( 25fi ; 



d. E. athamas palawanicus Hothsch., subsp. nov. (Nov. Zool. V. t. XI. 



f. i. 10 ?). 

 Charaxes alhamas Drur. (and ab. bliarata Feld.), Staudinger Iris II. p. 81 (1889) (Palawan). 



S ? , Approaches f. temp, hlturafu in the widtli of tlic band, bnt differs from it 

 especially in the less triangnlar hiudwing, the proportionateh' shorter second tail, 

 the heavier, yellow, admargiual spots of the anderside of the hindwing, the absence 

 of the second spot in the cell of the forewing below. 



Foreivinij nborc : band not indented upon veins outwardly, while in xraeus tlie 

 band is indented at least upon SM-, not wider behind SM- than before this vein, last 

 partition generally less wide than partition M- — SM-; baud at SM- more than one- 

 third broader than black basal area at this vein; detached discal spot R' — R^ nearly 

 as in f temp, bharata, somewhat larger than in iiracus ; submarginal sjwt SO' — R' 



seldom marked. Hindwing : outer edge of band generally almost straight, 



seldom obviously biconcave ; white submarginal spot large, in ? closer to edge of 

 wing than in ? of f temp, athamas and hkarata. 



Undei'side. Forewing with one spot in cell, the second seldom indicated. 



Hindwing, admarginal yellow bars longer and broader than in all preceding forms, 

 not or scarcely interrupted at veins. 



There is one 6 in Dr. Standinger's collection caught by Dr. Platen in 1887, 

 which differs considerably from the ordinary Palawan form. The forewing is more 

 falcate, tlie hindwing much more triangular, the baud is considerably narrower, 

 widest on the forewing at M- (only Gi mm.), outer edge indented on forewing upon 

 SM-, taken as a whole somewhat concave, obviously biconcave on hindwing ; two 

 submarginal spots on forewing between SC° and R- ; admarginal spots of hindwing 

 tawny, very large, nearly as deep in tint as in the Philippine race ; on the underside 

 the band of the hindwing is bordered with brownish black down to R' ; tlie 

 admarginal spots are as large as in the typical Palawan examples,'^but tawny ; the 

 upper end of the cell-bar of the forewing is about as far from the upper angle of 

 the cell as in the Philippine Island specimens. This individual approaches in 

 several characters the following subspecies. A similar individual is in the British 

 Museum. We do not know whether athamas exhibits seasonal dimorphism on 

 Palawan, as all the specimens we have examined from that island were not dated. 



Hah. Palawan, 5 (?c?, 1 ?. 



In Dr. Standinger's collection there is a specimen with the band of the hindwing 

 densely suffused with black ; on the underside the white band is on the forewing, 

 replaced by a baud of reddish brown, on the hindwing by rufous red scaling ; the 

 black discal lunules of the hindwing are absent. 



e. E. athamas acutus Kothsch., subsp. nov. (Nov. Zool. V. t. XI. f 7 3. 



8 ? , Mindoro). 



Charaxes athamax, Semper, Tag/, r/tili/i/i. p. 79. n. 98 (1887) (Luzon, Mindoro, Bohol, E. Mindanao, 



Sarangani, January, May to July). 

 Cliariixes uthaiiiaH var. 4. C. snmnlhd, Butler (non Moore, 187fi), Joum. Liiiii. Soc. Loud. XXV. 



p. 383. sub. n. 92 (189G) (pt. ; Philippines). 



i. Forewing deeply concave outwardly, hindwing triangular as in agrarivs 

 f. temp, agrarius ; both tails acute, upper one short, wing deeply concave between 

 tails ; admarginal spots of hindwing above and below mucli deeper in tint than in 



