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admarg;inal interspaces transverse, npper one largest, middle ones abont If mm. 

 wide, interspaces R' — M- strongly constricted between veins, anal one olive butF ; 

 admarginal line black. 



Underside chestnut. Forewing : postdiscal and marginal interstitial bauds 



tawny, the former abont 3 mm. wide at (SM'), narrowing costad, the latter wider in 

 middle than behind ; cell-bars transverse, bar 2 and 3 with rather thin white borders, 

 bar 4 all white, the black scaling being obliterated ; bar D thin ; submedian bars 

 M' — (SM') heavy, the npper one with a heavy white proximal border, this border 

 jnst behind point of origin of M', snbmedian bar (SM')— SM- more or less marked, 

 as is also the snbbasal bar ; median bars R' — SM- snbcontinuous, the series crossing 

 M' abont 8 mm. from the base of that vein, no median bar R-— R'', black median bars 

 SC^ — R- also obliterated, but their white distal borders developed to a triangular 

 patch ; postdiscal bars R^— SM- more or less black, patch-like, bordered distally by 

 a bluish grey scaling which forms a narrow band that extends to near costal margin, 



but becomes anteriorly more olive and less distinct.- Hindwing : all the basal to 



jwstdiscal bars absent, except discal bar (SM')— SM- which is black, but the position 

 of the median, discal and postdiscal series of bars is indicated in consequence of the 

 difference in tint of the discal, postdiscal and submarginal interspaces, the discal 

 and submarginal interspaces forming two somewhat greyish brown bands, while the 

 postdiscal interspaces are merged together to a chocolate band ; this latter band is 

 of about 4 mm. width in middle, crosses SC^ about 10 mm. from end of vein and 

 thence runs towards anal angle ; submarginal black bars R' — SM- represented by 

 black dots which are bordered bluish white proximally, similar bluish white, but 

 less distinct, lunules also between C and R^ ; admarginal interspaces as above, 

 rather wider (except upper one) less bright orange tawny, interspaces R^— M- 

 yellowish in middle ; marginal line blackish brown ; abdominal area tawny ; tails 

 triangular, second longer than first, length 5 resp. 7 mm. 



?. Like c?, wings somewhat broader, tawny orange postdiscal interstices of 

 forewing ahore wider ; on the underside the median bars R'' — M- of forewing closer 

 to cell than to postdiscal bars (in S the reverse is the case), on hindwing the 

 chocolate postdiscal band more proximal, proximally bordered by a distinct grey 

 line, discal interspaces C — R^ orange. 



Length of forewing : c?, ? , 40—45 mm. 



Ilab. Togolaud : Adeli, found in September and October, not rare according to 

 the discoverer. A ? in the British Museum found between Scarcies and the Niger. 



y '. Basal areas of wings above not white. 



(f. t'ostal median bar of hindwing below absent. 



i^. Dentition of outer margin of hindwing not prominent, no 

 tail M'. 

 g*. Forewing above: cell with a black subapical patch, post- 

 costal median and discal interspaces more or less 

 orange. 



50. Charaxes drnceanus. 



Charuxes ilruceanus Butler, Cist. Ent. I. p. 4. n. 1 (18G9) (0. Calabar) ; id., /.<y. Ex. p. 2G. t. 10. 

 f. 4. (J (1870) (0. Calabar) ; Spiller, Entvm. XV. p. 8 (1882) (Xatal) ; Westw., Thcs. 0.rnn. 

 p. 182. t. .34, f. 6. (J (1874) (Old Calabar, Natal, Zambesi) ; Staud., E.eol. Tui/f. p. IG'J (1886) 

 (Natal) ; Trim. & Bowker, S. .tfi: liiitt. I. p. 329. n. 108 (1887) (Natal ; Transvaal ; Zambesi ; 



