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ACRAEA. By Dr. 0. Attrivillius. 
Synopsis of the Species. 
I. Cell of the hindwing beneath always with two black clots or a clot and a transverse streak, which are 
both placed at or before the origin of vein 2. 
A. Cellules 2 to 5 of the hind wing with discal clots. 
a) Discal dot 4 of the hindwing (as in the second subgroup) is placed nearer to the base than discal 
clots 3 and 5 or at least as far from the distal margin as these. 
*. The veins on the upperside of the hind wing between the middle and the marginal band sharply 
and rather broadly black. Hind wing beneath only with a fine black line before the distal 
margin, which borders the rectangular marginal spots, or entirely without proximal black border¬ 
ing to the spots, which consequently shade into the ground-colour and the reddish interneural 
folds. A. atolmis. 
**. The veins on the upperside of the hind wing not black. The marginal spots on the hind wing 
beneath rounded or triangular and proximally bounded by black lunules. 
§. The veins on the upperside of the forewing not black. 
0. Marginal band on the hindwing above narrow and of uniform breadth, about 1 mm. 
1. Forewing above with a black apical spot 4 to 5 mm. in breadth. Abdomen of the 
white at the tip. Larger species. 
a) Forewing densely scaled. A. leucopyga. 
b) Fore wing beyond the middle thinly scaled, whitish grey. A. diogenes. 
2. Forewing above at the apex only with a black marginal band 1 mm. in breadth. Ab¬ 
domen of the rS yellow at the tip. A smaller species. A. mansya. 
00. Marginal band on the hind wing above 4 to 5 mm. in breadth, broader in the middle. 
A. lofua. 
§§. The veins on the upperside of the fore wing at the apex and distal margin more or less broadly 
margined with black. 
0. The discal clot in cellule 3 of the hindwing is large and placed midway between the mar¬ 
ginal band and the base of the cellule. A. guillemei. 
00. The discal dot in cellule 3 of the hindwing is absent or is placed nearly at the base 
of the cellule. 
1. Marginal band of the hindwing above black without distinct light spots. 
A. nohara. 
A. chambezi. 
2. Marginal band of the hindwing above with large, sharply prominent light spots. 
A. onerata. 
b) Discal clot 4 of the hindwing is placed nearer to the distal margin than discal clots 3 and 5. 
*. The fore wing entirely without separated light marginal spots. 
§. Veins on the upperside of the forewing in the distal part broadly edged with black. Forewing 
usually with discal clots in 3 to 6. A. peripheries. 
§§. Veins on the upperside of the forewing not or very little blackened. The discal clots in cellules 
3 to 6 of the forewing are wanting or are not all present. 
1. Fore wing with discal clots in some of cellules 3 to 6 and with large black apical spot. 
A. lualabae. 
2. Forewing without discal clots in 3 to 6 or, when with any of these clots, without 
black apical spot. 
a) The apical spot on the upperside of the forewing 9 to 10 mm. in breadth and deep 
black. A. chaeribula. 
b) The apical spot on the upperside of the fore wing not so broad or entirely absent. 
A. acrita. 
**. The forewing on both surfaces with light spots in the dark marginal band at least in cellules 3 to 8. 
Expanse 55 to 65 mm. Both wings above with the'ground-colour red-yellow to light yellow to whitish. 
