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 29. Charaxes numenes (Nov. Zool. VII. t. 7. f. 3, S). 



Nymphalh numenes Hewitson, Eml. Butt. II, XijmjihalU t. 2. f. 9. 10. U. (^,? (18.09) (S. Leone) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Dlurv. Lep. p. 209. n. 27 (1871) (S. Leone) ; Mabille, Bull. Soc. Zool. France I. 

 p. 28(1 (1870) (Landana) ; Dewitz, Nov. Act. Kais. Lmp. Car. Ak. Nulurf. XLI. II. 2. p. 8 (1879). 



Charaxes numene.% Butler, Prnc. Zool. Soc. Lonil. p. 630. n. 29 (1865) (S. Leone) ; Plotz, Stett. Enl. 

 Zeit. XLI. p. 194. n. 104 (1880) (Eninga, May ; Victoria, Nov.) ; Stand., E.rol. Tugf. p. 170 

 (1880) (Monrovia ; Fernando Po ; Gaboon) ; Dewitz, I.e. L. 4. p. .371 (1887) ; Godm. & Salv., 

 in Jameson, Story Rear Culuiiin p. 440. n. 83 (1890) (Aruwimi); Moschl., Abh. Senkenh. Gesellsch. 

 XV. 1. p. 61. n. 100 (1890) (Aburi) ; Auriv., Ent. TUlskr. XV. p. 311. n. 192 (1894) (Ekundu, 

 Bonde, XI.) ; But!,, Jouni. Linn. Soc. Lmul XXV. p. 377. n. 70 (1896) (S. Leone, Accra ; 

 O. Calabar ; Cameroons ; Fernando Po ; Angola) ; Auriv., Koiigl. Sr. Akad. IIumU. XXXI. 5. 

 p. 240. n. 46 (1899) (Sierra Leone to Angola). 



cj ? . Body {<S) abore black, somewhat bluish, dark mummy brown in front, 

 dots on head and pronotum white, (?) wood brown or cinnamon ; tdtderside, palpi 

 buff, mostly with the vestige of a white lateral line, abdomen of S buif, of ? 

 clayish buff, breast cinnamon olive. 



c?. Wings abore : blue-black, glossy in basal two-thirds. Forewing : four 



pale blue, discal sjiots, in an oblique row from R' — M-, often preceded by a fifth 

 spot, upper spots generally linear, the others more or less rounded, diameter 1 to 

 1^ mm., the series almost straight, spot R'' — M' being less distal than in tiridates ; 

 a series of small postdiscal spots from SC^ to internal margin, last one or two 

 sometimes absent, first spot the largest, about 1 mm. broad, white, spot SC^ — R' 

 also generally white, the others pale blue, middle ones sometimes luniform, the 

 series parallel to outer margin, but curving costad in front, spot R' — R^ 5 mm. 

 from outer margin ; marginal spots pale buff, clearly marked, spots R' — M- more or 



less luniform. Hindwing ; a postdiscal series of pale blue spots of nearly equal 



size, spot C — SC'- rounded, the largest, diameter about li mm., spots R' — M- 

 halfmoon-shaped, spot R^ — R^ the smallest, the series first concave, spot SC^ — R' 

 being 9 to 12 mm. distant from outer margin, then almost straight, spot M* — (SM') 

 5 mm. from outer margin ; a complete series of white submarginal dots, edged 

 blue, especially distally ; admarginal interstices with triangular, bnff, spots near 

 veins, no such spots at C and SU° ; fringe white except at the very ends of veins, 

 «dge of wing buffish between veins, rather heavily so between C and R' ; abdominal 

 fold brownish black, paler at edge. 



Underside : cell of forewing and submediau interspaces of both wings pale 

 yellowish buff, discal interspaces of forewing at median bars and discal interspaces 

 of hindwing also buffish, median interspaces on both wings and rest of the large 

 triangular discal area of forewing raw umber or bistre colour ; white borders of 



bars conspicuous. Forewing : basal cell-bar absent, bar 2 heavy, generally over 



1 mm. broad, bar 3 sejjarated into two spots, the posterior the largest, the spots 

 sometimes fused to a bar which is constricted before middle, bar 4 thinner, upper 

 half deeply concave, upper end pointing distad, lower half nearly straight, reaching 

 M at or a little below base of M' ; bar D very gently curved, sometimes nearly 

 straight ; snbmedian bars M' — (SM') very heavy, bar M' — M" a little more distill 

 than bar M'— (SM') and also distal of point of origin of M', submediau bar R' 

 sometimes marked, situated in angle before M' ; median bars SC — SM^ in an 

 oblique series, the series broken at R^, bar R' — M', which is convex distally, being 

 about 2 mm. distant from lower end of bar R^ — R^ often also broken at M', bars 

 M'' — SM" much heavier than the upper ones, last one often touching discal bar, 

 median interspaces M' — SM- sometimes with black scaling, wliich often joins the 

 bars together ; discal bars R' — SM" evenly curved, black, the other discal bars 



