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ACRAEA. By Dr. 0. Aumyillius. 
antinorii. 
orina. 
nigro- 
apicalis. 
orineta 
luschbecki. 
cinerea. 
alberta. 
orestia. 
transita. 
humilis. 
quirinalis. 
igola. 
maculiven- 
tris. 
the forewing with three white subapical spots in 4—6 and a yellow spot in 1 b and in 2, the hindwing with 
a narrow yellow median band, more or less broken up into spots; on the under surface the fore wing is black 
with sulphur-yellow marginal band striped with black and light discal spots as above; the ground-colour 
of the hindwing beneath is a lighter or darker yellowish, with or without indication of a median band; black 
basal dots reduced; marginal streaks fine, occasionally at the proximal end with punctiform thickening. Abys¬ 
sinia. — f. antinorii Oberth. only differs in having the median band on the upperside of the hindwing absent 
or incomplete. Abyssinia. 
A. orina. This species differs from the nearly allied parrhasia in having the forewing fully scaled, with 
sharply defined red markings. Fore wing black above with a long red stripe in the cell and in 1 b and red 
discal spots in 2—6 or at least in 2. Hindwing black above with broad red median band, which only covers the 
extreme apex of the cell, or in the $ red to the base with black dots. Under surface of the fore wing to beyond 
the middle reddish, then yellowish, with black veins and thick black streaks; hindwing with yellow ground¬ 
colour, large black dots in the basal area and thick black streaks on the interneural folds. —- orina Heiv. (= ori- 
nata Oberth. 57 a). Forewing with red (<J, $) or white ($) discal spots in cellules 3—6. Sierra Leone to the Congo. 
- f. nigroapicalis Auriv. Forewing without light spots in cellules 3—6. Cameroons to Uganda, orina (57 a) 
is a transitional form with red spot only in 3. — orineta Eltr. is the eastern race and is characterized by 
having the red markings of the forewing more extended and the basal area on the hindwing above black in 
the $ also; the light spots in cellules 4—6 of the forewing in the $ are sometimes whitish, sometimes red as 
in the <$. Uganda, as aberration also in West Africa. 
A. buschbecki Dew. (57 a). Forewing black above, with the same red spots as in orina, but with the 
stripe in 1 b divided by a black spot in the middle and the cell with an elongate black spot; the spot in 3 is 
small and placed in or behind the middle of the cellule; under surface as above, but spots 3—6 yellow 
instead of red and the marginal band striped with yellow. Hindwing above red to the base with black dots, 
or somewhat darkened at the base, at the distal margin with sharply defined marginal band about 2 mm. 
in breadth, beneath with yellow ground-colour and black mai’ginal band, which encloses two small yellow 
dots in each cellule. Cameroons to the Congo; rare. 
A. cinerea Heave. Fore wing diaphanous without a trace of definite spots, at the costal margin 
and at the apex more or less dusted with grey. Hindwing above uniform black, beneath at the base with a 
large dark red area, which extends to the apex of the cell and the inner margin; basal dots feebly developed; 
fore wing beneath dark red at the base of the costal margin. British East Africa: Tiriki Hills (5000 ft.). — 
alberta Eltr. (60 e) differs in the hindwing having above a large, elongate carmine-red spot, which covers the 
base of cellnles 7—2, the middle of cellule 1 c and the apex of the cell. To the west of Lake Albert Ed¬ 
ward. 
A. orestia Hew. (56 g). ForeAving diaphanous, at the margins and veins and at the base dark-scaled, 
cellules 1 a and 1 b to beyond the middle, the base of cellule 2 and usually also a small spot in the cell 
light orange-yellow to red. Hindwing on both surfaces light orange-yellow with black basal dots and fully deve¬ 
loped discal dots and with a sharply defined grey or black semitransparent marginal band. Nigeria to An¬ 
gola and Uganda. — ab. transita Eltr. Fore wing without reddish scaling; hindwing instead of the red colour 
yellow or white. Uganda and Tiriki Hills. — humilis E. Sharpe. Both Avings transparent without red or yel- 
Ioav scales and above almost alike; the liindAving beneath at the base with some small black dots, which are 
not visible above; the discal dots are wanting. A very degenerate form. Uganda and Tiriki. 
A. quirinalis Smith is very similar to the preceding species, but has a sharply defined red-yellow basal 
area on the upperside of the forewing, reaching the apex of the cell and vein 3 and enclosing a black longi¬ 
tudinal streak in the basal part of the cell; the red-yelloAV colour on the foreAving cpiite the same as that 
of the hindwing; marginal band of the hindAving distinctly broader than in orestia, about 4 mm. in breadth. 
Eastern Congo district; Uganda; German and British East Africa. 
A. igola Trim, is very similar to the tAvo preceding species, but the marginal band of the hindwing 
is not transparent and the cell is unspotted. Basal half of the foreAving as far as the apex of the cell and vein 
3 bright orange-yelloAv without spots; costal margin dusted Avith black to the base, apex, marginal band 
and veins 3—6; cellules 3—6 otherwise diaphanous; hindwing orange-yelloAv above with black dots and black 
marginal band 2—2.5 mm. in breadth; the red-yellow colour on the under surface much paler than on the upper; 
streaks on the interneural folds short, not reaching the distal margin. In the $ the ground-colour is lighter, 
light ochre-yellow to cream-yelloAv and the marginal band not sharply defined. Zululand to German East 
Africa. — $-f. maculiventris Sm. & Kirby has a duller, more brown-yellow ground-colour and the marginal 
band on the upperside of the hindwing not sharply defined, sometimes broader, sometimes narrower; beneath 
the hindAving is sometimes coloured as above, sometimes chocolate-broAvn at the base as far as the discal 
spots, and then light reddish to the red-brown marginal band. Among the type-form. 
