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Show 566 DR. A. G. BUTLER ON LEPIDOPTERA [June 19, 44. ACR.EA PERRUPTA. Telchinia perrupta, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. xii. p. 102. n. 4 (1883). Golbanti; Mbololo near summit, 5600 ft.; shores of Lake Baringo, S.W. corner; Njempo; Gopo lal Mavari; Guaso Laschau; Thiriati. 45. ACRiEA LYCIA. Papilio lycia, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 464. n. 94 (1775). Ngatana; Ndara; Njempo ; shores of Lake Baringo. 45 a. ACRJEA CECILIA. Papilio ccecilia, Fabricius, Spec. Ins. ii. p. 34. n. 142 (1781). Ngatana. One example of the variety noted P. Z. S. 1888, p. 66. The true A. ccecilia is probably a seasonal (certainly a dimorphic) form of A. lycia: it only differs from the typical phase in its tawny coloration. 46. ACRCEA DOUBLEDAYI. Acrcea doubledayi, Guerin, Lefebvre's Voy. en Abyss, vi. p. 378 (1847). N o exact locality recorded ; probably Sabaki Valley. 47. ACRCEA PUDORINA. o*. Acrcea pudorina, Staudinger, Exot. Schmett. p. 84, pi. 33 (1888). Acrcea acrita, var., Trimen, P. Z. S. 1894, p. 28, pi. iv. fig. 4. Ndara, in the afternoon; steppes of Thika-Shika and between Athi and Thika ; Athi plains near Chjanjavi; Bondoni and Kapte plains ; Kibwezi. Described, according to Staudinger, from a single fresh male ; this does not appear from the illustration, for fresh males have the wings far more rosy above, and, below, the apical area of the primaries and disc of the secondaries are cream-coloured, with inter-nervular reddish tawmy streaks; after they have flown for a time the cream-colouring seems to get worn (or perhaps darkened) and the streaking is thereby lost; most males show three black spots in a slightly angular oblique series across the centre of primaries, but in some examples the two lower spots are wanting (Staudinger's figure shows a trace of the lowest, but not the middle spot). The female above is of a smoky vinous tint, blackish towards the base, and quite black at base of cell in secondaries ; the apical area of primaries smoky fulvous, the costal third and the outer margin more broadly black than in any of the male examples; the external border of the secondaries black, with faint brownish indications of the submarginal spots. Expanse of wings 56 millim. There is not the slightest question that this is a local represen- |
