^ ( 593 ) 



iu htlaon/'c'is or larger ; disciil line of black bars more strongly l)ent basail bfliin<l 



II'- than in kalaonims. Hinclwini;- : snbmediau and median lines nearly as in 



'/oris, anteriorly farther apait than in Imlaonicas ; white discal band as \n jocia. 



Abdomen of ? often all white beneath. 



Ilab. Snmba (W. Dolierty, February Is'.ifi; A. Everett, November and 

 December ISOfi), '^ S i , 7 S ?. 



Type : ¥ with abdomen white beneath. 



Doherty (J.c.) says: "A very large Chara.res apparently of the. eudamippus 

 group was several times seen in the mountains of Sumba, and again in those of 

 Sambawa. Unlike C. fiiuhdii.ippn.f, whicli is a ground butterfly, it always alighted 

 high up on trees, so that 1 could never catch it. Another species, something like 

 ('. pyrrlius, was once seen in Sumba." Whether the insects here alluded to belonged 

 to two species instead of one we do not know ; but as jotis on Sambawa and scipici 

 on Sumba are now known not to be very rare, it is very likely tliat the species of 

 the '^ emhimippus group" was really a ptjrrhnx form, while tiie form resembling 

 " pi/rr/iHs" was most probably the Charaxes described by me as sumhanus. 



•iij. E. pyrrhus seinpronius (Fig. 35, S). 



Pap'tlio NymiiJiiilis nemjiroiiius Fabricins, /•'«/. I^i/.it. III. 1. p. 62. n. 194 (1793) (Patri;i V). 



Jusia australis Swaiuson, Zaal. III. II. t. 114 (18.S3) (Careening Bay ; Pt. Nelson ; X.W. Aiistralia). 



Nymphalis sempranhis Godart, Enc. MdUi. IX. p. 3.')4. n. 12 (1823) ; Doubl. & Westw., Ge7i. Dhirn. 

 Lep. II. p. 309. D. 27 (1850) (Australia). 



Chiinur.^ tyi-laeus Felder, Wipn. Enl. Zeit. III. p. 399. n. 42. t. 9. f. 3 (1859) (N. India). 



Clitiriixex sempruiiius, Butler, P. Z. S. p. G33. n. 42 (18G5) (Australia) ; id.. Cat. D'lurn. Lep. (lrs<;i\ 

 /■'«/))•. p. 51. n. 4(1869) (Sydney); Semper, Jount. J/«». Godrffroij XIV. p. 16. n. 44 (1878) 

 (Rockhampton ; Bowen ; Pt. Denison; Cape York); Staud., Ero<. .Sc/ime«. p. 173(1886); Edwards, 

 Insect Life II. p. 13 (1889) (stridulation); OlUef, The AtiMnil. Museum. II. p. 98 (1889) (Lord 

 Howe Island) ; Walk., Enl. Mo. Mn. XXVII. p. 283 (1891) (Adelaide R.; N.W. Austr.) ; 

 Fraser, ihid. XXXI. p. 14 (1895) (N. S. Wales) ; Butl., Jmmi. Linn. .SV,c. Lnml. XXV. p. 388. 

 n. 106 (189.5) (Queensland ; Sydney). 



Chfirn.res (Ni/niphnlis) semprimiiis, Koch, Inthi-Anntr. Lep. Fauwi p. 50 (18i;5) (p. parte ; Sydney; 

 Hunter R. ; Clarence R.). 



(?. Wings, iippersifh. Forewing : white (or creamy) area larger than in 



sripio, reaching (or nearly reaching) submarginal double-spot M- — SM", snbmarginal 

 spot M' — M- sometimes also joined to the white area ; base of cellnle K''— M' all 

 white, or the black discocellular line extending into this cellnle ; patch If — M' 

 extending at M' at least halfway to submarginal spot R'— M', its outer edge 

 oblique; spot R-—R'' about one-third the size of the patch R'— JI' ; upper median 

 spots SC' — R-' as in Sumba form or smaller, sometimes with a white line in front ; 

 upper angle of cell occupied by a rather small black spot ; submarginal spots 

 smaller than in scipio, the first in North Queensland examples sometimes minute. 



the second li to 3 mm. long. Hindwing : black area rather variable in width, 



generally more restricted than in scipio ; in one North Queensland specimen of my 

 collection much reduced from R' to SM% the discal glaucous scaling extending near 

 the veins to near the admarginal spots ; submarginal spots small, often minute, 

 dot M'—M- sometimes absent; admarginal spots R'— SJl"' completi', narrowed and 

 yellowish in middle, spot SO''— R' absent or small, sjwt CJ—SC'- sometimes indicated. 



Underside tawny ohve. Forewing : submedian and median bars M' — (SM') 



absent : median bar R'— M' mostly present, having the form of a distinct bar or of 

 a patcli ; bar 1!'-— R' coin])leteIy fused with discocellular line ; bar R' -1!'-' mostly 



