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(Kassai) ; id., he. p. 14G. n. 78 (1889) (Congo) ; Schaus & Clements, Sierra Leoue Lephl. p. 8 

 (1893); Karsch, Berl. Ent. Zeitsrhr. XXXVIII. p. 192. n. 60 (1893) (Adeli) ; Butl., Ann. 

 Mag. X. H. (6). XV. p. 248 (1895) ; id., Jmtrn. Linn. Snr. Land. XXV. p. 364. n. 35 (1896) 

 (Cameroons ; O. Calabar ; S. Leone) ; Auriv., Kong!. Sr. Al:. IlumU. XXXI. 5. p. 234. n. 22 

 (1899) (Senegambia to Angola). 



5 . Charades aeaon Herrich-Schaeffer, Aussereur. Schm-etl., Tagf. f. 9. 10 (1850) (Afr. occ). 



<^. Nymphalis protoctm Doubleday, Westw. & Hew., Gen. Diurii, Lep. II. p. 309. n. 14 (1850) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Diurn. Lep. p. 268. n. 13 (1871). 



?. Nymphalis aeson, id., I.e. p. 272. n. 51 (1871) (Gold Coast). 



S. Uppcrside of head, prothorax, anterior part of tegulae deep chestnut ; 

 meso-metanotum olive black, abdomen seal brown, nearly black ; palpi black ; 

 underside drab colour, with a chocolate tint. 



Wing.i above velvety black, with a bluish tint in side-light. Forewing : 



admarginal interspaces from M' or M" to internal margin cadmium orange, the 

 spots sometimes fused together, forming a short band of from 2 to 5 mm. width 

 behind, in some specimens there are tiny admarginal dots also between veins SC 



and M' ; fringe white between veins. Hiudwing with a broad postdisco-admarginal, 



cadmium orange baud, narrowing in front, 4 to iJ mm. broad at SC", 10 to 12 mm. 

 at M' ; a series of black submargiual dots, the dots all present, or some or nearly 

 all absent, dot C— SC^ often rather large and fused with the black area ; extreme 

 edge of wing black, fringe white between veins. 



Underside darker than in azota, varying from vinaceous walnnt brown to 

 olivaceous mummy brown ; bar nearly as in azota, but on forewing, cell-bar 3 

 divided into two dots, cell-bar 4 strongly curved distad in middle, median bar 

 M' — M- more distal than bar M" (SM'), on hiudwing, discal and postdiscal bars 

 rather more obvious, the glossy submargiual area reduced in width, almost separated 

 into large halfmoous, white submarginal dots heavier: upper tail H to 2 mm., 

 second a mere tooth. 



?. Body as in 6, but underside paler, clay colour, palpi more creamy 

 buff. 



Wings above black, slightly blnish in side-light ; discal baud across both wings 



as in azota ? , but milky white, bluish at edges, somewhat narrower. Forewing : 



costal margin slightly chocolate towards base ; discal band 11 to 13 mm. broad at 

 SM'\ 5 mm. from cell behind M', spot R- — R^ vestigial, seldom absent, spots SO' — R" 

 separated, the second about twice as long as broad; postdiscal spots SC* — M'' as in 

 azota ? , but smaller, especially the upper four, spots R' — M- separated from discal 

 band by black arched or .angled bars, bar M' — M- often abbreviated, bar M' — (SM') 

 sometimes vestigial, the postdiscal spots milky white or slightly tinged with 

 yellow ; admarginal spots orange, variable in size individually, gradually decreasing 

 in size costad, spots SC^ — M' generally mere dots, sjiots M- — SM- mostly confluent 



to one elongate spot, but sometimes well separated and minute. Hiudwing : 



discal band narrowing behind, the abdominal fold not being white ; its outer edge 

 almost straight, slightly convex ; postdisco-submarginal black band as in azota ? , 

 but broader, especially its first partition broader than in that species, measuring 

 between R^ and M' from 9 to 12 mm.; 2 to 5 white submargiual dots in this baud ; 

 orange admarginal band on the wliole less regularly convex between veins proximally 

 than in azota. 



Underside dark fawn colour from base to median series of bars, approaching 

 vinaceous cinnamon ; discal and postdiscal spots and band of forewing and disco- 

 postdiscal band of hiudwing as above, but creamy white, the postdiscal spots more 



