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»?'. Hindwing aliove with broad postdiscal, bine, band in <? ; ? ? un- 

 known, except tliat of yuderiana, which bears on njiperside 

 a close resemblance to Ch. pelias (see Nov. Zool. VII. t. 12). 

 9' Forewing without large white snbmarginal spots ; adraarginal 

 interspaces C — R' of hindwing above not white, 

 c*. Forewing above with a series of discal and a series of 

 postdiscal bine spots, 

 c'. Forewing above without obvious pale blue marginal 

 patches ; median and discal interspaces of 

 underside more or less gloss}' white. 



69. Charaxes blanda (Nov. Zool. V. t. 6. f. 3. (?). 



Charaxes blamla Eothschild, Xuc. Zuul. IV. p. 507. n. 1 (1897) (Mikindani) ; Auriv., Kungl. Sv. 

 Vet. Ak. Handl. XXXI. 5. p. 236. n. 25a and p. 538 (189!)). 



c?. Body above olive black, white dots on head and pronotum verj' prominent; 

 underside creamy buff, palpi and middle of breast creamy white, stripes on breast 

 underneath legs black, anterior tibia black above. 



<?. Wim/s above black, with a strong greenish blue gloss. Forewing: more 



greenish in basal and internal marginal areas; shaped as in (/«f/e/-/(/w«, but outer 

 margin obviously dentate ; a very small spot in upper angle of cell, a discal row of 

 five somewhat larger spots SC''.^ — M-, spots R^ — R' however obsolete, being repre- 

 sented only by a very few scales, more proximal than the other sjiots, a postdiscal 

 series of spots from SC'' to internal margin, parallel to oater margin, but curving 

 costad anteriorly, the first six spots small (^ to f mm. in diameter), the last three 

 measuring 1^, 2\, 3^ mm. respectively, the first 9 mm. from apex, the third 5 mm. 

 from outer margin ; all the markings pale blue, the five upper postdiscal ones with 

 large white centres ; no admarginal spots ; fringe restricted white between veins. 



Hindwing : a large disco-postdiscal patch i>ale blue, 9 mm. wide behind, s mm. 



iu middle, while its two sections SO- — R^ measure 3i and 6 mm. respectively, two 

 pale bine sjiots before SC^, the one in front of the patch, the other more basal and 

 less distinct, behind the latter spot there are a few blue scales between SC- and R' ; 

 white sul)marginal sj)ots thin, linear, shaded with jiale blue, the last two with 

 reddish purple ; admarginal interstitial spots transverse, greenish blue, anal one 

 ochraceous, upper ones absent, spots R^ — M- continuous, with a yellow tint upon 

 internervnlar folds ; abdominal fold wood brown, with a greyish white patch before 

 anal angle. 



Underside : broccoli brown, paler at base, bars heavy, proximal portions of 

 discal interspaces, the median interspaces, inclusive of the apical interspace of the 

 cell of the forewing greyish white, almost silvery, postdisco-marginal area of fore- 

 wing also shaded with grey glossy scaling, except a small jiatch at costal margin, a 

 larger one between M' and SM-, and a rather broad marginal baud which terminates 



anteriorly at SCV*. Forewing : bars nearly iu the same position as in yuderiana, 



but submedian bar M' — M^ exactly behind point of origin of M', hence much nearer 

 median bar M' — M- than in yndericuia ; discal bars M' — SM= black, more proximal 

 than in qaderiana, the others brown, less conspicuous ; postdiscal bars M- — SM- 

 represented by two elongate, black, patches ; between tiiese and the discal bars two 



pale blue sjwts. Hindwing : discal, arched, bars very prominent, postdiscal bar 



M^ — SM^ also very heavy ; white snbmarginal spots ill-defined, rather large, 



