( 387 ) 



the last one merged together with the Ijaud ; postdiscal spots ISC'"— M' olive, 



bordered distally by clayish grey arches, spots M' — SM- black. Hindwing : 



nearly as in cj, siibmedian interspaces and proximal portions of discal interspaces 

 pearly grey, discal bars obsolete, except the last, postdiscal interstitial lunules 

 bluish grey, bordered distally by the more or less obsolete, brown, postdiscal 

 Inniform bars ; snbmarginal brown spots transverse, preceded by a series of white, 

 sulimargiual, transverse, spots ; admargiual line thinner than above, extreme edge 

 of wing clay colour ; tail R'' blunt, second tail a short, blnnt, tooth. 



Length of fore wing : cJ, 43 — 44 mm. 

 „ „ ?, 49 mm. 



Hah. St. Thome. In the Tring Mnsenm 1 c?, 1 ?, received by Fekler from 

 Dr. Standinger, and 2 66 collected by A. Mocquerys in October and November 

 1899. 



A very interesting insect, a representative of Ch. tiridates resembling, in the 

 pattern of the upperside of the 6, Gh. smai-agdalis. 



36. Charaxes tiridates. 



(J. Papiliii Eqties Achivus lii'Ulates, Cramer, Piqi. E.rot. II. p. 100. t. 161. f. A. n (1777) ("Java," 

 "Amboina," loc. err. !) ; Goeze, Eiit. Bri/ti: III. 1. p. 87. n. 68 (1779) ; Fabr., Sjm: Ins. II. 

 p. 11. n. 43. (1781) ("Amboina" loc. err.) ; id., MaiiL Ins. U. p. 6. n. 47 (1787) ; Jabl. & 

 Herbst, Nuturs. Schmett. IV. p. 55. n. 150. t. 62. f. 3. 4 (1790) ("Amboina," "BrasUien" 

 loc. err.) ; Gmel., Sy-^t. Nat. I. 5. p. 22.35 n. 300 (1790) (" Amboina " loc. err.). 



6. Piipilio Nt/inphali.i rhdhraUia lirkhilex, Drury, Illuslr. E.rot. Ins. III. p. 31 & Index t. 23. f. 

 1. 2 <J (1782) (" Brazil " loc. err.). 



6- Pap/tin Xijrnphiilis tiridates, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 62. n. 195 (1793) ("Amboina" 

 loc. err.). 



?. Papilio Nympluilis marica Fabricius, I.e. p. 113. >i. 346 (1793) (Africa, Mus. Banks). 



6. Piq/ilio tiridntis, Donovan, Ins. of Imliii t. 23. f. 3 (1800) (" Amboyna" loc. err.). 



6- Eriboea tiridatis (!), Hiibner, Verz. hek. Srhmrtt. p. 47. n. 429 (1816-27). 



Nyntphalis tiridates, Godart, Enc. Meth. IX. p. 354. n. 14 (1823) ("Java," "Amboina," loc. err.) ; 

 Lucas, Hist. Not. Lep. E.r. p. 119. u. 62. f. 2 (1835) ("Java," "Amboina," loc. err.) ; Doubl., 

 Westw. & Hew., Gen. Diurn. Lep. II. p. 308. n. 11 (1850) (Ashanti) ; Trim., Rhvp. Afr. Aiistr. 

 p. 172. n. 99 (1862) (" Moselekatze's couutry " loc. err.) ; Kirby, Cat. Diurn. Lep. p. 209. n. 26 

 (1871) (Africa) ; Mabille, Bull. Soc. Zool. France I. p. 280 (1876) (Congo ; Gaboon). 



? . Pajjilio marica, Donovan, A'«^ Reposit. II. t. 37. f. 2 (1834) (Africa). 



Vharaj-es tiridates, Thon., Xatiirg. Schmett. p. 73. t. 36. f. 543. 544. 6- (1837) ("Java," "Amboina," 

 loc. err.) ; Doubl., List. Spec. Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus. I. p. Ill (1844) (Ashanti ; Congo) ; Butl.,' 

 Proc. Zijol. Sue. Land. p. 629. n. 28 (1865) (Sierra Leone ; Ashanti ; 6 =t/ridatcs, ? =murica): 

 id., Cat. Diurn. Lep. descr. Fabricius p. 52. n. 8 (1869) ; Druce, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lund. p. 412. 

 n. 7 (1875) (Angola) ; Plotz, Stett. Ent.Zeit. XLI. p. 194. n. 103 (1880) (Abo, January) ; Stand., 

 Exot. Taaf. p. 170. t. 59. 6 (1886) (Guinea ; Angola ; Fernando Po) ; Dewitz, Nor. Act. Leop. 

 Car. Ak. Naturf. L. 4. p. 371 (1887) (Jan., Feb., April, S. of Congo, Mukenge) ; Capronn., 

 a p. Soc. Ent'. Behj. XXXIII. p. 125. n. 67 (1889) (Kassai) ; id., I.e. p. 146. n. 81 (1889) 

 (Congo) ; Smith, Pmc. Zoal. Soc. Lund. p. 472. n. 88 (1890) (Aruwimi) ; Godm. & Salv., in 

 Jameson, Slonj Rear Col. p. 440. n. 82 (1890) (Aruwimi) ; Auriv., Eut. TnUkr. XII. p. 215. 

 n. 141. (1891) (Cameroons) ; Butl., Proc. Zool. Sue. Lnnd. p. 649. n. 24 (1893) (L. Mweru) ; 

 Karsch, Berl Ent. Zeitschr. XXXVIII. p. 191. n. 54 (1893) (Togo) ; Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Loud. p. 341. n. 49 (1894) (Usoga to Uganda, 4000 ft., June) ; Auriv., I.e. XV. p. 311. n. 193 

 (1894) (N'Dian, Bonge, in. v. xi.) ; Butl, Journ. Linn. Soc. Loud. XXV. p. 377. n. 77 (1896) 

 (pt. ; S. Leone ; Accra ; Lake Mweru ; Ashanti ; Isubu) ; Auriv., Kongl. Sr. Vet. Ahid. Haudl. 

 XXXI. 5, p. 239. n. 43 (1899) (pt. ; Sierra Leone to Angola, Lake Mero and Uganda). 



Charaxes tiridates var. mixtus Bntler (non Rothschild), I.e. (1896) ( J , not 6)' 



c? ? . Boefi/ aboi'c : olive black in c?, with a faint blue tint ; head, pronotum 

 and anterior part of mesouotnm more or less mummy brown ; tawny olive in ? ; 

 fonr dots on head, a line behind eye and a dot laterally on collar creamy buff ; 



