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is the South and East African race and only differs from jalema in having the red-yellow colour on the upper 
surface even more extended and particularly in the fore wing having a large red-yellow subapical band about 7 mm. 
in breadth in 4 to 6; forewing at the apex black for a breadth of about 6 mm. Natal to Rhodesia, Nyassa- 
land and British East Africa, ab. mhondatia Sufj. Discal spots 4 to 6 of the forewing united with the mhondana, 
black spot at the end of the cell. Among acara. ab. caffra Fldr. (= tescea Sufj.) only differs from acara in caffra. 
having the upperside of the hindwing whitish in the middle. Natal; Transvaal. — f. barberi Trim, differs barberi. 
from acara in the forewing above having at the apex a marginal band only 2 mm. in breadth; the black 
lunulate submarginal line on the upperside of the forewing is sometimes strongly developed, sometimes en¬ 
tirely absent, ab. trimeni Auriv. Transvaal and Griqualand. — sidamona Rothsch. & Jord. is similar to acara, trimeni. 
only differing in having the basal dots in the cell and in 1 b of the forewing free and the marginal dots on the sldamona - 
underside of the forewing in 1 b to 5 all completely bordered with black proximally. Abyssinia. •— The larva 
of zetes is orange-yellow with a dark red transverse band dorsally on each segment; head glossy red; spines 
black; lives in Natal on Passiflora. Pupa reddish white with black markings. 
A. pseudolycia can scarcely be distinguished by any constant external characters from zetes, but accord¬ 
ing to Eltbingham has the lateral clasps of the $ somewhat differently formed. All the forms most nearly 
approximate to the race acara and give the impression of an extreme development of this. The light ground¬ 
colour is more extended on the upper surface of both wings and the marginal spots of the forewing above are 
either entirely absent (being united with the ground-colour) or are small and placed in a greyish nebulous band 
which is not sharply defined; on the under surface they are never bounded proximally by a black lunulate line 
and are usually entirely absent; discal dots of both wings on an average smaller than in acara. — pseudolycia pseudo- 
Btlr. (60 f). Ground-colour of both wings whitish; forewing above at the distal margin with a black-grey, l d cm - 
proximally ill-defined nebulous band 5 to 6 mm. in breadth, which encloses small yellowish marginal spots, 
beneath with a sharply defined black apical spot 3 mm. in breadth, which from vein 4 onwards passes into 
a very fine marginal line. Angola. — astrigera Btlr. (60 f). Ground-colour above bright yellow-red with rosy asirigera. 
reflection; both wings above deep black at the base; forewing with black apical spot about 4 mm. in breadth, 
which passes posteriorly into a fine marginal line; no marginal spots. The $ with duller, more yellowish 
ground-colour. Rhodesia to British East Africa. — £-ab. emini Weym. is larger and has the forewing above emini. 
not or little darkened at the base. German East Africa. -—■ f. brunnea Eltr. (60 f) only differs in the yellow- brunnea. 
brown ground-colour of the upper surface; sexes similar. Angola; Rhodesia; German East Africa. 
A. anemosa Hew. Forewing above oclire-yellow to orange-yellow, at the base deep black to vein 2, anemosa. 
the black colour sharply defined, at the distal margin with sharply defined black apical spot about 4 mm. in 
breadth and fine marginal line; a small median dot; discal dots 4 to 6 large and connected, 1 b to 3 usually 
small or absent, the dot in 1 b placed somewhat nearer to the distal margin than that in 2; hindwing above 
at the base and at the distal margin broadly black, and with a reddish yellow, unspotted median band. 
Forewing beneath coloured and marked as above; hindwing at the base and in the marginal band dotted with 
white; median band reddish white, proximally and distally with large red spots, which meet at the inner margin. 
Damaraland, Transvaal, Rhodesia; Portuguese, German and British East Africa, arcticincta Btlr. (54 c). Mar- arcticincta. 
ginal band of the hindwing narrower, 4 to 6 mm. in breadth. Among the type-form. — ab. interrupta Thur. interrupta. 
The red-yellow ground-colour of the forewing encroaches as a narrow wedge-shaped spot into the black basal 
area of the cell, so as to form an elongate, quadrate black spot 2 mm. in breadth. Uganda. —- ab. mosana mosana. 
Sufj. Fore wing without median spot and without discal dots in 1 b, 2 and 3. —- ab. dubiosa Stiff. Hindwing dubiosa. 
above (not beneath) with small discal dots. German and British East Africa. -— ab. ufipana Strand only dif- ufipana. 
fers in having the median spot and discal dots 1 b and 2 of the fore wing large and strongly developed. German 
East Africa and Rhodesia. — In ab. discoguttata Strand the forewing has “2 or 3 small dark round spots disco- 
behind the costal spot in cellules 2 and 3”. — ab. urungensis Strand. Both wings above with but little black guttata. 
at the base; marginal band of the hindwing beneath with white spots, which are surrounded by the red post- wun 9 ensls 
discal spots. German East Africa. 
A. welwitschi so nearly approaches anemosa that it seems to me to be scarcely an independent species. 
The sole difference consists in the forewing having a dark marginal band extending from the apex to the hinder 
angle and becoming gradually narrower posteriorly. In some forms this band is so narrow behind vein 4 that 
it is little broader than the marginal line in anemosa. Such forms can only be distinguished from anemosa 
by having the hindwing above white in the middle. — welwitschi Rogenh. (54 d; 60 g). $. Forewing orange- welwitschi. 
red, above more or less black at the base and with black marginal band, often dentate proximally, at vein 2 
still about 2 mm. in breadth; hindwing with white median band and very broad black marginal band, ill- 
defined proximally. In the $ the forewing has a dull oclire-yellow ground-colour and a narrower marginal 
band; median band of the hindwing yellowish, only in the middle whitish, and above much broader than in the <$. 
Angola. — alboradiata Auriv. (54 c). Forewing above light orange-yellow, before the apex with whitish rays; alboradiata. 
marginal band very narrow, especially posteriorly; hindwing above but little darkened at the base, in the middle 
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