

 p. 3 (1910); Eltringham, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 81(1912). 

 British East Africa, German East Africa. 



28. Acraea camaena Drury. 



Acraea camaena Drury (Pap ) 111. Exot. Ins. Vol. 2, p. 12, pi. 7, f. 2 (1773); Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 464 

 (1775); Herbst, Naturs. Schmelt. Vol. 5, p. 9, pi. 81, f. 3 (1792); Godart (A.) Enc. Meth. Vol, 9, 234(1819); 

 Aurivillius, Rhop. Aethiop. p. 89 (189S) ; Lathy, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. i85 (igo3) ; Eltringham, Trans. 

 Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 82 pi. 7, f. 4 (g) (1912) ; Aurivillius, in Seitz, Macr. Lep. p. 285, pi. 53/ (igi3). . 



= murcia Fabricius (Pap.) Spec. Ins. Vol. 2, p. 33 (17S1). 



Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Liberia, Ashanti, Nigeria, Fernando Po. 



