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n. Ch. orilus wetterensis Rothsch., subsp. nov. 



S . Differs from the Timor race in the marginal spots of the forewiug above 

 being larger and the snbmarj;inal band wider, the latter measuring at SM- 5 to 6 mm., 

 the bar separating patch M- — SM" from the cream}- marginal s])ot narrow, and 

 partlj" suffused with cream-colour ; on the hindwing the submarginal spots R^— SM" 

 are smaller than in orilus orilus. 



Underside drab colour, darker than in the Timor form. 



?. Unknown. 



Hab. Wetter, May 1892 (W. Doherty), 3 Jc?. 



h. Ch. orilus orilus. 



Charaxes orilus Butler, I.e. 



S. The marginal spots. of the forewing above minute; submarginal baud 2^ to 

 4 mm. wide at SM-, brown bar separating it between M'' and SM' from marginal 

 spot nearly half the width of the band, not partly obsolete. 



?. Like Si but submarginal band somewhat wider behind, bar M'''— SM'' 

 separating it from marginal spot complete. 



Hab. Timor : Dili, Blay 1892 (W. Doherty), 1 ? ; Oiuanisa, Dutch Timor, 

 November, December 1891 (W. Doherty), b Si. 



d^. Upperside of hindwing with a band of pale blue postdiscal patches. 

 21. Charaxes eurialus. 



Seba, Thesaurus IV. p. 57. t. 46. f. 21. 22 (1764) (lad. or.). 



S- Papilio Eques Achirus eurialus Cramer, Pap. Exot. I. pp. 116, 153. t. 74. f. A. B (1776) 



(Amboina) ; Goeze, Enl. Beylr. III. 1. p. 79. n. 36 (1779). 

 S. Papilio Eques Achirus euryalus (!), Fabricius, SjKC. Ins. II. p. 20. n. 83 (1781) (Amboina) ; 



id., Mant. Ins. p. 11. n. 95 (1787) ; Jabl. & Herbst, Naturs. Ins., Schmelt. 4. p. 49. a. 147. t. 61. 



f. 1. 2 (1790) (Amboina) ; Gmel., Si/st. Nat. V. 1. p. 2240. n. 324 (1790) (Amboina) ; Fabr., 



Ent. Syst. III. 2. p. 70. n. 218 (1793) (Amboina). 

 J. Papilio Eques Achirus nisus Cramer, I.e. II. pp. 85, 150. t. 150. f. A. B (1778) (Amboina) ; 



Goeze, I.e. p. 87. n. 67 (1779) ; Fabr., Spec. Ins. II. p. 21. n. 84 (1781) (Amboina) ; id., Maul. 



Ins. p. 11. n. 96 (1787) ; Jabl. & Herbst, I.e. p. 51. n. 148. t. 61. f. 3. 4 (1790) (Amboina) ; 



Gmel., I.e. n. 325 (179U) (Amboina) ; Fabr., Ent. Syst. HI. 1. p. 70. n. 219 (1793) (Amboina). 

 (J. Papilio Eques Achirus jasivs, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 449. sub n. 29 (1775) (pt. ; queried Seba's 



fig.) ; Goeze, I.e. p. 51 sub n. 26 (1779) (pt.). 

 S ? • Xymphulis nisus, Godart, Enc. Meth. IX. p. 357. n. 23 (1819) (Amboina ; sub synon. " nissus " 



Herbst, "euryalis " Herbst!). 

 Erihoea euriale (!), Hiibner, Verz. bek: Schw. p. 47. n. 435 (1816-27). 

 Nymj)halis nisus, Lucas, Lep. Exot. p. 120. t. 63 S (1835) (Amboina). 

 Charaxes nisus, Thon, Naturg. Schnull. p. 74. t. 37. f. 545. 546 (1837) (Amboina). 

 Nymphalis euryalus (!), Doubleday, Westw. & Hew., Gen. Diurn. Lep. II. p. 309. n. 25 (1850) 



(Amboina) ; Kirby, Cat. Diurn. Lep. p. 270. n. 34 (1871) (Amboina) ; Pagenst., Jcihrb. Nust. 



Ver. y,tl. XLI. p. 93. n. 63 (1888) (Amboina) ; id., Abh. Senk-enb. Xaturf. Ge.'!. XXIII. p. 403. 



n. 184 (1897) (Ulyasser). 

 Charaxes eurialus, Butler, Cut. Diurn. Lep. descr. by Fabr. p. 50. n. 3 (1869) (Amboina). 

 Charaxes euryalus (!), Staudinger, Exot. Turjf. p. 171. t. 50. J (1886) (Amboina ; Ceram) ; Ribbe, 



Iris II. p. 239. n. 78 (1890) (Ceram, rare) ; Rober, Tijdschr. v. Ent. XXXIV. p. 308 (1891) 



(Ceram) ; But!., Jouru. Linn. Soc. Loml. XXV. p. 399. n. 144 (1896) (Amboina). 

 Charaxes euryalus (!) Cr. ? nov. aberr. abruptus Fruhstorfer, Soc. Ent. XII. p. 178 (1898) 



(Amboina). 



S ? . Head, pronotum and anterior part of mesonotnm dark chestnut, rest of 

 ■upperside olivaceous black, with a slight chocolate tint. Underside chestnut, palpi 



