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white scaling ; abilominal fold wood brown, edge gre3-ish buff ; a small and a larger 

 pale blue submarginal spot between M" and SM- ; admarginal spots tawny 

 ochraceons, npper ones the largest, subrotundate, the posterior ones linear, trans- 

 verse, anal one olive bnff. 



Underside : basal area chestnut, onter area russet olive, basal to discal bars 

 olive, the others black, position of bars nearly as in pollux, white borders of bars 



rather wider than in pollnx in costal region of both wings. Forewing : median 



bars R^ — M'' concave distally, thinner than in pollux, olive bar R^ — R' separate 

 from bar D, bars SC* — R' feebly marked ; dis-cal interspaces M'— SM- pinkish 

 white, distally as sharply defined as in pkoebus, discal bars SC^ — M^ present, 

 posterior ones mere dots, all placed close to postdiscal, russet olive, band (as in 

 pelias and allies) ; postdiscal black patches less triangular than in pollux, white 

 spots at outside of patches SO* — SC° and R" — M' rather conspicuous, bine spots 



M- — SM^ joined together ; admarginal spots rnsset. Hindwing : basal costal bar 



as in pollux pollux ; median bars R- — M'- rather heavy, ajiioal cell-bar separated 

 from bar D by a chocolate triangle, abdominal lines inclusive white border much 

 broader than olive chocolate interspaces ; white discal band as sharply defined as 

 in 2jhoebus, narrower ; postdiscal black bars as in pollux, but bars SC^ — R' and 

 R' — M' more proximal, hence the respective submarginal interspaces, which are like 

 the others russet olive, wider than in pollux ; admarginal interspaces slightly 

 ochraceous ; blue submarginal spots in anal ring ; dentition of edge sharp, tails 

 pointed, about 4 mm. loug. 



? . Unknown. 



Length of forewing : S, 08 mm. 



Hab. Patsho, Nandi Country, 1 1 . xii. '96 (Dr. Ansorge), 1 c?. 



The t>/pe of this species has so far remained unique. 



j*. Base of forewing above black ; discal interstitial band of patches of forewing 

 above white, or maize yellow, npper patches sometimes shaded with orange. 



57. Charaxes brutus. 



PaiJilio Eques Achivus brutus Cramer, Paji. Exot. III. p. 82. t. 241. f. E. F (1779) (Cap. b. sp. ! 



loc. err.). 

 Papilio Eiiues Achivus cajus Jablonsky & Herbst, Naturs. Schmett. IV. p. 05. n. 154. t. C4. f. 1. 2 



(1790) (Cap. b. sp., loc. err.). 



c?. Body above olive black, sometimes more bistre, third segment of jialpi 

 black, free upperside of second segment of palpi, head and pronotnm dark 

 ferruginous, mesonotnm somewhat greenish olive or steel blue ; four indistinct 

 dots on head and a line behind eye white ; underside pale orange, palpi with a 

 black dorso-lateral and a white ventro-lateral stripe ; breast with black obliqne 

 streaks underneath legs edged with grey ; abdomen white at side ; forelegs black 

 above, white beneath, tarsus with some orange scales, the other legs whitish clay 

 colour, femora above black with dispersed white scales. 



c?. Wings above brownish black, with a purplish tint in certain lights, crossed 



by a white, creamy white, or maize yellow band; fringe white between veins. 



On forewing the band is interrnpted at the veins, consisting of eight spots which 

 become smaller costad, the last spots varying in width before SM- from 4 to 

 10 mm., outer edge of band parallel to outer margin of wing, distance about 8 mm. , 



