( 3fi6 ) 



of half rinj;, which sometimes is filled np witli whitish scaling; median series 

 irregular, oblique down to R^, slightly concave, bars U'- — M' more distal than the 

 others, R^ — M' about U mm. from base of M', bar M'— M- just behind base of M', 

 M*— (SM') about 3 mm. more distal, at right angles to M'^, (SM') — S5P again more 

 distal, reaching abdominal margin beyond tip of SIP, the median bars (except last) 

 with creamy white scaling at outer side, this scaling forming an irregular band from 

 costal margiu to R', followed by three spots, bar M- — (SM') edged with creamy 

 white ; discul bars arched, especially upper two, the series concave from C to R^, 

 bar SC" — B' the most proximal, standing in or before the middle of the wing, 

 oblique from R' to RP or to abdominal margiu, the bars edged distaliy with ochraceous 

 or greenish ochraceous Innules : postdiscal bars arched like the disoal ones, the post- 

 discal interspaces therefore halfmooii-shaped, the uj)per ones generally wider than 

 the posterior ones, varying in tint from raw umber to bnrnt umber, white sub- 

 marginal spots in the same position as above, posterior ones curved, black 

 snbmarginal bars represented by black dots to which are joined ]U'oximally bluish 

 dots, uppermost black dot generally absent, all placed in buff or olive buff scaling ; 

 upper admarginal interspaces pale buff; marginal line posteriorly burnt umber 

 colour ; upper tail slender, more or less pointed, second longer, of even width, often 

 slightly spatulate. 



?. Larger than d , basal area of both wings, above, ])ostdiseal interstitial spots 

 of the forewing and the snbmarginal ones of the hindwing paler ; tails longer than 

 in c?, broader. 



Length of forewing : S , 39 — 46 mm. 

 ,, „ ?, 44 — 52 mm. 



Apical process of clasper broad, narrowed into a sharp, rather short, hook : 

 tenth tergite divided by a rounded sinus ; penis with a dorsal series of teeth, 

 varying in size and number, the teeth closer together near apex. 



Hab. Africa south of the Sahara (Cape Colony excepted) ; St. Thome ; Socotra. 



a. Ch. candiope candiope. 



Nymphalh candiope Godart. Em. Mith. IX. p. 35:!. n. 10 (1823) (liab. V) : Doubl., Westw. & Hew., 



Gen. Diiirii. Lep. II. p. 30i). n. 16 (1850) (Congo); Kirby, Cat. Diurn. Lep. p. 268. n. 17 



(1871) (Congo). 

 Charax.es aindiope, Butler, Proc. ZouL Sue. Lniul. p. 628. n. 18 (1866) (Congo) ; Druce, ibid. p. 412. 



n. 5 (1879) (Angola) ; Obertb., Aim. Mus. Civ. Genova XV. p. 166. n. 45 (1879) (Abyssinia ; 



June, July) ; Gooch, Entmn. XIV. p. 6 (1881) (Natal) ; Spiller, ihUI. XV. p. 8 (1882) (Xat-il) ; 



Stand., Ej-ot. Ta-nf. p. 169. t. 58. J (1886); Ti-in. & Bok.,.S. A/r. Butt. I. p. 327. n. 107. t. 6. f. 4. 



cJ (1887) (from' Natal northwards) : Capronn., C. R. Soc. Enl. BcUj. XXXIII. p. 146. n. 77 



(1889) (Si-Banghi, Gabon) ; Smith, Proc. Zoul. Sue. Loud. p. 472. n. 85 (1890) (Aruwimi) ; 



Godm. & Salv., in Jameson, Slori/ nf Pair Column p. 440. n. 87 (1890) (Aruwimi) ; Trim., Proc. 



Zool. Soc. Land. p. 180. n. 33 (1892) (Omrora VIII. ; Ehanda IX.) ; Kursch, Ent. Xoclir. xviii. 



p. 176. n. 44 (1892) (Baliburg); Schaus & Clements, Si.rm Leone Lfji. p. 8 (1893) (S. Leone); 



Auriv., Ent. Tidskr. XV. p. 310 n. 190 (1894) (Cameroons, IV. v.) ; Butl., Proc. Zno]. Soc. Loud. 



p. 562. n. 17 (1894) (Mt. Hiihnel, 16,000 ft.) ; Holl., Proc. N. St. i\at. J/".v. XVIII. p. 262 (1895) 



(Somaliland) ; Butl., I.e. p. 254. n. 13 (1895) (Zomba) : id., I.e. p. 725. n. 13 (1895) (Brit. E. A.); 



id.. I.e. p. 852. n. 17 (1896) (Nyassaland) : Sharpe, ibid. p. 553. n. 33 (1896) (Uarro Mts., 



Somaliland) ; Butl., Juuni. Linn. Soc. Lond. XXV. p. 367. n. 44 (1896) (Many local, noted) ; 



Auriv., KonrjI. Sr. Akad. /land. XXXI. 5. p. 240. n. 51 (1899) (from Sierra Leone and 



Abyssinia to Damaraland and Natal). 

 Churaxcs viridieostatun Aurivillius, qfeers. Vet. Akad. Fork. XXXVl. 7. p. 41 (1879) (Damaraland). 



c?. JJo(/y above: clayish ochraceous, wings orange tawny, base ochre yellow. 



I'orewing : bar D and meflian bars SC* — M' very variable in size, median bar» 



