( 320 ) 



Length of forewing : cj, 40 — 44 mm. 



„ ,, ? , 45 mm. 



Hab. Java. In the Tring Museum 9 Si,\ ? from: "Java"; Sukabumi, 

 2000 ft. (Frahstorfer) ; Mount Gede, 400U ft. (Prillwitz). 



lu. Charaxes amycus. 



Cltaraxes amycus Felder, Wien. Ent. Mon. V. p. 303. n. 21, (J (1861) (Luzon) ; id., Reise Novnra, 

 Lep. p. 441. n. 719 (1867) (^g Luzon ; ? xpej;. alt.) ; Semp., Trig/'. Philipp. p. 80. n. 101 (1887) 

 (Luzon, Bohol, Camotes, Camiguin de Mindanao, Mindanao). 



I^ymphalh polyxeim var. i. C.umycus, Kirby, Cat. Diurn. Lep. p. 272. sub n. 62 (1871) (pt.). 



c?. Wings above richer taway than in marmax and aristoqiton, in the forms 



from Luzon and Mindoro somewhat shaded with olive. Forewing : median bars 



SC^ — R° mostl}' joined along veins to black outer area, which extends always to 

 upper end of bar SC^— R' or farther basad ; discal bars R- — SM^ very variable, 

 dark tawny or black, the last one sometimes obsolete, bars SC — R^ always develojjed 

 to j)atche8, sometimes tawny brown, not black ; postdiscal tawny spots SC — SM^ 

 always developed, the second and third sometimes very small, spot SC — SC* seldom 

 faintly vestigial ; postdisco-marginal, purplish black, band extending to internal 

 margin, the last partition often separated by the tawny vein SM^, the other veins 

 show some tawny scaling at ends, but there is never a tawny marginal line, not even 



at hinder angle. Hindwing : postdisco-submarginal ])atches C — R' nearly all 



fused together to a band, or patches R' — SM- isolated ; white submarginal dot G — 

 SO* never quite absent, but often obscure, generally smaller than dot SO^ — R' as in 

 Ck. marmax ; admarginal line mostly very prominent, better marked than in 

 marmax and aristogiton at least between veins. 



Underside dift'erent in tint in the three subspecies, resembling on the whole 

 that of aristogiton and harmodius harpagoii ; discal interspaces of both wings glossy 



as in aristogiton. Forewing : submedian and median bars R' — SM' ou the whole 



more oblique than in the allies. Hindwing : discal and postdiscal series of bars 



atraighter than in marmax, agreeing in this respect with typical aristogiton and 

 harmodius ; median and submedian bars M' — SM- farther apart than in the allies ; 

 tails very variable in length, in Mindanao individuals sometimes reduced to short 

 teeth. 



? . Wings, iipperside either tawny olive or nearly orange oohraceons. Fore- 

 wing : discal bars R' — SM- luuiform, bar R- — R' either also Inniform or extended 

 basad behind R*, bars SO* — R^ developed to patches, which are black or tawny, 

 and are joined to the black outer area along veins ; median bars SO'' — R- (seldom 

 absent) closer to those patches than to apex of cfeU ; postdiscal interspaces orange 

 ochraceous or cream-buff, all developed, but sjiot S( '^ — S(J'' iu the Mindoro form only 

 vestigial ; discal interspaces filled up by a creamy butf or orange ochraceous band, 

 which anteriorly extends basad to bar D and median bar R^ — R' ; veins within 

 black marginal area more or less orange tawny, sometimes with orange tawny 



scaling between veins, or veins quite black. Hindwing : disc very faintly paler 



in front than behind, median bars C — R- absent (but showing through from below), 

 or the upper one vestigial ; white submarginal dots all present ; postdisco-sub- 

 marginal patches R' — SM'' becoming gradually smaller, patch SG* — R' much larger, 

 fused with patch G — SG". 



Underside : creamy butf or buff yellow, median as well as outer portions of 



