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Show 538 MR. F. D. GODMAN O N [May 19, 3. ACR.EA INSIGNIS. Acraa insignis, Distant, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 184, t. xix. f. 6. Acraa buxtoni, Hew. Ent. Month. Mag. xiv. p. 154. Kilima-njaro, wooded hills at 5000 feet, August. This insect was first described by Hewitson from examples procured by Buxton in the neighbourhood of Zanzibar, and was named by him after its discoverer. Mr. Distant pointed out that the name A. buxtoni had been already applied to another species by Mr. Butler, and hence renamed it as above. Our collection contains a good series of this insect, chiefly taken by Mr. Last at Manboia in Eastern Central Africa. These exhibit considerable variation in the amount of black at the base of the secondaries, for while some specimens have only four or five isolated spots, others have a large confluent patch occupying the basal third of these wings, and between these two extremes we have every intermediate form, all captured in the same locality and at the same time. Mr. Johnston procured but a single example, which has the confluent black patch and agrees in this respect with some of our own specimens from Manboia. 4. ACR^A BR.ESIA, Sp. nOV. Alis anticis semihyalinis ad basin rosaceo suffusis; macula in cellula, altera ad jinem ejus, quinque in serie fere recta ultra earn, una inter ramos medianos, duabus inter ramum medianum primum et venam submedianam nigris, margine externo fusco-nigro maculis lunulatis submarginalibus rufis; posticis rosaceis basin obscurioribus, margine externo nigro, area discali plus minusve maculata ; subtus anticis fere ut supra; posticis fiavidis nigro distincte maculatis, ad basin et marginem internum rosaceo notatis; margine externo nigro lunulas septem flavidas includente; froute, palpis et pedibus fulvis ; abdomine subtus flavido, lateribus albo maculatis; capite, prothorace et thorace albido distincte maculatis. Kilima-njaro, in wooded country at 5000 feet, August. A single male specimen allied to A. oncaa, differing in its diaphanous primaries and its more rosy secondaries. 5. ACR.EA NATALICA. Acraa natalica, Boisd. Voy. Deleg. ii. p. 590; Hopff. in Pet. Reise, Zool. v. p. 371, t. 23. f. 12, 13. Kilima-njaro, grassy downs at 6000 feet, June. One example ( 2 )• Agrees best with specimens of this species, but the disk of the secondaries is whiter and the spots in general are larger. 6. PYRAMEIS CARDUI. Papilio cardui, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 276, Kilima-njaro, in thin forest country at 7000 feet, July. One much worn male. |