( 469 ) 



Poona ; Belgaum ; Bombay ; Travancore ; Ceylon) ; Aitk., Junrn. Bombay N. H. Soc. I. 



p. 133. n. 20 (1886) { Khandeish ; Tanna) ; Hamps., Jouni. As. Snc. Beiuj. LTII. 2. p. 355. n. 82 



(1888) (Nilgiris, 3 to 4U0O ft.) ; Elwes, Tr. E,it. Soc. Land. p. 368. n. 211 (1888) (Sikkim) ; 



Davids. & Aitk., .rmrii. Bombay N. II. Soc. V. p. 278. n. 39. t. A. f. 3. 3a (1890) (metam.) ; 



Betham, ibkl. V. p. 285. n. 50 (1890) (Centr. Prov.) ; Fergus., ibid. VI. p. 440. n. 81 (1891) 



(Travancore) ; Davids., Bell & Aitk., ibid. X. p. 258. n. 06 (1895) (Canara, habits) ; Moore, 



LcjK Iiid. II. p. 251. t. 183. f. 1. !(.. Vj. \r. Irf., 1., p., (J, ? (1896) ; Bull., .fourn. Limi. Soc. 



Loud. XXV. p. 356. n. 16 (1896) (pt. ; Mhow ; Bombay ; Poona ; Nilgiris ; Madras ; Ceylon) ; 



Nic($v. & Mackinn., .loiirn. Bombay N. H. Soc. XI. p. 377. n. 123 (1897) (Mussorie, IV. and 



IX., rare). 

 yymplialis Solon, Godart, Eiic. ilfth. IX. p. 357. n. 24 (1823) ; Doubl., Westw. & Hew., I.e. p. 309. 



n. 26 (1850). 

 Charaxes solon, Butler, Proc. Zoo}. Soc. Loud. p. 628. n. 22 (1865). 



c?. Like Ch.fahius sulphuretis, but markings of upperside deep maize yellow 

 postdiscal spots of forewing above larger, peuis-fuaael more evenl)' coiive.N; 

 beueatli, not denticulate. There are oue or two short streaks iu front of the discal 

 s])ot SO* — R' of the forewing above ; tlie discal spot R' — M' of the upperside of the 

 forewing is sometimes indicated b}- an obscure lunule. 



?. Like c?, bnt markings of upperside larger, sometimes all the snbmargiual 

 spots of the forewing present ; discal spot R' — R- of forewing always vestigial, 

 patches M' — SM- touching one another at veins. 



Length of forewing: tj, 33 — 41 mm. 

 • „ „ ? , 34—43 mm. 



Penis (f. 23) compressed, the right side more or less membraneous, a series of 

 teeth above, the most distal rather high, the others forming a ridge ; peuis-funnel 

 strongly curved, forming a very shar]) hook (f. 53) ; clasper produced into a sharp 

 slender tooth at end, dorsal edge raised before end into a lobe (f. 43. 44.). 



Hab. Sikkim (low country) to S. India and Ceylon ; 20 cJ<^, 5 ? ?. 



In the Ceylon specimens the postdiscal interstitial spots of the forewing above 

 are on the whole smaller than iu the individuals from the Continent. 



l'^. Band of upperside white, shaded with pale blue at edges. 



68. Charaxes hildebrandtl. 



Xymphalis kildebraitdli Dewitz, Xoi: Act. Leo}}. Car. Ak. Naturf. XLI. 2. 2. p. 28. t. 2. f. 16. ^ 



(1879) (Angola). 

 Chm-axes hildebraiidti, Aurivillius, Eiit. Tidskr. XV. p. 311. n. 195 (1894) (Cameroons); Butl., Jouni. 



Linn. Soc. Land. XXV. p. 363. n. 32 (1896) (Ondo country, Lagos) ; Auriv., Kongl. Sv. Vet. 



Ak. Ilandl. XXXI. 5. p. 236. n. 27 (1899) (Ashanti ; Lagos ; Cameroons ; Ogowe' R. ; 



Kuilu R. ; Bena-Bendi, Congo ; Angola). 

 C'hdvcuns galba Distant, /Voc. Zoo/. .Sot. p. 709 (1879) (= hildebrandti accord, to Distant; hence 



" yulbo " nom. max. superfl.). 

 Cliara.rex talagnyae Holland, Tr. Amcr. Enl. Soc. XIII. p. 332. t. 8. f. 3 (1880) (Ogowo R.). 



c?. Bod>/ above blackish olive, more russet in front, four dots on head aud a line, 

 behind eye white, no dorsal dots on prouotum ; underside greyish creamy white, 

 femora blackish above ; antennae chestnut, club black. 



cJ. Wiiiqs, upperside : brownish black ; a creamy white baud runs across both 



wings, edged with pale glaucous blue. Forewing : band separated into spots, 



except behiud, (i mm. broad at mterual margin, tapering iu frout, spot SC* — SC* 

 often absent, spots SC* — R- a little more distal than the others, C to T mm. from 



