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ACRAEA. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
A. Tlie subapical band and the hindmarginal spot of the forewing completely united into a transverse 
band by a broad spot in cellule 3. A. alciope. 
B. The subapical band and the hindmarginal spot of the fore wing more or less broadly separated or at most 
touching one another at a point on vein 3. 
a) The subapical band and the hindmarginal spot of the forewing are broadly separated or approach 
one another closely at vein 2. Larger species. 
* The dark marginal band on the upperside of the hindwing usually narrow, at most 8 mm. in 
breadth, and sharply defined proximally; occasionally not sharply defined; but the subapical 
band in this case only 3.5 mm. in breadth. A. esebria. 
** The dark marginal band on the upperside of the hindwing broad and not sharply defined, 
long black rays extending far beyond it proximally; the subapical band of the forewing more 
than 3.5 mm. in breadth. A. jodutta. 
b) The subapical band and the anteriorly broad hindmarginal spot of the fore wing nearly touch at 
a point on vein 3. A smaller species with a wing expanse of at most 50 mm. 
A. disjuncta. 
II. Cell of the fore wing at the apex with a light spot, which usually joins the hindmarginal spot. The 
subapical band is very narrow and consists of three small spots in 5, 6 and 10 and one in 4 widely se¬ 
parated from these. 
a) Hindwing on both surfaces with broad dark marginal band. A. conjuncta. 
b) Hindwing without dark marginal band. A. ansorgei. 
alciope. A. alciope Hew. (57 e). The $ has developed .several forms, but the $ varies little. In the $ the 
hindwing and the transverse band of the fore wing are light ochre-yellow and the dark marginal band on the 
upperside of the hindwing about 4 mm. in breadth. In the $ the transverse band of the forewing is brown- 
yellow and distally incised; the hindwing is brown-yellow and has a broad dark marginal band as in the 
macarina. Ivory Coast to the Congo and Uganda. —- $-ab. maearina Btlr. (57 e) only differs from the typical $ in ha¬ 
ving the dark marginal band on the upperside of the hindwing absent or at least posteriorly very narrow. 
bakossua. Gold Coast to the Congo. — $-ab. bakossua Strand. Transverse band of the forewing in the anterior third 
cretacea. white, narrower than usual. Cameroon mountains. — §-ab. cretacea Eltringh. has a whitish transverse band 
-fumida. on the forewing. Lagos. — §-ab. fumida Eltringh. has both wings dark brown and almost without markings. 
aurivillii. Lagos. — §-ab. aurivillii Stgr. (57e). Transverse band of the forewing orange-yellow, hindwing blackish with 
latifasciata. a white median band 5 mm. in breadth. Cameroons to Uganda. — $-ab. latifasciata Griinb. only differs 
from aurivillii in having the transverse band of the forewing not incised on the distal side, but almost entire- 
tella. margined and broader. Sesse Islands. — $-ab. fella Eltringh. Transverse band of the fore wing orange-yellow; 
hindwing yellow-brown with the dark marginal band sharply defined but narrow and gradually decreasing in 
schecana. breadth towards the anal angle. Uganda. — schecana Rothsch. & Jord. seems to be a separate race occurring 
in Abyssinia; the G has the transverse band of the forewing lighter and the marginal band of the hindwing 
broader; $ unknown. 
A. esebria. The differences between this very variable species and the nearly allied jodutta have been 
given above in the synopsis. The numerous forms differ especially in the colour of the light markings, in 
the breadth of the subapical band and the hindmarginal spot of the forewing and in the development of the 
dark marginal band on the upperside of the hindwing. According to Trimen the larva is light ochre-brown; 
each segment in the middle with a black transverse streak edged with light yellow; head black; spines black, 
only the lateral spines on segments 5—11 yellow; lives on species of the genus Fleurya. Pupa white with slightly 
yellowish tone and fine black lines and small black spots; the first three segments of the abdomen with orange- 
yellow, black-bordered dorsal spots, in the middle of which is placed a small elevation; the points on the 
esebria. head short. — esebria Hew. The hindmarginal spot of the forewing large and broad, almost reaching the 
base of cellules 1 a and 1 b and covering the base of cellule 2, brown-yellow; subapical band narrow, 
its spots in 5 and 6 shorter or at least not longer than the black basal part of these cellules, in the S 
light ochre-yellow or whitish yellow, in the $ white. Hindwing brown-yellow above with a black marginal 
jacksoni. band about 4 mm. in breadth. Cape to the Congo and British East Africa. — jacksoni E. Sharpe (57 d) is 
very similar to the type-form, only differing in having the subapical band of the forewing as dark as the hind¬ 
marginal spot and broader; in the $ the subapical band is even broader and reaches vein 2, where it touches 
the hindmarginal spot; the breadth of the marginal band of the hindwing is very variable. Mashonaland to 
ertli. British East Africa. —- ab. ertli Auriv. closely approaches the form jacksoni , only differing materially in having 
the subapical band of the forewing still broader and white; the hindmarginal spot of the forewing and the ground- 
pseudo - colour of the hindwing above are red-yellow in the light ochre-yellow in the cL Usambara.— f. pseudoprotea 
protea. Btlr. closely approximates to the type-form, only differing in having the ground-colour of the hindwing above 
and the hindmarginal spot of the forewing lighter yellowish and the marginal band of the hindwing narrower. 
amphi- Angola. §-ab. amphiprotea Btlr. is also similar to the type-form, the only particular differences being that the 
protea. (j ar p marginal band on the upperside of the hindwing is not sharply defined proximally and the subapical band of 
metaprotea. the forewing is light brown-yellow like the other markings. Angola. $-f. metaprotea Btlr. The very broad subapical 
band and the large hindmarginal spot of the forewing touch in cellule 2 and are light brown-yellow; the hindwing 
