( 498 ) 



})' . Bine band of liindwing beyond middle. 



e*. Forewing above with a series of spots near the middle of the wing. 



81. Charaxes zelica. 



(J. Charaxfi zelica Bntler, Eiit. Mo. Mag. VI. p. 28 (1869) (Ashanti?) ; id., Lep. Ex. p. 12. t. 5. 

 f. 3. fj (1869) ; Anriv., Ent. Tidsh: XV. p. 311. n. 199 (1894) (Cameroons, V.) ; Butl., 

 Journ. Linu. Soc. Lmid. XXV. p. 372. n. 61 (189G) (Ashanti?) ; Auriv., Kongl. Sv. Vet. Al: 

 EamU. XXXI. 5. p. 244. n. 71 (1899) (Ashanti? ; Cameroons ; Angola). 



S. Body above olive black, mnmmy brown in front; underside of palpi, middle of 

 prosternum, and anterior tarsi creamy white, breast olive mnmmy brown, fonr jwsterior 

 tibiae and abdomen cinnamon, femora black, with white scales, tarsi clayish bnfF. 



S. Wings above bine black, glossy in basal area, with a faint greenish sheen, 



fringe of both wings creamy bnff. Forewing : oater margin concave, apex 



rounded, though produced ; a discal series of small pale blue spots, the series 

 straight from SC*-= to SM-, spot SC'°— R' abont 2 mm. long, 5 mm. from cell, 

 spot R- — R^ absent, spots R'— SM- transverse, abont 1 to li mm. thick, widely 

 separated from one another, spot M- — SM- 7 mm. from outer margin, spot behind 

 SM- more proximal, elongate ; a rounded postdiscal dot SC^ — R' 11 mm. from 



onter margin, pale blue. Hindwing : an almost straight series of postdiscal 



spots, upper one transverse, about 1 i mm. thick, 4 mm. from end of C, spots 

 SC- — R^ more rounded, a little larger, spots R^— SM-' transverse, 1 to 1^ mm. thick ; 

 a submarginal series of small, white, submarginal dots, edged with blue ; a series 

 of transverse admarginal pale blue spots, the spots separated, sometimes obsolete. 



Underside olive mummy brown, a darker brown line from apex of forewing to 

 anal angle of hindwing, crossing SM- of forewing mm. from end, M^ of hindwing 

 4 mm. from its base, slightly curved on either wing, bordering the outer marginal 

 area which is wood brown ; bars and their white borders extremely thin, sometimes 



just traceable. Forewing : no cell-bars 1 and 2, bar 3 separated into two minute 



dots as in mycerina, bar 4 transverse, nearly straight, nearly parallel to cross veins; 

 submedian bars M'— SM- continuous with cell-bar 4 ; median bars more or less 

 concave distally, continuous, the line beginning 2i mm. from base of SC*'*, bar 

 M^ — SM- concave or biconcave distally ; a wood brown patch at proximal side of 

 sabmedian bar M^— SM^ and another at the distal side of median bar M=— SM^ 

 both very couspicnous ; marginal area with vestiges of a submarginal and a 



postdiscal olivaceous band. Hindwing : submedian and median bars similar 



to those of tmjcerina, but thinner ; outer area with a postdiscal olivaceous mummy 

 brown band which gradually fades away distally ; white submarginal dots small 

 but all marked, the posterior ones with small black dots at outer side ; edge of 

 wing slightly dentate, anal angle produced, rather acute, no tail. 



¥. Unknown. 



Length of forewing : c?, 39 mm. 



Hab. Recorded from Cameroons, Angola and (?) Ashanti ; in the Tring 

 Museum 3 SS, one without locality, another from Caruotville, the third from 

 between Kumassi to Kintampo, iv. '99 (Col. Northcott). Rare in collections. 



c*. Forewing above with a series of spots close to outer margin. 

 82. Charaxes laodice. 



? . Papilio Nymphalis Phaleratm laodice Drury, Illuslr. E.mt. Ins. III. p. 34 and index, t. 26. 

 f. 1. 2. ? (1782) (S. Leone). 



