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ckspers uiily, the anal pair and feet proper being elevated, and the horns lying along 

 the back. Several days before monlting, the new head appears in the form of a 

 square dark green patch immediately behind the existing horns. This i)atch is 

 bounded on each side by a rose-colonred border, ultimately proving to be the new 

 horns ; these last are at first very lax and drooping, but soon gain their normal 

 position. There is a marked difference in the size of the head after the last moult, it 

 being then nearly twice its former size ; the horns, also, instead of being perfectly 

 straight, are curved slightly downwards towards tlie back. When about to ])npate, 

 the larva becomes of a clear transparent green, and rather shrunk in size, and if 

 placed in the sun becomes very restless, generally ending by falling off the food 

 plant. It then spins a small ball of silk on the under side of a leaf, either on the 

 midrib or on the edge, to which it attaches itself by the tail and hangs there with its 

 head directed upwards towards the under jjart of the body for three days (sometimes 

 a few hours more, sometimes a few hoars less), when it changes to a smooth, stout, 

 whitish-green chrysalis. It remains from twenty-five to twenty-seven days in pupa. 

 The day jirevious to emergence, the wing-cases appear suffused with a rich purple, 

 the double border of gamboge spots at the outer margin of the forewings being very 

 distinct. If the day be warm, the perfect insect generally emerges during the early 

 part of the next day ; if, however, the weather be dull or cold, it often does not 

 emerge till late in the afternoon, or in the evening." 



The butterfly has the rapid flight of its congeners. It is sometimes observed 

 sitting on the stems of trees, and is occasionally attracted by dry fruits, figs for 

 instance. 



f . Hindwing above with a very large, triangular, blue patch. 

 62. Charaxes epijasius. 



Ckaraxes epijasius Reiche, in Feir. & Gal., Foy. Abyss., Ent. p. 469. t. 32. f. 1. 2 (1849) (Abys-sinia) ; 

 Feisth., Ann. fioc. Ent. Fr. p. 257. n. 9 (1850) (Senegal ; ab.) ; Butl., Prnc. Zonl. Soc. Loud. 

 p. 6-23. n. 2 (1865) (Senegal); id., Ann. Hug. N. H. (4) XVIII. p. 481, (1876) (Atbara) ; 

 Godm. & Salv., Prnr. Zovl. Soc. Lutul. p. 223. n. 25 (1884) (Lower Niger) ; Staud., E.eot. Tagf. 

 p. 168 (1886) (Abyssinia) ; Honrath, Sitz.-Ber. Bcrl. Ent. Z.itschi: XXXI. p. 18 (1887) 

 (Abyssinia) ; Karsch, Bfrl. Ent, Zeitschr. XXXVUI. p. 190. n. 48 (1893) (Adeli, all the 

 year round) ; Schaus & Clem., Sierm Leone Lep. p. 8 (1893) ; Carpent., Proc. R. Dublin 

 Soc. (-2). VIII. (1895) (Lokoja); Butl., Joum. Linn. Soc. Loml. XXV. p. 355. n. 14 (1896) 

 (White Nile; Atbara; Senegal; Lower Niger); Auriv. , Kongl. Sr. Vet. Ak. Ihindl. XXXI. 

 5. p. 232. n. 3 (1899) (Senegal ; S. Leone ; Togo Hinterland ; Niger ; Lokoja ; Njam Njam ; 

 Abyssinia). 



Xynipliiilix fjiijnsius, Doubleday, Li.^1. Sjtec. Lep. Ih.i. Brit. Mas. App. p. 28 (1848) (Senegal) ; 

 Doubl., Westw. & Hew., Gen. IHurii. Lep. II. p. 308. -n. 2 (1850) ; Kirby, Cat. Diurn. Lep. 

 p. 267. n. 2. (1871) (Abyssinia ; Senegal). 



<??. L'pperside of body olive, head, second segment of palpi, pronotum 

 and anterior part of mesonotum tawny russet, dots on head obsolete, line behind 

 eye consjncnons ; iirulerside as in /lansali, brown middle line of abdomen often 

 broad. 



S. Wings, upperside brownish black, j)urjilish, the median and discal bars 



vestigial inside-light. Forewing : postdiscal interstitial tawny ochraceons spots 



partly vestigial, spot S(!^ — SC' often rather clearly marked : marginal interspaces 

 widened proximad, forming a broad marginal band, chrome yellow, jialer liehind, 

 6 to 7 mm. broad at SM-, narrowing costad, incised upon iiiternervnlar folds, 



