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? . Body above darker, especially abdomen more brown than in S ; abdomen 

 belotv more or less tawny. 



Wings abote mnch less bright orange than in $, black markings mnch larger 

 than in S, basal area (up to median bars) varying from pale ochraceons rnfons 

 to cinnamon rnfons, discal and postdiscal interspaces of forewing and discal band 



of hindwing yellow bnff. Forewing : discal interstitial jiatch M" — SM" 6 mm- 



broad at M'', the patches decreasing in size anteriorly, the npper three somewhat 

 elongate, patches SO' — R^ separate from the others, as discal bar R^ — R' extends 

 so much basad as to touch median bar R' — R^, the discal bars all dilated basad, 

 except bar M" — (SM"), which is thin ; postdiscal interspaces more or less rounded, 

 edged with ochraceous rufous, especially broadly so at veins, the spots becoming 



slightly smaller towards costal margin ; admarginal spots pale ochraceous rufous. 



Hindwing : median bars C — M more or less vestigial, discal band heavily bordered 

 distally with ochraceous rufous, this border becoming wider behind, its proximal 

 edge corresponding to the discal bars, between C and R\ where the ochraceous 

 rufous colour is very restricted the discal bars are sometimes vestigial, standing 

 within the pale band ; postdisco-snbmarginal black baud continuous, less narrowing 

 behind than in $ , externally dentate at veins ; white snbmarginal dots M- — SM^ 

 present, dots R' — M- sometimes vestigial ; admarginal interspaces less bright 

 orange than in c?. 



Underside either as in $ or more fawn colour, especially the median and 

 submarginal interspaces, discal and postdiscal interspaces paler than in c?, bars 

 on the whole better defined ; tails longer, very slender, a little less pointed than 

 in S ; cell-bar 3 of forewing sometimes not interrupted. 



Length of forewing : cJ, 34 — 3S mm. 

 „ „ ? , 40—42 mm. 



Vein D^ of hindwing in both sexes proximal of base of M' as in cynthia. 



Penis with some extremely small dorsal teeth (or traces of them) at the subapical 

 bent, and two larger sinistro-lateral teeth about 3 mm. from end ; penis-funnel and 

 clasper similar to those of cynthia, hook of clasper strongly chitinized, long, sharply 

 pointed. 



Ilab. Tropical East Africa and Senegambia. 



We can distinguish two geographical forms. 



a. Ch. boueti lasti. 



Charaxes lust! Smith, Ann. Mug. N. II. (6). III. p. 131 (1889) (Mombasa) ; id. & Kirby, lihop. 



Exot. I. C},<ini.i-es. p. 8. t. 4. f. 4. 5. (1890) ; Trim., Prac. Zuol. So,;. Lond. p. 39. n. 60. t. 5. 



f. 6. ? (18114) (Manica) ; Butl., ihkl. p. 720. n. 12 (1896) (Zomba) ; id., Jourii. Linn. Soc. Loud. 



XXV. p. 367. n. 42 (1896) (Mombasa ; Zomba). 

 Cha>-a.ces niacdouni Butler, Proi:. Ziml. Sue. Lund. p. 252. n. 9. t. 15. f. 1. cj (1895) (Zomba) ; id., 



Journ. Linn. Sue. Lond. XXV. p. 367. n. 41 (1896) (Zomba). 

 Charaxes lasti Grose-Smith var. fiiivincejis Lanz, Iris IX. p. 142 (1896) (Parumbira ; Tanganyika, 



October). 

 Chumxrs boueti var. macduuni, Aurivillius, Kongl. Si\ Ak. Handl. XXXI. 5. p. 235. n. 20 (1899) 



(Manica ; Zomba ; Parumbira ; Tanganyika). 

 Chunu'fs houeli var. lasti, id., I.e. (Mombasa). 



c? ¥ . Winys, above. Forewing : median bar R^— R' present, in ? fused 



with bar D, in S touching this bar behind. 



Underside. Forewing : snbmedian and median bars M' — M- tawny, not black. 



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