( 494 ) 

 a. Ch. anticlea anticlea. 



Papilio NymphaJis Phaleratus anfu;h:a Drury, I.e. 



PapiVio Nymphalis koratius Fabricius, I.e. 



Nymphalis antidea, Godart, Enc. MM. IX. p. 353. n. 9 (1823) (S. Leone) : Doubl., Westw. & Hew., 



Gen. Diurn. Lep. II. p. 309. n. 13 (1850) (S. Leone) ; Kirby, Cat. Diuni. Lep. p. 268. n. 14 



(1871) (S. Leone). 

 Nymphalis honilius, Godart, I.e. p. 354. n. 13 (1823). 

 Charaxes antidea, Doubleday, List. Spec. Lep. Ins. Bril. 3[tts. I. p. 110 (1844) (S. Leone) ; Butl., 



Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. p. 627. n. U (1865) (S. Leone) ; Butl., Oil. Diuru. Lep. desn: by Fabr. 



p. 53. n. 11 (1869) ; Westw., Thes. Oj-oii. p. 181. t. 34. f. 5. ? (1874) (S. Leone) ; Schaus & 



Clements, Sierra Lcntie Lep. p. 8 (1893) ; But]., .Joiirn. Liim. Soc. Lonil. XXV. p. 364. n. 34 



(1896) (pt. ; S. Leone) ; Auriv., Koiigl. Sv. Vel. A!,: Uandl. XXXI. 5. p. 2.%. n. 24 (1899) (pt. ; 



S. Leone). 

 Charaxes horalius, Feisthamel, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. p. 259. n. 11. J, $ (1850) (Cazamanca). 



cj. Black border of forewiug aboce 1 mm. (or less) wide between M- and 

 internal margin. 



? . Forewing above, orange patches R' — R- completely separated ; hindwing, 

 orange admarginal markings continnons above and below. 



Ilab. Senegambia to the Niger (?). In the Tring Museum 16cf <J, 2 ? ? from 

 Sierra Leone, vi. vii., '99 (Capt. Stevens) ; Accra. 



As we have not seen specimens from the Niger, we do not know how far sonth 

 this form extends, but judging from analogy we believe that it does not range 

 farther south than the Niger. 



b. Ch. anticlea adusta Rothsch. subsp. nov. 



Nymphalis antidea, Dewitz (non Drury, 1782), Noi\ Act. Leap. Car. Ak. Naturf. XLI. 2. 2. p. 28 



(1879) (N. Angola). 

 Charaxes antidea, Capronnier, C. R. Soc. Ent. Belg. XXXIII. p. 146. n. 82 (1889) (Gabun) ; Butl. 



I.e. (part. Angola) ; Auriv., I.e. (pt. ; Cameroons ; Gabun ; Angola). 



cJ. Black border of forewing above 2 mm. (or more) wide between M- and 

 internal margin. 



? . A ? from the Cameroons (Barombi) in the Berlin Mnsenm differs from the 

 Sierra Leone ? ? as follows : — Upperside, forewing : orange patches R' — R^ not 

 completely separated ; hindwing : admarginal orange markings thin, posterior ones 

 separated between the veins, anal one very faint. Umlerside : discal bars heavier, in- 

 terspaces between them darker ; hindwing : submargiual white dots larger than in the 

 ? of ant. anticlea, posterior admarginal orange spots interrupted between the veins. 



Hab. Cameroons to Angola, Congo and Uganda. In the Tring Museum 5 c? c? 

 from Kampala {t>/pe), 21. iii. '97 (Dr. Ansorge), Leopoldville, and Lnkolele, Congo. 



In a cJ from Niam-Niam in Dr. Staudinger's collection the orange area of the 

 hindwing is very wide, extending proximally to the point of the origin of M'. 



p^. Discal bars of fore- and hindwing not regularly arched. 

 q*. Underside not green, scaled. 



o''. Markings of njjperside blue. 



q^. Cell of forewing above with a large blue patch. 



m'. Forewing above without conspicuous, blue, marginal 

 patches. 



78. Charaxes myceriua. 



Nymphalis mycerina Godart, Enc. Meth. IX. p. 369. n. 65 (1823) (hab? ; "N. B" excepted) ; Lucas, 

 Lep. Ex. p. 124. t. 65. f. 2 (1835). 



