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ACRAEA. By Dr. G. Aurivillius. 
mansya. A. mansya Eltr. (60 a) has an expanse of 40 to 50 nun. and differs from the two following nearly 
allied species only in not having the veins of the forewing edged with black at the distal margin and in the 
discal dot in cellule 3 of the hindwing being placed almost midway between the marginal band and the cell. 
The $ is lighter than the <$. Rhodesia. 
cliambezi. A. chambezi Neave is very imilar to A. nohara (55 c), only differing in having the veins of the fore¬ 
wing above very finely black at the distal margin; the discal dot in 4 of the forewing is not placed in the 
same line as the dots in cellules 5 and 6 and the discal dot in 5 of the hindwing is absent; the discal 
dot in cellule 3 of the hindwing is placed near the base of the cellule; forewing usually with basal dot in cellule 
1 b. North-East Rhodesia. 
nohara. A. nohara Bdv. (55 c). Wings above light reddish with the usual black dots, which in ab. junodi Oberth. 
junodi. are strongly but irregularly enlarged, and with black marginal band; marginal band of the forewing only 1 mm. 
in breadth, not widened at the apex, that of the hindwing. 1.5 to 2 mm. in breadth, not or indistinctly spot¬ 
ted ; veins on the upperside of the forewing edged with black towards the distal margin; discal dots 3 to 6 
or at least 4 to 6 placed in a straight line, vertically to the costal margin; fore wing with a basal dot in 1 b; 
of the discal dots on the hindwing those in cellules 2 and 4 are placed somewhat nearer to the base than 
the rest. The under surface is lighter, but otherwise scarcely differs except in the light yellow marginal spots 
of the hindwing. In the $ the ground-colour varies from light reddish to yellowish grey. — Larva yellow 
with dark longitudinal lines and black spines; lives on Wormskjoldia longepedunculata. Pupa long and slender, 
whitish grey with black lines and yellow, black-margined spots on the abdomen. Natal, Transvaal, Zululand 
halali. and Delagoa Bay. ■— halali Marsh, is smaller and has smaller discal dots, of which those in 1 b of the fore¬ 
wing and 3 and 5 of the hindwing are nearly always wanting; the marginal band of the fore wing is narrower 
pscudatol- than in the type-form. The $ with grey-red to grey-yellow ground-colour. Mashonaland. — pseudatolmis 
mis. Eif r j s as small as halali, which it closely resembles; the discal dots in cellules 3 and 5 of the hindwing 
and in 1 b of the forewing are, however, present and the dot in 4 of the forewing is narrow and transverse. 
punctcllata. Rhodesia. — puncfellata Eltr. differs from the type-form in its broader wings, the broader marginal band 
of the hindwing and in the discal dot in 4 of the forewing, which does not stand in a line with the dots in 5 
and 6 but more distally. Except that the discal dot in cellule 3 of the hindwing is placed nearer to the 
base it agrees entirely with guillemei (55 c) and in my opinion belongs rather to this species than to nohara. 
Nyassaland; Angoniland; German East Africa: Kigonsera. 
guillemei. A. guillemei Oberth. ( acutipermis Lathy) (55 c), as the figure shows, only differs from typical nohara 
in having the marginal band of the forewing somew hat widened at the apex, the marginal band of the hindwing 
broader, the discal dot in cellule 4 of the forewing not placed in a straight line with the dots in 5 and 6 
and especially in having the discal dot in 3 of the hindwing placed midway between the marginal band 
and the base of the cellule. Angola and at Lake Tanganyika. 
atolmis. A. atolmis Westw. agrees very closely with A. nohara and only differs essentially in having the veins 
of the hindwing black in the distal part and in the entire absence of the marginal band of the hindwing on 
acontias. both surfaces. Damaraland, Rhodesia, Angola and the southern Congo. -—- f. acontias Westw. (55 c as atolmis) 
is the rainy-season form and differs in having all the black dots larger and particularly in the hindwing having a 
distinct marginal band, though only 1 mm. in breadth, above unspotted, beneath enclosing narrow, transversely 
placed rectangular whitish marginal spots. The $ has the ground-colour of both wings brown to black-grey. 
decora. — ab. decora Weym. is a melanotic aberration of the in which the middle of the fore wing above is blackish. 
Angola. 
periphanes. A. periphanes Oberth. (55 b). With this species begin the forms in which discal dot 4 of the hindwing 
is placed nearer to the distal margin than discal dots 3 and 5; in having the veins of both wings black to¬ 
wards the distal margin it approximates to A. atolmis and differs from the following species; the discal dot in 
5 of the hindwdng is nearly always absent and the one in cellule 4 of the forewing is placed somewhat 
more distally than those in 3, 5 and 6, which stand in a straight line. In the type-form the fore wing above 
has a black apical spot 6 to 7 mm. in breadth and the hindwing a marginal band 1.5 to 2 mm. in breadth, 
which is usually light-spotted above also; the upperside of the forewing is not, and that of the hindwing 
but little darkened at the base. The $ has often a darkened or whitish ground-colour. Rhodesia, southern 
beni. Congo and Nyassaland. — f. betii Baker only differs in the absence of the black apical spot on the fore wing 
acritoides. above. Angola and Rhodesia. —• f. acritoides Eltr. The apical spot on the upperside of the forewing is ab¬ 
sent or is only 2 mm. in breadth and the discal dots in 3 to 6 of the forewing are entirely absent; wings above 
not darkened at the base; marginal band of the hindwing as in the type-form; through the absence of discal 
dots 3 to 6 of the fore wing this form becomes very similar to A. acrita (55 b), from which it only differs in the 
umida. black veins of the forewing. Rhodesia. — f. umida Wichgr. differs from the preceding in having the upper- 
side of the wings darkened at the base and in that of the hind wing having a deep black, unspotted marginal 
band 3 to 4 mm. in breadth; the apical spot of the forewing is absent or only moderately developed. Rho- 
melaina. desia. — f. melaina Eltr. (59 f) has the apical spot on the upperside of the forewing 6 to 7 mm. in breadth 
and only gradually narrowed posteriorly, a very broad, unspotted marginal band on the upperside of the 
hind wing and the base of the wings darker above. Rhodesia. 
