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There is no diflScnlty whatever in distinguishing the three subspecies from these 

 three islands. 



a. Ch. harmodius harpagon. 



Charaxes marmar Westw. var. harjmgoii Staudinger, Jrh II, p. 85 (1890) (Palawan). 



Cfiaraxes inarmaj- var. harpugmi, Semper, Tiitif. Philijip. p. 33G. d. 520 (1892) (Palawan). 



Charaxes harmodius, Butler {non Felder, 1867), Joum. Linn. Soc. Land. XXV. p. 398. n. 142 (1896) 



(Palawan; " luirpagon manuscript name" ex errore U) ; Fruhst., Ent. Nachr XXIV p 57 



(1898) (Palawan). 

 Haridra harjiagun, Moore, Lejj. Ind. II. p. 247 (1896) (Palawan). 



<?. Wi//ps, upperside. Fore wing : median bars SC— R^ marked ; discal 



Inniform bar SC^ — E' much thinner than the tawny postdiscal spot at its outside, 

 bar SC^— SC;-" fused with the postdisco-submarginal patch, smaller than in the other 

 subspecies, the black colour not extending so much i)roximad, tawny postdiscal spot 



SC* — SC° sometimes vestigial. Hindwing : white submarginal dots C — R' larger 



than in h. martinus and h. harmodius, central portion of the black patches in which 

 these dots are situated more or less tawny ; median bar SC- — R' present. 



Underside ochraceous, with the median interspaces darker, bars faintly edged 



with white. Forewing : white snbmarginal scaling forming two triangular patches 



at apex of wing ; and thin dashes upon the folds between veins SC^— SM-. 



Hindwing : postdiscal intersjiaces C— R' very wide, discal and jjostdiscal bars SC— 

 R' 6 to 6 mm. distant from one another, distance between bars R^ — M about 3 mm. ; 

 postdiscal bars indistinct, tawny, not black. 



? . Wings aboce : discal interspaces creamy or yellow-buff. Forewing : discal 



baud limited proximally by the median bars ; median bars SC^— R^very much closer 

 to cell than to discal lunules ; discal lunule SC^— SC* jnst in front of lunnle SC*— R', 

 not more proximal, sometimes very faint, tawny like the other lunules, not widened 



out basad, lunule SC«— R' thin, not being heavier than the other lunules. 



Hindwing : median bars C— R' heavy, bar R'— R-' also present as a short oblique 

 line ; discal band outwardly limited by faint indications of discal lunules ; upper 

 tail strongly spatulate. 



Underside much paler than in c?, median interspaces brown, discal ones buff, 

 onter region more or less ochraceous ; postmedian bars of hindwing darker brown 

 than in cj. 



Length of forewing ; 3, 40—42 mm. 

 )j ), „ ?, 51 mm. 



Eab. Palawan, 4 <?c?, 2 ? ? (Dr. Platen). 



This form reminds one by the pale tint of the upper- and underside of Ch. 

 marmax, of which Staudinger considered it to be a variety. 



h. Ch. harmodius martinus Ruthsch., subsp. nov. 



Charaxes marmax Westw. var. hurpugu,, Staudinger, Iris II. p. 85 (1890) (Sumatra ; mil 



Palawan). 

 Charaxes {Haridra) aristogilu,,, Nic^ville & Martin (wot. Felder, 1867), Journ. As. Snc. Ikng. 



LXIV. 2. p. 438. n. 264 (1895) (N.E. Sumatra) ; Nic^v., I.e. LXVI. 2. p. 552. n. 8 (1897) 



(partim ; Sumatra). 

 Charaxes aristogiton, Hagen, Iris IX. p. 187. n. 250 (1896) (Karo, N.E. Sum.). 

 Charaxes harmodiw, Fruhstorfer, Ent. Nadir. XXIV. p. 57 (1898) (pt. ; Sumatra). 



(?. Winffs, upperside. Forewing: median bars SC*— R^ both strongly marked; 



discal bar S("'— R' thinner than the tawny postdiscal spot at its distal side. 



Hindwing : median bar SC"— R' black like bar C— SC^ bar R'— R^ vestigial. 



