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 a. Ch. zoolina zoolina (Nov. Zool. V. t. 9. f. 4. 5. <^ 6. ?). 



CharaxcK «pec. nov., Angas, Kiifirs lUudr. t. 30. f. 7. ? . and expl. (1849) (Mnlazi R.). 



Nijinphalis zoolina Westwood, in Doubl., "Westw. & Hew., Gen. Diuru. Lep. 11. t. 53. f. 1. ? (1850) ; 



Trim., Wiop. Afi: Au.'<l,: p. 178. n. 103. ? . and p. 341. fj (1862-G5) (Natal) ; Kirby, Cut. Diurn. 



Lep. p. 273. n. 54 (1871) ; Gooch, Etitum. XIV. p. 6 (1881) (Natal) : Oberth., Ann. Miih. Civ. 



Gtnoca XVIII. p. 728. n. 62 (1883) (Shoa, June). 

 Charaxes zoolina, Butler, Pruc. Zool. Soc. Land. p. 638. n. 62 (1865) (Amazulu ; Pt. Natal) ; Stand., 



Erot. Tagif. p. 171 (1886) (Natal ; Del. Bay) ; Trim. & Bowk., .S'. A/r. Butt. I. p. 318. n. 103 



(1887) (Caffraria ; Natal) ; Trim., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lnnd. p. 38. n. 58 (1894) (Manica) ; Reb. 



& Rogenb., in Baumann, MassiiiUind p. 322. n. 100 (1894) (Kisuani ; Umbugwe) ; Butl., Joum. 



Linn. Soc. Loud. XXV. p. 370. n. 53 (1896) (Mamboia ; Nguru ; Kilimandjaro ; Victoria 



Nyanza ; Zambesi : Del. Bay ; Natal ; " Cameroons " loc. err. ! !) ; Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 



Loud. p. 533. n. 35 (1896) (Sheik Husein, Somaliland, IX.) ; Butl., ;6(<;. p. 823. n. 15 (1896) 



(Upp. Shire E., HI.) ; Holl., Proc. U. St. Nat. Mas. XVUI. p. 262 (1896) (Brit. E. Afr.) ; 



Butl., I.e. p. 397. n. 9 0898) (Brit. E. Afr.) ; Auriv., Kongl. Sv. Vet. Ak. Handl. XXXI. 5. 



p. 243. n. 64 (1899) (pt. ; Caffraria ; Natal ; Del. Bay ; Manica ; Zambesi ; Nyassaland ; Mamboia ; 



N'Guru ; Kisuani ; Kilimandjaro ; Mkaramo ; Vict. Nyanza ; Brit. E. Afr. ; Abyssinia ; non 



Madagascar). 



(?. Hindwing with a very short tooth at R' ; on the underside, the submarginal, 

 white, interstitial spots SC° — SM^ of the forewing all transverse, spots SC^ — R' 

 thinner than the following ones, or at least not wider, spot SC* — R' not rarely 

 vestigial, black median bars SC'' — R- and discal bars SC'' — R'uot marked as obvions 

 black spots ; discal black bars SC- — R^ of hindwing absent. 



Wings abore mostly a little more yellowish than in the Madagascar race. 



Forewing : lilack median band always prolonged beyond M', mostly extended to M^, 

 not rarely to (SM') ; cell sometimes all black, occasionally nearly all white ; black 

 disco-marginal area 8^ to 10 mm. broad behind R^, .5 to 7 mm. before SM- ; discal 

 interstitial spots SC''" — R- seldom absent, the tirst the larger ; postdiscal dots 

 variable in size and number, dot SC° — R' always present, while dot R^ — M' is 



often absent. Hindwing : median band marked as a rule by black scales ; white 



submarginal dots very variable, often represented only by a few white scales. 



Underside : bauds rather paler brown than in C/i. z. betsimiseraka. Fore- 

 wing : white snbapical interspace of cell as broad as, or narrower than median baud; 

 white postdiscal interstitial spots R- — M' obviously larger than the following ones, 

 spot M^ — SM- \ to 1^ mm. broad, spot SC^ — SC* tnmcate or concave distally, 



smaller than postdiscal spot SC* — R^ Hindwing : submarginal white spot 



R^ — M' much smaller than spot R- — R', mostly reduced to a tiny bluish white dot; 

 postdiscal white spots SC^ — R- larger than submarginal white spot R' — M^, while 

 in betsimiseraka the reverse is the case ; distance from point of origin of M- to end 

 of tail 21 to 23 mm. 



?. Discal bars of forewing aboce, if not connected at veins with black border, 

 thin, deeply concave, bar R' — M' 8 to 9 mm., aud bar M- — SM- 5 mm. from outer 

 margin; white postdiscal interspace R^ — M' two or three times as wide as inters})ace 

 M- — SM-. On the underside, the npper discal bars of both wings not marked as 

 black spots ; postdiscal white interspaces of forewing decreasing in width from 

 li^ to SM- as on upperside ; the brown discal band much more oblique from R' to SM^ 

 than in betsimiseraka ; submarginal white spot SC* — R' not wider than spots 

 M^ — SM^ ; submarginal white interstices SC^ — R- of hindwing larger than 

 in that race, the brown postdiscal bars SC^ — -R^ not thicker than the respective 

 white postdiscal spots, or thinner ; length of M- from its base to tip of tail 

 23 to 27 mm. 



