( 334 ; 



lb. White submarginal dots of tlie hindwiug at the proximal edge of the 



black postdisco-snbmarginal patches R' — SM-, the proximal parts of 



these patches being obsolete : ? -f. corax. 



Hah. Sikkim to Tenasserim, more or less common ; the $ S without bands rare 



in Sikkim, occurring there only at low elevations, the aberrations named jalinder 



and Itindia apparently the commonest of all. 



The number of teeth on the penis varies much individually ; the snbapical 

 teeth are not so strong as in psaphon ; in many specimens there is a lateral patch 

 of minute teeth as in Ch. marmax, but this character is not only extremely variable 

 individually, but occurs independently of the characters of the wing which dis- 

 tinguish the various forms enumerated above. 



/ Ch. polyxena hemana. 



Charaxes bernardus, KoUar (mm Fabricius, 1793), in HUgel, Kaschmir IV. 2. p. 434. t. II f. 1. 2. 



g (1844) (Massuri). 

 Charaj-es hnnaiu, Butler, Tr. Eiit. Sue. Luwl. p. 122. t. 4. f. 1 jj (1870) (Nepal) ; Nicuv., Butt, nf 



India II. p. 283. n. 575 (1886) (Nepal ; Kumaon) ; Butl., Jniirn. Linn. .Sue. Land. XXV. p. 391. 



n. 122 (1896) (Mussuri ; north of Landoor ; " North India" !). 

 Ni/mpha!is poli/xeua var. g. Ch. h'nmna, Kirby, Cat. Diurn. Lep. p. 273. sub n. 52 (1871) (Nepal). 

 Chai-a.rcs {llaridra) hemana, Doherty, Jouni. As. Soe. Beng. 1887. II. p. 124. n. 97 (1886) (Kumaon); 



Mackin. & Nicev., Journ. Bombay N. H. Soc. XI. p. .377. n. 124 (1897) (Mussoorie, Sept., 



4000 ft.). 

 Haridni hemana, Moore, Lep. Ind. H. p. 240. t. 177. f. 1. 1". 1'/. S, ? (1896) (N.W. Himalayas; 



Nepal). 



S. Similar to Ch. psaphon mwa, but forewing above with two or more post- 

 discal interstitial lunules and with tawny ochraceons outer margin ; postdisco- 

 submarginal patches of hiudwing without white dots, except last two ; apex of 

 forewing more acute than in the not-banded SS from N.E. India and Burma, outer 

 margin less deeply concave, and anal angle of hindwing more ronnded. 



S . Wi)iffs above pale tawny ochraceons, approaching buff yellow. Forewing : 



median black bars SC^— SM- all present, or bar (SM')— SM= absent ; outer margin 



tawny ochraceons, especially below apex and near hinder angle. Hindwing : 



jiostdisco-submarginal patches C — R' much larger than the others, confluent, all 

 the others separated, sometimes touching each other ; marginal line very little 

 darker than disc. 



Butler's and Moore's figures of the S disagree considerably ; though Moore 

 says that his figure was taken from a, d " identical with the type." The form 

 seems to be distinguishable from the not-banded examples from the more eastern 

 parts of India, but the few specimens we have seen vary infer se. 



Hah. N.W. India and Nepal ; 1 ? in the Tring Museum. 



The insect is rare. Doherty, I.e., records it from " Kapkot on the Sarju, 

 perhaps the western limit of the group ; also, Eori and Kali valleys." He adds : 

 " my specimens seem to correspond well enough with Mr. Butler's figure and 

 description, but the markings are not very constant." 



Mackinnon, I.e., found it " near Mussoorie in September at 4000 ft. elevation." 



g. Ch. polyxena polyxena. 



?. Papilio Eques Achivm polyxena Cramer, Pap. Ezot. I. p. 85. t. hi. f. A.B. (1775) (China 



taiU broken). 

 Pamlio Nymphalis Gemmalus polyxena, Goeze, Ent. Beylr. III. 1. p. 288. n. 65 (1779). 



