3o LEPIDOPTERA RHOPALOCERA 



a 2 . Acraea egina egina forma contraria Grunberg, Soc. Ent. Steglitz, Vol. 24, p. 145 (1910). 

 L. Kiruu. 



n 5 . Acraea egina egina forma alba Eltringham, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 412 (igi3). 

 Sesse Island. 



b. Acraea egina medea Cramer (P. media), Pap. Exot. Vol. 1, p. 128, pi. Si. f. C, D (1773); Herbst, Nalurs. 

 Schmett. Vol. 4, p. 200, pi. So, f. 3, 4 (1790) ; Kirby. Handb. Lep. (A.), Vol. 1, p. 38, pi. 7, f. 4 (1894) ; 

 Aurivillius, Rhop. Aethiop. p. 92 (1S98); Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova (3), Vol. 4 (1910) ; Eltringham 

 (A. egina medea), Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 107, pi. 2, f. 1, <3 (1912); Aurivillius, in Seitz, Macr. Lep. 

 p. 279. pi. 5 4 rf(igi3). 



= pasiphae Fabricius {Pap.) Spec. Ins. Vol. 2, p. 33 (1781); Godart, Enc. Method. {A.) Vol. 9, p. 235 (1819); 



Duncan, Nat. Hist, foreign Butt. p. 143, pi. 12, f. 4 (1837). 

 = medea Palisot de Beauvois {Pap.) Ins. Afr. Amer. p 220, pi. 6. f. 2«, b (i8o5). 

 = saronis HiAbner {Telch.) Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 27 (1816). 

 Princes Island. 



c. Acraea egina areca Mabille {A. areca), Ann. Soc. Ent. France (6), 8 Bull. p. 169 (1S88); Mabille & Vuillot, 

 Novit. Lep. Pt. 10, p. 100, pi. 14, f. 5 (i8g3); Butler, 2, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (i8g3), p. 658 (1S94); 

 Aurivillius, Rhop. Aethiop. p. g3 (1908) ; Eltringham, Afr. Mim. Butt. p. 66 (1910) ; Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 Lond. p. 107 ( 1912) ; Aurivillius, in Seitz, Macr. Lep. p. 279, pi. 54s (1913). 

 = khara Grose-Smith, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6), Vol. 3, p. 12S (1889); Grose-Smith & Kirby, Rhop. Exot. 

 pi. 2, f. 1, 2 (18S9) ; Rogenhofer, Ann. Naturh. Mus. Wien, Vol, 6, p. 457 (1891). 

 British East Africa, German East Africa, Nyassaland. 



38. Acraea cepheus Linnaeus. 



a. Acraea cepheus cepheus Linnaeus (Pap.) Syst. Nat. Vol. 10, p 487 (175S) ; Linnseus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 252, 

 (1764); Clerck, Icones Ins. Vol. 2, pi. 43, f. 4 (1764) ; Mabille, Hist. Nat. Madag. Lep. {A.), Vol. 1, p. 98. 

 pi. 12, f. 1, 2 (1S85-18S7) ; Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 66 (188S) ; Aurivillius, Rhop. Aethiop. p. g3 

 (1S98); Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 26 (igoi); Eltringham, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. in, pi. 8, 

 f. 12 {g) (igi2); Aurivillius, in Seitz, Macr. Lep. p. 278, pi. 54/(1913). 

 S = baumanni Rogenhofer. Ann. Naturh. Mus. Wien, Vol. 4, p. 55i, pi. 23, f. 2 (1SS9). 

 Gold Coast, Gaboon, Congo, Sudan, Angola. 



a 1 . Acraea cepheus cepheus forma abdera Hewitson (A. abdera) Exot. Butt. pi. 1, f. 1, 2 (i852). Aurivillius, 

 Q, Ent. Tidskr. Vol. 12, p. 200 (iSgi); Rhop. Aethiop. p. g3 (1898); Eltringham, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 

 p. 112 (1912); Aurivillius, in Seitz, Macr. Lep. p. 27S, pi. 54/(1913). 

 = cepheus Staudinger, Exot. Schmett. Vol. 1, p. 85 (i885). 

 Q = pheusaca Suffert, Iris, p. 25 (1904). 



Nigeria, Cameroon, Fernando Po, Gaboon, Congo. 



a'-. Acraea cepheus cepheus forma eginopsis Aurivillius. Rhop. Aethiop. p. g3 (i8g8) ; Eltringham, Trans. 

 Ent. Soc. Sond. p. 112 (igi2). 

 Togoland. 



a:,. Acraea cepheus cepheus forma sucepha Suffert, Iris, p. 25 (1904); Eltringham, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 

 p. 112 (1912). 



Gold Coast, Gaboon, Congo, Sudan, Angola. 



a*. Acraea cepheus cepheus forma nigrescens Eltringham, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 112 (1912) ; Aurivillius, 

 in Seitz, Macr. Lep. p. 27g, pi. 54/ (as abdera, Q) (igi3). 

 Localities as a3. 



*a~>. Acraea cepheus cepheus forma cepheana Strand, Arch. f. Naturg. Vol. 79, Abt. A, Heft 12. p. g5 (I9i3). 

 Cameroon. 



3g. Acraea petraea Boisduval. 



«. Acraea petraea petraea Boisduval, Voy. Deleg, Vol. 2, p. 589 (1847); Wallengren, Rhop. Caffr. p. 21 

 (1S07); Hoppfer, Peters Reise, Ins. p. 373, pi. 34, f. 1, 4 (1862); Trimen, Rhop. Afr. austral, p. 100 (1862) 

 Oberthur. Etud. Ent. Vol. 3, p. 26, pi. 2, f. 4 (1S78) ; Staudinger, Exot. Schmett. Vol. 1, p. 85, pi. 33(i885) 

 Trimen, S. Afr. Butt, (metam.). Vol. 1, p. 144, 14D (1SS7); Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 192 (1898) 

 Aurivillius, Rhop, Aethiop. p. 93 (1S98) ; Fawcett (metam.), Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 294. pi. 46, f. 1,2, 



