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snbmarginal band. Forewing : falcate, outer edge not, or very little, dentate 



at the veins, middle cell-bar represented at SC bj' a black or brown spot ; bar D 

 sometimes separate, mostly with a small ochreons dot distally at upper end, seldom 

 completely fused with median bars; median bar M' — M* seldom obviously vestigial, 

 the other median bars of Ch. candiope merged together with the black disco- 

 marginal area, this area including a series of postdiscal interstitial spots as 

 in Ch. candiope, the spots, however, smaller, and some discal spots, namely, 

 a band composed of three confluent spots between S(J^ and R-, and two contiguous 



spots W — M', admarginal interspaces and outer half of costal margin tawny. 



Hindwing : moderately dentate, two tails ; interstitial spots within black postdisco- 

 submarginal band smaller than in Ch. candinpe, tawny colour along this band very 

 much restricted from C to R-. 



Underside as in Ch. candiope., brighter russet, the white borders of the bars 



rather more conspicuous. Forewing : cell-bar 3 closer to bar 2 than to 



4, interspace between 2 and 3 bright russet, basal cell-bar rather long, con- 

 spicuous, upper end of cell-bar 4 at right angles to SC, or pointing proximad ; 

 median bars SC — R° at right angles to veins ; interspaces between median bars 

 SC^ — M' and cell russet, median bar M' — M'^ touching at ends the discal, russet, 

 band-like, area ; submedian bar M' — M^ proximal of base of M'; snbmedian and 

 median bars M" — (SM') seldom vestigial behind M-, the former 1 or 2 mm. distant 

 from base of IVP, discal series of carved bars less concave in middle than in 



candiope. Hindwing : median bar R^ — R^ more gently curved than in candiope; 



discal luniform bar SC^ — R' in middle of wing; upper, tawny russet, postdiscal 

 halfmoon-shaped patches wider than the middle ones, last halfmoon less obliquely 

 placed to vein M''^ than in Ch. candiope candiope ; submedian bar M^ — (SM') a little 

 more j)ro.\imal than in candiope ; upper tail 6 to 8 mm., second 9 to 10 mm. long. 



? like (? ; underside more greyish, especially in submarginal region, discal 

 interspaces of hindwing more white ; upper tail 9 mm., second 10 mm. 



There occur specimens of either sex which have the forewing more falcate 

 and the underside much less variegated, the bars being partly obsolete. Such 

 a specimen is figured by Mabille, I.e., t. 23. f. 4 ; in the Tring Museum there is 

 a c? and a ? of this form, which specimens have bar D and bars SC — R' of 

 forewing, most of the bars of the hindwing as well as the white discal spots 

 and the upper postdiscal, half-moon-shaped, patches obsolete. It is possible that 

 these specimens represent the cold season form. 

 Length of forewing: i, 38—41 mm. 

 „ „ cJ, 41—47 mm. 



Hab. Madagascar : Nossi-be, Ft. Dauphin, Ankafana, Morondawa. In the 

 Tring Museum 9 c?c?, 4 ? ?, mostly from Morondawa. 



Gh. antanboulou is very closely allied to Ch. candiope. We keep it separate 

 as a distinct species, because there is another Charaxes in Madagascar, named 

 cowani, which is also a close ally of candiope, and differs from antamboidou only 

 in some details. We know little about the distribution and nothing about the 

 time of occurrence of Ch. antambouloa and cowani ; these forms may be mere 

 individual varieties ; but before we have sufficient evidence to warrant such a 

 conclusion, it is better to treat the two forms as distinct species. In Saalmiiller's 

 figure the hindwing is nearly as strongly denticulate as it is in cowani ; if that is 

 not due to exaggeration on the part of the artist, the example figured would prove 

 that the strong denticulation of the wings of cowani is not of specific value. 



