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A third c? from the same country in Miss Sharpe's collection. 

 Colonel Northcott, the discoverer of this species, fell in the battle on the 

 Modder River. 



^. Forewing above without blue discal spots between R'' and M^. 

 71. Charaxes kheili. 



J. Charaxes kheili Staudinger, Iris IX. p. 216. t. 2. f. 4 (1896) (Njam-Njam) ; Auriv., Kongl. Sv. 

 Vet. Ak. Hand!. XXXI. 5. p. 237. n. 33 (1899) (Niam-Niam ; Zongo ; Sassa). 



c?. Differs from Ch. northcotti in the following points : — 



Upperside. Forewing : more falcate, spot in cell larger, discal series of 



interstitial spots consisting only of two spots SC^-" — R^ ; posterior postdiscal and 



admarginal spots smaller. Hindwing : the blue band is narrower, though it 



varies considerably in width, a little farther away from the submarginal dots than 

 in northcotti. 



Vndersuh essentially as in nortlicotti. 



¥ . Unknown. 



Length of forewing : (J , 36 mm. 



Hab. Njam-Njam, coll. Staudinger; Congo : Zongo, Mokoanghay (Lt. Tilkens), 

 Sassa, Mus. Bruxelles. 



W. Forewing above with white marginal patches. 

 72. Charaxes guderiana (Nov. Zool. VII. t. VII. f. 7. S, t. XII. f 3. ?). 



Nymphalis guderiana Dewitz, Nov. Act. Leap. Car. Ah. Naturf. XLI. 2. 2. p. 29. t. 2. f. 18. ^ (1879) 

 (Angola). 



Charaxes guderiana, Trimen, Proc. Zool. Sac. Lorul. p. 81. n. 37 (1891) (S.-W. Afr. : Omrora, VIIT.; 

 Ehanda, IX. ; S. Mashonaland) ; But]., ihid. p. 648. n. 18 (1893) (Brit. C. Afr., I. VIU. XII.) ; 

 Trim., I.e. p. 42. n. 66. t. 5. f. 8. ? (1894) (Manica, UI. IV.) ; But!., I.e. p. 561. n. 16 (1894) 

 (Brit. E. Afr., Fuladoya) ; Eeb. & Eog., in Baumann, Masmihmd p. 332. n. 99 ('1894) (Ussuri ; 

 Sogonoi) ; Butl., I.e. p. 254. n. 14 (1895) (Fwamba, Nyaasald.) ; id., I.e. p. 720. n. 9 (1895) 

 (Zomba) ; id., Joum. Linn. Soc. Lo-nd. XXV. p. 358. n. 21 (1896) (L. Mweru ; Zomba ; Fwamba ; 

 Brit. E. Afr.) ; id., Proc. Zool. Soc. Land. p. 822. n. 12 (1896) (Deep Bay, Nyassaland) ; id., I.e. 

 p. 862. n. 12 (1896) (Nyassaland) ; id., Ann. Mag. N. B. (6). XVIII. p. 68. n. 4 (1896) (Henga, 

 Nyassaland., I. II.) ; Lanz, Iris IX. p. 142 (1896) (Tanganika) ; Auriv., Kongl. Sv. Vet. Ak. 

 Handl. XXXI. 5. p. 238. n. 35 (1899) (Angola ; Omrora ; Mashonaland ; Manicaland ; Nyassa- 

 land ; Mero See ; Tanganyika ; Ussure ; Brit. E. Afr.). 



Charaxes pelias Cr. (sic!), var. tanganika Robbe, Ann. Soc. Eni. Belg. XXXVI. p. 133 (1892) 

 (Tanganyika). 



(? ? . Body above in S olive black, russet or wood brown in front, in ? all 

 russet, four dots on head, a line behind eye, and two dots at each side of prothora.x, 

 white ; underside varying from greyish white to drab grey, palpi with a. thin 

 white ventro-lateral line in the darker specimens, upperside of four posterior femora 

 black with rather dense white scaling, anterior tibia brown above. 



cJ. Wings, upperside, black. Forewing : basal area with a strong, metallic, 



greenish or purplish blue gloss, a similar gloss near outer margin, but much 

 feebler ; a transverse spot in apex of cell, narrowed behind, generally reaching 

 R', white ; two white discal spots SC^* — R^ 6 mm. from cell, mostly preceded by 

 one or two thin white lines ; a postdiscal series of spots parallel to outer margin, 

 curving costad anteriorly, spot R- — R^ 4 mm. and spot M' — M^ 3 mm. from outer 

 margin, white, edged with pale blue, especially the posterior ones, spots M- to 

 internal margin mostly entirely pale blue ; a series of white admarginal spots, upper 



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