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Ri_M' often obsolete, bars SC*— R= not joined to bar D, bar R'— M' generally 

 smaller than the ocbreons or tawny orange triangle bordered by it and veins M' and 

 R' ; black discal patch R' — R'^ about the size of the orange tawny patch at its 

 proximal side, or smaller ; postdiscal, tawny orange, interstitial spots very variable, 

 sometimes larger than the black discal patches. Hindwing : snbmarginal inter- 

 stitial spots orange tawny, upper four or five sitnated nearer the onter than the 

 inner edge of the black baud ; admarginal interspaces orange tawny, anal one 

 olive buif. 



Underside. Forewing : basal area pale buff; cell-bar 4 thin, nearer to apex 



of cell than to bar 3 ; median bars SG^ — R- oblique to the veins ; brown discal band 



3 to 4 mm. broad between _R^ and M', the band often very pale. Hindwing : 



discal Itmnle SC^ — R' nearer to base than to outer margin or jnst in middle of wing; 

 distance between median and discal bars R'^ — R' varying from H to 4 mm. at R-, 

 postdiscal interspaces C — M' of nearly equal width or the npper three much wider, 

 the distance from the proximal edge of discal bar SO" — R' to the outer edge of 

 the respective postdiscal bars varying from 2 J to 4 J mm. ; marginal line pale, 

 ill-defined; upper tail 3J to 6J mm., second 7 to 9^ mm. long. 



?. Paler than S, especially basal area, median bars of forewing abac  larger, 

 bar R'— R- often joined to bar D as well as to discal patch R'— R- ; upper tail 8 to 

 lOi mm. long, second 9 to lOi mm. 



The bars of the underside are often partly indistinct, the wings not appearing 

 so strongly variegated as in other individuals, the white baud on the disc of the 

 hindwing being also absent. Such specimens occur especially often in S. E. Africa, 

 and are mosr likely individuals which have hibernated in the pupal state, repre- 

 senting a cold season form. 



Length of forewing : <?, 40 — 46 mm. 

 ,, „ ? , 46 — 52 mm. 



Hab. Continent of Africa from Sierra Leone and Abyssinia to Natal and 

 Damaraland ; not found in the Cape Colony; a common species. Antinori observed 

 it feeding on the exudations of Solanaceous plants (Oberthiir, Ann. Mas. Civ. 

 Genova XV. p. 106). According to BIr. Morant the species is on the wing during 

 the greater part of the year in Natal (Trimen & Bowker, I.e.). 



b. Ch. candiope thomasius (Nov. Zool. V. t. T. f. 5. S). 



Charar.es candiope var. Ihomasius Staudinger, E.riit. Taaf. p. 169 (1886) (St. Thome) ; Auriv., 

 Kong. Vet. Akad. H„ndl. XXXI. 5. p. 241. sub n. 51 (1899) (St. Thomt'). 



Charaxes candiope local race ? : C. thumasiuSi Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc. Land. XXV. p. 368. sub d. 45 

 (1896) (St. Thome). 



(S. Wings aboce, basal area ochre yellow, the area on forewing sharply 



defined, on hindwing shading into russet tawny. Forewing : bar D heavy, 



fused with median bar R- — R^ median bar R'— M' visible, bar M'— M- short, 

 vestigial, outer area of wing blackish mummy brown, the tawny postdiscal inter- 

 stitial spots small, posterior ones obsolete, as are the admarginal spots. 



Hindwing : disco-marginal blackish mummy brown area very broad in front, 

 the snbmarginal dots within it minute, admarginal tawny interspaces obsolete, 

 except two upper ones. 



Underside. Forewing : basal area very pale ochreous ; submedian bar 



M' — M" absent (always ?) ; cell-bars as in continental candiope, apical interspace 



