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ACRAEA. By Dr. 0. Aurivillius 
**. Forewing more or less broadly hyaline between the discal dots and the distal margin. 
A. braesia. 
b) Both wings above at the base darkened at least to the middle of the cell, black-brown. Forewing 
above without black apical spot. A. stenobea. 
doubledayi. A. doubledayi Guer. (= gaekwari E. Sharpe) (55 e) may be easily known by the shape of the marginal 
band of the hindwing, the red-brown ground-colour of the upper surface and the strongly developed black mark¬ 
ings, as well as by the small light or transparent spots in 4 to 6 of the fore wing behind the discal dots; under 
surface of the hindwing reddish yellow with large whitish marginal spots. In the type-form the forewing above 
has a broad black marginal band, which is formed by the union of the black submarginal streaks with the veins 
and the marginal line, reaches the light subapical band and encloses yellow marginal spots; both wings above 
Candida, darkened at the base. Abyssinia and Somaliland. -—- $-ab. Candida Eltr. differs in the white ground-colour 
arabica. of' both wings. Niam-Niam. — arabica Eltr. has the wings more densely scaled with whitish, but not transparent, 
sykesi. subapical band on the forewing; the wings above not or scarcely darkened at the base. Arabia. — sykesi 
E. Sharpe has the ground-colour on the upper surface lighter, on the forewing only separated by a black line 
from the distal margin; the broad black marginal band is consequently entirely absent and the black sub¬ 
marginal streaks in cellules 2 to 5 are placed free in the ground-colour; the light subapical band of the fore¬ 
wing is indistinct or entirely absent. German and British East Africa; Uganda and Soudan. 
axina. A. axma Westw. (55 e) is a small species, only measuring 30 to 50 mm., and recalls oncaea and in many 
respects also doubledayi ; the wings above have the ground-colour reddish-yellow or grey-yellow, at the base, 
especially on the hind wing, blackish; fore wing at the apex and distal margin narrowly black with black veins 
and short black streaks on the folds in 3 to 5; marginal band of the hindwing above deep black, unspotted, 
1 mm. in breadth, beneath with semicircular whitish marginal spots; wings beneath light yellowish with orange- 
yellow or reddish spots; beyond discal dots 4 to 6 on the forewing the ground-colour is usually somewhat 
lighter. Angola and Damaraland to Rhodesia and Nyassaland. 
aequatoria- A. aequatorialis Neave (60 g) has the forewing thinly scaled and only bordered by a fine black line at 
>>s - the apex and distal margin; marginal band of the hindwing above in the J very narrowly light-spotted or 
incomplete, in the $ more sharply defined and more indistinctly spotted; the base of the hind wing above nar¬ 
rowly tinged with blackish; the black dots are arranged as in the other species; wings above light (reddish) 
yellow; the forewing at the distal margin with finely black veins and fine streaks on the folds, occasionally 
with submarginal dot in 2 or in lb. British East Africa: Kisumu. — anaemia Eltr. only differs in the lighter 
anaemia . 
ella. 
rhodesiana. 
mima. 
and more thinly scaled wings. Kilimancljaro and British East Africa. 
A. ella EUr. (60 b) is so similar to aequatorialis that it is sufficient to mention the differences. Somewhat 
larger, expanse 50 to 60 mm.; forewing completely scaled without grey subapical band. Angola. 
A. rhodesiana Wichgr. (55 d, as aglaonice ; 60 b). Both wings above reddish orange-yellow, darkened at 
the base, especially on the hindwing; forewing with black apical spot 4 mm. in breadth and fine black line at 
the costal and distal margins, discal spots 4 to 6 large and angled, and placed immediately beyond the apex 
of the cell; marginal band on the upperside of the hindwing 2 mm. in breadth, black and almost unspotted; 
wings beneath with light yellow ground-colour; the hindwing spotted with reddish at the base or throughout, 
marginal spots large and whitish. The fore wing in the $ with white subapical band, which in the $ is absent 
or only indicated by light yellow colour. Rhodesia. 
A. mima Neave is very similar to rhodesiana, but is easily distinguished by the fore wing in both sexes 
having a white subapical band in cellules 3 to 6 and especially by the apical half or in the $ the greater part of 
the forewing above being blackish; on the under surface of the forewing the apical half is suffused with dark 
grey; otherwise agrees with rhodesiana and may well be merely a form of this. Southern Congo: Katanga; Rho¬ 
desia. 
A. aglaonice Westw. Both wings above red-yellow nearly to the base with the usual black dots; the 
discal dots of the hindwing, however, are smaller than usual and discal dots 3 to 6 on the forewing are normally 
placed far beyond the apex of the cell, opposite to the origin of vein 10; the fore wing above without definite 
dark apical spot, only with narrow black marginal line as at the costal and distal margins; veins at the distal 
margin black; hindwing above with black, unspotted marginal band 2 to 3 mm. in breadth; wings beneath 
lighter, hinclwing at the base with red spots and in the marginal band with streak-like whitish marginal spots. 
It is peculiar to this species that the forewing has nearly always in cellules 4 and 5 (and 6) small hyaline 
spots, just distally to the discal dots; in the $ these spots are often whitish instead of hyaline. Natal; Trans- 
ulbo fasciata. vaal; Mashonaland; Manicaland; Delagoa Bay. §-ab. albofasciata ab. nov. Fore wing in the basal third blackish, 
in the middle black-grey and more or less transparent whitish, before the distal margin for a breadth of about 
5 mm. grey-yellow with black veins; at the apex black for about 3 mm.; black marginal band only 1 mm. in 
aglaonice. 
