(472 ) 



transverse, except last two which are very small, with conspicuoas blue dots at outer 

 side between R- and SM- ; admarginal interstitial markings C — R^ maroon red, 

 with a fine white otitor border, the other admarginal spots less sharply defined, 

 yellowish olive buflf ; anal angle less produced than in guderiana, dentition heavy, 

 tails slender, njjper one G mm., second 7 mm. long. 



?. Unknown. 



Length of forewing : S, '^\ mm. 



t'lasper essentially different from that of (h. etheocles and allies ; the apical 

 lobe of Ch. etheocles developed in blanda to a tooth, dorsal edge of clasper angled 

 in apical third, dentate (f. 31. 32.) ; penis-fnnnel, in a dorsal view (f. 47). with 

 almost parallel sides, then suddenly narrowed, the narrower portion compressed 

 and slightly curved downwards ; penis with some minute teeth dorsally, the row 

 beginning about 1 mm. from end, some more teeth on the left side and also a few 

 ventrally about 2 mm. from end ; tenth tergite triangular, not sinuate. 



Hab. German East Africa : Mikindani, I S in the Tring Museum, caught 

 between January and May (Reimer). 



rf*. Forewing above with pale blue marginal patches. 



70. Charaxes northcotti (Nov. Zool. VI. t. 8. f. .5. S~). 



Charaxes northcolti Rothsnbild, Enlom. XXXII. p. 171. n. 1 (1899). 



(?. Body abore olive black, bistre brown in front, white dots on head and 

 pronotum conspicuous ; underside clayish buff, i}alpi and middle of breast cream}- 

 buff, upperside of anterior tibia mummy brown. 



(?. Wings upperside : black, somewhat olive at base, marked with pale 

 greenish bine and white. Forewing : a small spot in upper angle of cell, con- 

 sisting of blue and white scales, another very minute one behind R- at onter side of 

 D' ; a series of discal spots, ujiper two white with some blue scales at edges, the 

 third more proximal, spots R' — M^ more or less halfmoon-shaped, spots M- — SM- 

 vestigial or absent ; a postdiscal series of spots j)arallel to outer margin, upper two 

 white with bine edges and placed more proximal, the spots increasing in size 

 posteriorly ; admarginal spots large, pale blue ; some dispersed blue scales between 



discal and admarginal series ; fringe white, except at ends of veins. Hindwing : 



a large discal patch, narrowing behind, limited by vein W, preceded by a small 

 spot, outwardly concave between veins : white submargiual dots transverse, small, 

 rather heavily liordered pale blue, last ones shaded with reddish jiurple; admarginal 

 pale blue spots heavy, anal one ochraceous. 



Underside: as in Ck etkalion, wood brown, slightly cinnamon, with a silky 



gloss. Forewing : discal inters]iaces greyish at outer side of median bars ; jKist- 



discal black patch M-— SM' i)rominent, the respective postdiscal and submargiual 



interspaces grey. Hindwing : postdiscal interstitial halfmoons not prominent ; 



upper four admarginal interstices rufous red, the others olive yellow. 

 n -(?. Unknown. 



Sexual organs similar to those of Ch. etheocles, the ventral ridge of the penis 

 higher than in fig. 10. 



Hab. Hinterland of the Gold Coast, 2 tJc?: Gambaga, near the Volta R., 

 28. viii. '9s (Northcott) ; Kumassi to Cape Coast Castle, iv. '99 (Capt. Giffard). 



