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Length of forewing ; S, 34 — 30 mm. 

 ,, „ ? , 39 — 45 mm. 



Teuth tergite of abdomen (c?) rounded triangular, subtruiicated, with tlie trace 

 of a sinns ; clasper slender, almost gradually narrowed to a point from beyond 

 middle to end, the apical third very slender, slightly curved mesiad, armed on the 

 dorsal edge by a tootli which points sharply mesiad (PI. VIII. f. 36) ; penis-fnnncl 

 short, narrow, apex convex dorsally, extreme tip suddenly narrowed and curved 

 downwards, forming a sharp hook ; penis with a dorsal series of teeth, the proximal 

 teeth a little larger and placed towards the left side. 



The seventh ventral segment of the abdomen of the ? (Nov. Zool.V. p. 550, f. 14) 

 convex in middle postically forming a cavity at the month of the vagina. 



Hab. East Africa, from Natal (?) to Abyssinia, and from there to Senegambia 

 and the hinterlands of the West Coast as far south as the Niger; not known from the 

 trne West African forest region. A rather common insect in British Central Africa. 

 In the Tring Museum 50 cfc?, 9 ? ? from: Gold Coast; Bathurst ; R. Gambia; 

 Abyssinia ; Wakibara, Unyoro, 9. vii. and 23. vii. '97 (Dr. Ansorge) ; Ndi, Brit. E. 

 Afr., 20. iii. '95 (Dr. Ansorge) ; Kibwezi, 5. ii. '95 (Dr. Ansorge) ; Zomba, Nyassa- 

 land, xii '95 (Dr. Percy Rendall) ; Likoma, Nyassaland, 1. vi., 2. vi., 12. vi., 15. vi., 

 16. vi., 17. vi., 3. vii., 11. vii., 15. vii., 17. vii., 20. vii., 21. vii., 1896 (Rev. Dntton) ; 

 Lauderdale, Nyassaland ; Chipaika Estate, Bandawe, Nyassaland (F. Watkinsou) ; 

 Delagoa Bay, vi. ; at various places between Lialui and Njoko, Upp. Zambesi, iv. '98 

 (Coryndon); Calweha R., Angola, 29. iii., 15. iv., 30. iv., 1. v., 11. v., 12. v., 20. vi. '98 

 (Penrice) ; Olimbinga R., Angola, 3. iv. and 2. v. '98 (Penrice) ; Benguella to 

 C'aconda, Angola, v. '07 (Penrice) ; Natal (Felder ; correct ?) ; Zambesi (Felder). 



The similarity between the ? of C/i. achaemenes, Ch. guderiana, and c? ? (7*. 

 pelias saturnus is very striking (see Nov. Zool. VII. t. 12. f. L 2. 3.). 



Mr. Coryndon, when trekking down the Zambesi from Lialui, observed this 

 species being often attracted by the meat (antelopes, etc.) hung on to the waggon ; 

 he found it also feeding on the trunk of a small wounded tree. 



j'. Bars in basal half of underside thin, black, seldom tawny, but in the latter 

 case not edged with black ; or jjartly absent, 

 o'. Discal bars of fore- and hind wing, below, black, regularly arched. 



0*. Discal bars M' — SM-' of forewing below absent, or vestigia], placed 

 within a whitedisco-postdiscal band ; fore- and hindwing below 

 with red or yellow postdiscal spots. 

 If'. Band and spots of upperside cream colour or yellow. 



67. Charaxes fabius. 



Papilio Eqiies Aehivus fahius f abricius, Si)ec. Ins. II. p. 12. n. 47 (17S2) (India). 



S ? . Bodi/ above bistre brown, thorax slightly olivaceous ; underside creamy 

 buff to clayish bull", palpi paler. 



(?. Wings, upperside: brownish black, bistre brown at base, with creamy 



white or deep maize yellow markings. Forewing rather pointed ; a band of 



three patches runs straight across veins from M' to internal margin which it readies 

 beyond middle ; these patches are homologous of tlie discal and postdiscal inter- 

 spaces which are fused together, the band is continued costad and apicad by two 

 series of spots, an inner, discal, series, of which spot R' — M' is often absent, spot 



