ACHAEA. By M. Gaede. 
ohsfurior. 
actclerans. 
obliqua. 
violaccofas- 
cia. 
dtnoe. 
un'dinca. 
tscychcUa- 
ruui. 
hniiiuiido. 
utnhrujcra. 
irapczoldcs. 
cacridco- 
alba. 
rcnbnacula. 
iabcr. 
faberia. 
indctcriid- 
nata. 
roihkirchi. 
ochrocraa- 
pcda. 
hypopolia. 
23r) 
indicated by 2 or 3 dots. Median and exterior lines bent as in leuco'pasa, 3 or 4 branches. Submarginal line some¬ 
times indicated by 1 or 2 rows of spots. Margin rusty brown. Hindwing greyish yellow at the base. Median 
band bluish white, dull. Bhiish white spots at the apex, in the middle of the margin and near the anal angle. 
— obscurior Strd. denotes darker specimens. - accelerans Wkr. (= signipennifera Strd.) has distinctly double 
lines of blackish bro\ra spots. — obliqua Strd. has an oblique blackish median band close behind the cell. — 
violaceofascia Saahn. is very indistinctly marked, but intensely suffused with violet. 50—58 mm. From Sokotra 
to South Africa, Madagascar, besides distributed as far as Java. 
A. dmoe Prout is very similar to m.ercaforia. From yellowish brown to red-brown, with a more or less 
intense violet lustre, the costal and distal margins yellow, the lines dark. The median line on the forewing is 
straight, the exterior line less irregiilar, all the rest as in mercatoria. Hindwing greyish ochreous, blackish in 
the anterior half at the margin, somewhat l^lackish also at the anal angle. A small white spot at the apex. An 
indistinct light ochreous postmedian band above the anal angle. — In unilinea Prout the interior line is feeble, 
the median shadow black and intense. 56—60 mm. Madagascar. 
A. stychellarum PI oil. (28 a) is also very closely allied to mercatoria. Thorax greyish brown, forewing 
more reddish. Interior line undulate, oblique, black. Ring-macula and reniform macula feebly indicated. Median 
line undulate, outward as far as behind the lower cell-angle, then undidately inward, blackish behind it as far 
as the exterior line which is dentate, uniformly excurved behind the cell, then straight to the inner margin. 
Submarginal line indicated by a double row of spots. Hindwing dark brown, blacker at the margin. Median 
line white, bent. Three white spots at the margin. — imtnunda PloU. is greyer, the marginal area browner, the 
lines very indistinct. 44 mm. Seychelles. 
A. umbrigera Mah. (28 a) is very similar to catocaloides Chi. (27 e) on the forewing. Interior line the 
same. The dark median shadow still broader. The exterior line is shaped the same, but not undulate, the apex 
behind the cell sharper, finely edged with white outside. Hindwing blackish brown with an oblique yellowish 
brown median band. Marginal area still darker, d' 4*^ mm. Mauritius. 
A. trapezoides Chi. (28 a). Body and forewing pale reddish brown. Interior line fine, dark, slightly ex- 
curved in the middle. Reniform macula indicated by 2 black dots. Median line slightly double, somewhat an¬ 
gular behind the cell-angles, then slightly concave. Exterior line indistinct, projecting obtusely at vein 6, then 
parallel with the median line. Sid^marginal line undulate, light, oblique from the apex, then parallel with the 
margin. Hindwing greyish brown with a light bent median line. Marginal area black, brown only at the margin 
itself, light ochreous at the apex. — In caeruleoalba Strd. the costal margin is dusted bluish white behind the 
exterior line. — renimacula Strd. has the reniform macida filled with black. 56 mm. South Africa, Madagascar, 
]\Iauritius. The species is just as variable as jaber from Avhich it differs chiefly in its habitat. 
A. faber Ploll. (28 a). Thorax and forewing pale reddish brown like trapezoides. Interior line dark, 
straight, oblique. Reniform macula marked by a light streak with 2 black dots. Median line faded, very little 
excurved behind the cell, almost vertical. Exterior line obtusely angled at vein 6, then slightly obliquely in¬ 
ward, slightly concave. Submarginal line light, irregular. Hindwing greyish brown, with a brownish ochreous 
bent median band ending near the anal angle. Margin blackish brown as far as vein 3, then more narrowly 
so before a brownish ochreous anal spot. Somewhat pale yellow at the apex and in the middle of the margin. 
— faberis Strd. shows the reniform macula filled with black. 50—55 mm. West and East Africa. 
A. indeterminata M'kr. (= demta Mschlr.) (28 b) is very similar to jaber. Interior line steeper, some¬ 
times concave in the middle. Median line as in trapezoides, but more incurved in the submedian fold. The flaw 
of the exterior line is more rounded. The undulate line is rather indistinct, but similar to faber, imsty brown 
before it, often fusty brown at the apex and anal angle as far as the margin, otherwise violettish brown there. 
Hindwing with a bent light median line, not with a band. The margin more narrowly lighter at vein 2—4, 
so that the black distal area is not so very narrow there as in jaber. 40—50 mm. South Africa. 
A. rothkirchi Strd. {'21 f) is a very variable species. Hark brown. Interior line of forewing straight, 
somewhat oblique, broadly edged with violet outside almost as far as the median line which is prominent at 
the costal margin, at the lower cell angle, and still more at the inner margin, incurved between, edged with 
a faded light coloiir outside. Two black dots at the cross-vein, connected by a bar. Exterior line bluish white, 
far excurved between veins 3 and 6, concave below it, and then vertical to the costal margin, inwardly bent 
below vein 2, then very oblique to the inner margin near the anal angle. A dark submarginal shadow from 
the apex. Hindwing somewhat lighter, with a yellowish median line and submarginal shadow. 65—70 mm. 
Cameroon, Fernando Po. — ochrocraspeda Prout is somewhat violet in the median area, especially at the in¬ 
terior and exterior lines. The (J with 1 or 2 S-shaped median shadows, the $ with but one, though more distinct. 
Exterior line of S bent behind the cell, obliqiiely inward above and below it, wliile it is somewhat concave in 
the submedian fold in the $. 74 mm. Sudan, Cameroon. — hypopolia Hmps. is presumaljly only a simplified 
form of rothkirchi. It is described: body greyish reddish brown. Fore wing red-brown at the base and in the 
exterior median area, the rest lighter. Interior line dark brown, slightly bent. Two dark dots at the cross¬ 
vein. Median line dark, excurved as far as vein 4, then inward, exterior line parallel with it. Submarginal line 
