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We do not see any reasou for the assumption tliat ftdcescens is a variety of 

 varanes ; everything points to its being independent of it. 



We recognise two geographical races, which are connected by intergradations 

 occnrring in the intermediate countries. 



a. Ch. fiilvescens fulvescens. 



Papilio Nijmplmlis Gemmatus varanes Drury, I.e. (Sierra Leone). 



Palla varanes ya.v. fulrescens Aurivillius, I.e. 



ChiraMS fulvescens, Karsch, Berl. Enl. Zeitschr. XXXVIII. p. 192. n. 57 (189.=S) {sijn. pro p. ; Adeli, 



Togo) ; Auriv., I.e. XV. p. 312. n. 202 (189i) (Bonge, Cameroons, Nov., Dec). 

 Cliara.res nigrescens Butler, Jeurn. Linn. Sac. Loncl. XXV. p. 401. n. 150 (1896) (Sierra Leone ; 



Gold Coast ; Ashinti). 

 Charaxes varanes var. ? (ab. ?) nigrescens, Aurivillius, Kongl. Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl. XXXI. 5. p. 241. 



n. 56 (1899). 

 Charaxes varanes var. (temp.?) (a.h.l) fulvescens, id., l.c. (1899) (pt.). 



<? ? . Wings above. Forewing : pale basal area reaching to origin of M' or 



beyond, shading distally into orange ochraceous ; postdiscal and submarginal inter- 

 stitial spots orange ochraceous. — — Hindwiug : basal area whitish cream-colour 

 behind, gradually shading into the outer area. 



Underside : ground colour very pale straw yellow in basal area. 



Hab. Sierra Leone to Gaboon. In the Tring Museum from : Sierra Leone, 

 5 (Jc?, 1 ?; Gold Coast, Accra, 33 cJc?, 4 ? ?; Agawasso, middle of July 1897. 

 4 c?c?; Warri, Niger Coast Protectorate, caught in March, April, May, June, August, 

 and September (Dr. Roth), c?cJ, 4 ? ? ; Cameroons, 2 c?cf . 



Individuals from Gaboon and the Cameroons approach the ne.xt subspecies. 



b. Ch- fulvescens monitor Rothsch., subsp. nov. 



Charaxes fulvescens, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc. Land. XXV. p. 401. n. 151 (1891)) (pt. ; Congo). 

 Charuxes varanes var. (temp, i) (ab. ?) fulvescens, Aurivillius, Kongl. Sr. Al:ud. Hnndl. XXXI. 5. 

 p. 241. n. 56 (1899) (pt. ; Congo). 



c? ? . Wings above. Forewing : basal area not quite so pale as in nigrescens, 



shading on disc into tawny orange ochraceous ; postdiscal and submarginal inter- 

 stitial spots more tawny than in fulcescens. Hindwing : basal area more white, 



better defined, posteriorly more restricted, the outer area darker, especially in anal 

 region ; black admarginal spots large. 



Underside more clay colour than iw fulvescens, in ? with a greenish olive tint. 



Hab. Congo : Upoto (Rev. Oram), 2, S S , Kassai country, 2 S3. Fajao, Unyoro, 



July 11th {tgpe!) and Kith, 1897 (Dr. Ausorge), 2 SS, 1 ?; Mon3'onyo, Unyoro, 



March 18tii, 1897 (Dr. Ansorge), 1 c?; Pt. Alice, Unyoro, March 3rd, 1894, and 



July 3rd, 1897 (Dr. Ansorge), 2SS; Mtebe, Uganda, July 30th, 1894 (Dr. Ansorge), 



,1 ? ; Kampala, Uganda, March 21st, 1897 (Dr. Ansorge), 1 ?. 



The specimen from Mon3'onyo has a distinct white dot in the fir.st black 

 postdisco-submarginal patch of the upperside of the hindwing, and traces of such 

 dots also in the other spots. 



24. Charaxes balfouri (Nov. Zool. VII. t^ 11. f. 3, S). 



Charaxes balfouri Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 176. t. 18. f. ? (1881) (Socotra) ; id., Journ, 

 Linn. Soc. Lond. XXV. p. 400. n. 148 (1896) (Socotra) ; Auriv., Kongl. So. Akad. Uandl. 

 XXXI. 5. p. 241. n. 55 (1899) (Socotra). 



3 ? . Body above chestnut-hazel, antennae the same colour, paler at ends, their 

 scales also chestnut except those on outer surface, which are white ; underside 

 clayish creamy buff. 



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