4 o LEPIDOPTERA RHOPALOCERA 



77. Acraea rahira Boisduval. 



Acraea rahira Boisduval, Faune Madag. p. 33, pi. 5, f. 4, 5 (i833); Boisduval, Voy. Deleg. Vol. 2, p. 58o 

 (1S47); Wallengren, Rhop. Caffr. p. 21 (1S57); Trimen, Rhop. Afr. austral, p. io3 (1S62); Mabille, Hist. 

 Nat. Madag. Lep. Vol. 1, p. no, pi. n, f. 9. 10 (18S5-1SS7); Trimen, S. Afr. Butt. Vol. 1, p. 166 (1887); 

 Trimen, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 73 (1891); Aurivillius, Rhop. Aethiop. p. io3 (189S); Fawcett (metam), 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 294, pi. 46, f. 7, 8, 9 (1901); Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 23i, pi. 19, 

 f. 1, la, lb (1904); Neave, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 26(1910); Eltringham, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 202, 

 pi i3, f. 1 (g) (1912) ; Aurivillius, in Seitz. Macr. Lep. p. 267, pi. 55 g- (igi3). 



Angola, Damaraland, Rhodesia, Portugese East Africa, Transvaal, Natal, Cape Colony 



7S. Acraea zitja Boisduval. 



a. Acraea zitja zitja Boisduval, Faune Madag. p. 32, pi. 4. f. 4, 5 (iS33); Guenee, Vinson Voy. Madag. Annexe, 

 f. p. 35 (1S64); Mabille. Hist. Nat. Madag. Lep. Vol. 1, p. 108, pi. 11, f. 1, 2 (1885-18S7); Aurivillius, 

 Rhop. Aethiop. p. io3 (1898); Voeltzkow, Exped. p. 3i6 (1909); Eltringham, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 

 204, pi. i3, f 2 (g) (1912); Aurivillius, in Seitz, Macr. Lep. p. 266, pi. 55g (igi3). 



a 1 . Acraea zitja zitja, P-, forma radiata Guenee, in Vinson Voy. Madag. Annexe, f. p. 35, note 8 (1864); Mabille, 

 Hist. Nat Madag. Lep. Vol. 1, p. 109, pi. n, f. 5, 6 (1885-1S87); Eltringham, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 

 p. 204 (1912). 



or. Acraea zitja zitja, 9, forma caiida Butler, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5 j, Vol. 2, p. 28S (1878) ; Mabille, ibidem, 

 Vol. 1, p. log (1887); Eltringham, ibidem (1912I. 



ai. Acraea zitja zitja, Q, forma rakeli Boisduval, Faune Madag. p. 32, pi. 5. f. 1, 2 (i833); Eltringham, ibidem 

 (1912). 

 = zitja, 2, Mabille, Hist. Nat. Madag. Lep. Vol. 1. p. 108, pi. n, f. 3,4 (1S85-1887). 



a 4 . Acraea zitja zitja, Q, forma f u m i d a Mabille, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. Vol. 23, Bull. p. 106 (1S80); Mabille, 

 Hist. Nat. Madag. Lep. Vol. 1, p. 109, pi. g<;, f. g (1885-1887,; Eltringham, ibidem (igi2). 

 Madagascar. 



79. Acraea wigginsi Neave 



Acraea wigginsi Neave. Nuvit. Zool. Vol. 11. p 326, pi. 1, f. 3 (1904) ;Eltringham, Afr. Mim. Butt. p. 40. pi. 3, 

 f. 4 (1910); Eltringham, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 206, pi. i3, f. 4, pi. 16, f. 16 (g) (1912) ; Aurivillius, in 

 Seitz, Macr. Lep, p. 276, pi. 60c (igi3). 

 Uganda. British East Africa. 



80. Acraea mirifica Lathy. — PI. I , Fig. 7, cf . 



Acraea mirifica Lathy, Trans, Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 2, pi. 1, f, 2, <? (1906'; Neave, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 14. 

 pi. 1, f. 3, Q (1910); Eltringham, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 208, pi. i3, f. 5, pi. 16, f. i5 (g) (1912), 

 Angola, North East Rhodesia. 



81. Acraea encedon Linnaeus. 



.:. Acraea encedon encedon Linnaeus (Pap.) Syst. Nat. (ed. 10). p. 4SS (i75S) ; Linnanis, Mus. Lud. Ulr. 



p. 244 (1764) ; Aurivillius (A.), Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl. Vol. ig, 5, p. 56 (1SS2) ; Trimen, S. Afr. Butt. 



Vol. 3, p. i63 (1889); Aurivillius, Rhop. Aethiop. p. no (1S98); Fawcett (metam), Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 



p. 294. pi. 46. f. 4, 5, 6(1901); Marshall & Poulton, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. pp. 479, 484 (1902) ; Dixey, 



Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. p. i5i (igo3); Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. in (1906) ; Heron, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 



Vol. 19, p. 147 (igog) ; Neave. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 27 (igio) ; Eltringham. Afr. Mim. Butt. p. 35, pi. 



3, f 1, p. 36, pi. 8, f. 16(1910); Griinberg, Deutsch Zentr. Afr. Exped. p. 517(1911); Eltringham. Trans. 



Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 209, pi. 14, f. 4 (g) (igi2) ; Aurivillius, in Seitz, Macr. Lep. p. 258, pi. 56* (igi3). 

 = encedonia Linnaeus (Pap.), Syst. Nat. (ed. 12), p. 762 (1767). 

 = sganzini Boisduval, Voy. Deleg. Vol. 2, p. 5go (1847). 

 = fulva Doubleday, Gen. diurn. Lep. p. 140, pi. 19, f. 2 (1848) ; Staudinger. Exot. Schmett. Vol. 1, p. 83 



(iS85). 

 = lycia Wallengren, Rhop. Caffr., p. 22 (1857). 

 = lycia var. Trimen, Rhop. Afr. Austral, p. io3 (1862). 



Sierra Leone to East Coast., Upper Egypt to Cape, Madagascar, Mafia Island. 



a 1 . Acraea encedon encedon forma infuscata Staudinger, Exot. Schmett. Vol. 1, p. 83 (i885); Aurivillius, 

 Rhop. Aethiop. p. in (iSgS) ; Eltringham, Afr. Mim. Butt. p. 36 (1910) ; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 210 

 (1912). 



