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Charaxea sali/iina var. menahinKii Obertliiir, El. d'Ent. XV. p: 13. t. 2. f. 9 (1891) (Tsc-kou). 

 Chamxes siili/riiui (!), " Butler," Obertliiir, /.<■. (Ta-tsien-lou : sntijiina " Butler " ex err., dealer' 



name). 

 Murmtreda narcaeiis, Moore, Lep, Iml. II. p. 2lj7 (189G) (N. China ; Chusan Is. ; Japan). 

 Murwaredu menedemuii, id., (.e. (W. China). 



cJ?. Abiloraeii black ; underside in S mostly with some white spots ; edge of 

 claspers white or huffish. 



Wings, upperside : greenish white colour occujij'iiig the greater jnirt of the 



wings. Forewiug : cell all or nearly all greenish white ; greenish white discal 



area often extended to base, broader behind than black outer area, black streak 

 along 11^ often separated from black outer area ; greenish white patch in front of 

 this streak large, not broken tip ; postdiscal greenish white spots mostly fused to a 

 band, often extended to internal margin ; a series of minute white submarginal dots 



is occasionally jircsent. Hiudwing : the greenish white area extends sometimes 



to base, the disco-postdiscal black baud narrower, the streak along abdominal fold 

 pale, often partly, seldom totally, obliterated ; submarginal greenish white spots 

 heavy, fused to a broad band ; spot M' — M'- half-moon-shaped, sometimes isolated, 

 admargiual spots mostly present, separated from the greenish white submarginal 

 ones by the black, mostly abbreviated, submarginal bars. Tails seldom very short 

 and mostly blunt. 



Length of forewiug, 6 31 — 42 mm. 



Occurs from April to June ; 21 c? cJ, 2 ? ? in Tring Museum. 



Oberthur's menedemus is based on a small specimen with very short tails ; we 

 have not seen a specimen with the tails so short as they are in Oberthur's figure. 

 The tawny scales (ujiper layer) of the marginal band of the forewiug below are, 

 in the April exami)les from Niugpo, bidentate ; while in the specimens from the 

 Central and West Chinese localities they are mostly tridentate. 



b\ E. narcaeus f. temp, mandarinus (Nov. Zool. VI. t. VII. f. 10, cJ). 



Charaxes 7ii<tmtariiiiis Felder, Reise ynnmi, Lep. p. 437. n. 710 (1867) (Shanghai) ; Butl., Tr. Eiil. 



Soc. Lorul. p. 119. n. 1 (1870) (distinct?). 

 Nymphalis narcaeun var. a. Char. jutriulin-i/tHS, Kirby, Cat. Diuni. Lep. p. 271. sub n. 45 (1871) 



(Shanghai). 

 Chararjjs narcaeus Tar. tliibclaiius Oberthiir, Et. d'Eitt. XV. p. 11. t. 2. f. 10 (1891) (Chang Yang ; 



Ta-tsien-lou); Alphdr., Mem. RmnunofflX. p. 98 (1897) (.Tuly, Sze-Chuen). 

 Charaxes mircwAis var. inniuhirinus Leech, Tr. Eiit. Soc. Loud. p. 108. sub n. 39 (1889) (Kiukiang) ; 



id., BuH. Cliiim I. p. 126 (1893) ; Butler, Joiirii. Linn. Soc. Loud. XXV. p. 381. sub n. 86 (1896) 



{maiulariiiiis = thihetanus). 

 Murmireda mamhiriiiiis, Moore, Lcp. Ltd. II. p. 267 (1896) (Shanghai ; Chusan Is.). 

 .Vurvxireda tibcltiims (!), Moore, I.e. (1896) (E. Tibet, sic !). 



(J ¥ . Abdomen of S beneath white, often with black spots, above more or less 

 extended white or grey ; in ? grey or black above, beneath white, but middle more 

 or less black. 



Wings, vppcrside : greenish white markings reduced. Forewiug: cell and 



base of wing black, often a greenish white patch near apex of cell ; posterior jiortion 

 of greenish white discal band about as wide as the black outer area, upper portion 

 incised at veins, sometimes almost broken up into three spots, the upper one of 

 these spots occasionally very small, tiie third extended to cell, while the second docs 

 not often reach so fiir basad ; jiostdiscal greenish white spots separated from each 



