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 h. Ch. smaragdalis butleri Rotbsch., subsp. nov. 



Clinraxes sinaragdnlis, Schaus & Clements, Sirrni Lroiie Lejtid. p. 9 (1893) ; Butl., Jourii. Linn. 

 Snc. Lotifl. XXV. p. 375. n. 71 (1896) (pt. ; Sierra Leone) ; Auriv., Koiigl. So. Ak. Ilmidl. 

 XXXI. 5. p. 238. n. 37 (1899) (pt. ; Sierra Leone). 



3 . Wings, abom. Forewing : patch M- — SM- always complete, 5 to 7 mm. 



from edge of wing before SSP, distally concave or nearly straight ; discal and postdiscal 

 spots M' — M- never quite separate, always merged together to one patch, which 

 is deeply sinuate in front, the postdiscal portion mostly larger than the discal 

 one, seldom somewhat smaller ; postdiscal spot R' — M' as large as the discal 

 spot R' — M', often larger, seldom a little smaller, postdiscal spots ovate, none 



of them concave distally. 'Hindwing : blue area less wide than in stnaragdalis, 



patch C— SC^ not separated into a discal and postdiscal spot, the patch includes, 

 however, often a black ovate spot which is not rarely joined to the black basal 

 area, outer edge of blue area less regularly concave between veins than in 

 Ck. sm. S))iaraydalis ; the black outer area, though partly constricted at veins, 

 not interrupted from C to SM". 



Underside darker olive than in sm. smarag/hilis, hence the patches of yellow 

 clay-colour more prominent ; bars in basal area of forewing a little thinner than 

 in most sm. stnaragdalis, bars M- — SM" forming a less heavy and less regularly 

 W-shaped mark, 



? . Wings, above. Forewing : band 6 to 8 mm. from outer margin before 



SM". Hindwing : blue area less extended than in sm. smaragdalis, not so 



regularly concave between veins, indented upon SC-, often also upon K' and R'-, 

 partition C — SC^ either complete or divided into a discal and a postdiscal portion ; 

 black outer area gradually narrower behind, not interrupted, but more or less 

 constricted at veins 51' and M", about o mm. broad between M' and M". 



Underside darker olive than in sm. smaragdalis. 



Length of forewing : cJ, 43 — 48 mm. 

 „ ,, ?, 48 — 55 mm. 



Hab. Sierra Leone to Gold Coast. In the Triug Museum from : Sierra Leone 

 (tijlje) 18 (?(?, 14 ¥ ? ; Gold Coast, 3 (?c?, 5 ? ?. 



This subspecies is named in honour of Dr. l?utler, who has twice given 

 a revision of the genus Charaxes, and who is doubly associated with the present 

 species as author. 



f/*. Hindwing withoirt a broad pale blue, white, or buff band, or the 

 basal half of the forewing below is bluish grey. 



35. Charaxes monteiri. 



Charaxee motUeiri Staudinger, E.cot. Togf. p. 170. t. 59. (J, J (1886) (S. Thomf!) ; Butl., Joum. 

 Linn. Soc. Loud. XXV. p. 376. n. 73 (1896) ; Auriv., Kong!. S,: Akad. Handl. XXXI. 5. p. 238. 

 n. 38 (1899). 



c??. Body a^Oftf bistre brown in cJ, tawny bistre in ? , four dots on head, a 

 line behind eye, a dot on pronotam laterally and another on tegnla before wing 

 creamy white ; underside in S creamy buff, breast darker at sides, palpi cream 

 colour, in $ clay colour. 



S. Wings, above blue-black, glossy blue in side-light, with greenish reflections 

 on hindwing. Forewing : a discal and a jmstdiscal series of purplish blue spots. 



