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geographical forms. Ch. tiridates aud mixtus, however, occur together ; therefore 

 mixtus is not a geographical representative of the common tiridaU'S. It can also 

 not be a mere individual aberration, because (I) the differences in colour are 

 constant, and (2) the sexual organs of the c? are different. The most remarkable 

 feature of Ch. mixtus is the similarity of the sexes. 



3. Very close to Ch. tiridates, but ground colour and markings of upperside 

 more purplish, discal series of spots of forewing less oblique, spots M'' — SM'^, if 

 present, not so close to postdiscal series, upper two spots of postdiscal series white, 

 marginal spots dirty cream colour, square, situated upou the inteniervular folds ; 

 postdiscal spot C — SC" of hindwing much smaller than spot SC" — R', posterior three 

 or four postdiscal spots often nearly contiguous, sometimes there is a discal spot 

 C — SC* present, snbmarginal dots smaller than in tiridates, white edged with blue, 

 or blue, admarginal spots blue, ujiper ones often creamy at veins, not interrupted. 



Underside darker olive, less yellowish, than in tiridates, outer marginal area 

 shaded with grey, bars of forewing on the whole thinner, median bars W — SM- less 

 oblique, bars W — SM- forming a more regularly W-shaped mark, which, moreover, 

 is more proximal than in tiridates ; snbmedian costal bar of hindwing mostly straight, 

 often pointing distad, sometimes curved to PC, no subbasal costal bar at outerside 

 of PC. 



?. Like cj, larger; blue postdiscal spots of forewing very small, admarginal 

 spots absent, exce])t spots M^ — SM" which are blue. 



Length of forewing : 3, 43 — 51 mm. 

 ? , 57 mm. 



Clasper slenderer than in Ch. tiridates, the hook longer (PI. VIII. f. 27.) ; 

 penis similar to that of tiridates, but the ridge very much reduced (PI. VIIJ. f. 8.) 

 and the snbapical tooth sinistro-lateral, not dorsal ; penis-funnel broader and 

 blunter than in the allied sjjecies. 



Hab. Congo and Cameroons. In the Tring Museum ~ 3 i from : >Stanley 

 Pool to Lukolele, Congo (Revs. Harrison and Clarke) ; a ? in the Berlin Museum 

 from Cameroons. 



f/'. Median bars SC^ — R- of forewing below in normal position, 6 t» 9 mm. 

 from cell, 

 e*. Hindwing above without large admarginal patches. 



g^. Cell-bars of forewing below black and thin, bar 3 interrupted, or 

 rufous chestnut. 

 e*. Cell-bars black. 



c^ Hindwing below without straight rufous chestnut band 

 across disc. 

 c°. Abdomen olive black above. 



c-'. 3, cell of forewing above witli blue patch ; ?, 

 band of liindwiug white, or bluish only at 

 edges. 



30. Charaxes ameliae. 



Clmra.res ameliae Doumet, Ret\ Zual. (2). XIII. p. 171. t. 5. f. 1. 3 (18C1) (Gaboon); But], 

 Pi'oc. Zoo!. Soc. Land. p. 030 n. 30 (186.5) (Gaboon ; S. Leone) ; Hew., Ex. Bull. V. Charaxes 

 t. 5. f. 20. 21. ? (1876) (0. Calab.ir) ; Dewitz, Nov. Act. Lraj,. Car. Ak. Xaliirf. L. 4. p. 371 

 (1SS7) (S. of Congo, January) ; Capronn., C. R. So<\ Enl. Hehj. XXXIII. p. 125. n. G8 (1889) 



