( 465 ) 



Clasper apically jirodnced into a hook, variable in the different subspecies, the- 

 thickened basi-ventral part armed with a tooth or dentate process ; penis-funnel 

 curved downwards, forming a strong and sharply pointed hook ; penis armed 

 with teeth, dilated, 1 or 2 mm. before the end, into a ridge; tenth tergite bluntly 

 triangular, with the apex more or less sinuate. 



Hab. From Ceylon and N. India to iSuraatra, Borneo, the Philippines, Celebes, 

 and the Sula Is. ; not found in Java, not recently on the Andaman and Nicobar 

 Islands, but recorded by Godart (1823) from the Nicobars (by mistake ?). 



The sexual armature of the cj cj is obviously different in the several geographical 

 races (compare figs. 20—23, 37—44, 50—53 of Plate VIII.). 



The species is of an African tyjie and lives in more open country, not in the 

 dense forest. 



a. Ch. fabius lampedo. 



Eriboea UimpnU Hiibner, Samml. E.r. Schmetl. II. t. 52. f. 3. 4. ? (1816-?). 



Nymphalis lamprdn, Doubleday, Westw. & Hew., Gen. D'mrn. Lep. II. p. 309. n. 31 (1850). 



Charaxes himpnhi, Butler, Proc. Zoul. Sue. Loud. p. 628. n. 20 (1865) ; Semper, Tagf. Philijip. p. 79, 



n. 99 (1887) (Mariveles, Luzon ; Cebu) ; id., U. p. 335. n. 99 (1892) (S.E. Mindanao ; Palawan) ; 



Butl., Jourii. Linn. Snc. Loud. XXV. p. 356. n. 17 (1896) (Palawan). 

 (J. Chimi.r.es zephyrua Butler, Cht. Ent. I. p. 5 (1809) (hab. ?) ; id., Lep. E.rol. p. 27. n. 4. t. 10. f. 1. 



(1870). 

 Nymphiilis fahius var. a. Eriboea hiin/tcdo, Kirby, Cat. Diurn. Lep. p. 269. sub n. 18 (1871). 

 Charaxes fabius var. lampedo, Staudinger, L-is II. p. 82 (1889) (Palawan). 



(? ? . Wings above : yellowish olivaceous buff towards base, markings deep 



maize yellow. Forewing : discal and postdiscal spots R' — M' separate, of the 



same size, or the discal one somewhat smaller, no streaks in front of discal spot 

 SC — R>; postdiscal spot SO*— SC* absent ; of the submarginal series spots SC^— R^ 



are absent, spot R' — M' is generally obsolete. Hindwing : discal band somewhat 



wider behind than between SC'* and R-, approaching admarginal spots posteriorly ; 

 the latter constricted but not divided between veins in ?, more or less divided into 

 triangular spots in S . 



Underside : fawn colour. Forewing : discal bar M^ — M^ at least vestigial, 



arched ; yellow postdiscal spots deep chrome colour. Hindwing : the discal 



luuiform liars all well marked, postdiscal rufous red sjjots all present, spot SC- — R' 

 not obsolete; no black postdiscal bars; median bars bordered white distally, with or 

 without white patches at outer side ; admarginal buft' spots slightly more yellow or 

 olive buff between veins ; tails c?, first 4, second o to G mm.; ?, first 7 to 9, second 

 5i to 7 mm. 



Length of forewing : cJ, 37 — 40 mm. 

 „ „ ?, 44— 46 mm. 



Sexual organs of J on PI. VIII. ; clasiier (f 37 side view, f. 38 dorsal view) 

 with a long irregularly dentate subventral process, apex of clasper with a hook of 

 which the outer edge is slightly denticulated, and a short round lobe ; penis dilated 

 about 2 mm. before the end (f. 20), the dilated dorsal part dentate ; i)enis-lunuel 

 short, but slender. 



Hab. Philipiiine Islands : Palawan, 1 cJ, 1 ? (Dr. Platen) ; Mindoro, 1 ? 

 (Dr. Platen); Mindanao, 1 c^, 1 ? (Dr. Platen); Luzon (Semper); Cebu (Semper); 

 Mariveles (Semper). 



The discal interspaces of the hindwing below are in the Palawan specimens we 

 have seen more extended white than in those from Mindoro and Mindanao, especially 



