( 478 ) 



iu either sex, while the other found in the other districts of tropical Africa is very 

 variable {Ch. etheodes etheocles). 



Dr. Butler, in his Revision of Charaxes, mentions also seasonal variation. 

 But that was merely a guess ; we have no evidence whatever that the individuals 

 treated as such by Dr. Butler are seasonal varieties. On the other hand we know 

 that series of individuals of the male sex caught at the same place on the same 

 day exhibit considerable differences. 



Ck. etheocles has been bred by Dr. Jnnod. 



«•. Hindwing above in 3 without a heavy postdiscal band. 



?■'. Penis with a ventral series of teeth ; ? , a series of discal and a series 

 of postdiscal spots on forewing, the posterior discal ones enlarged, no- 

 spot iu apex of cell. 



73. Charaxes ethalion (Nov. Zool. VII. t. 12. f. 4. 6. ?). 



Charaxes ethalion Boisduval, in Delegorgue, Voy. Afr. Auslr. II. p. 593. n. 83. ? (1847) (Pt. Natal); 



But)., Proc. Zool. Sac. Lmid. p. 625. d. 15 (1865) (Zulu ; Pt. Natal) ; Gooch, Eiitom. XIV. p. 6. 



(1881) (Natal) ; Trim. & Bowk., S. Afr. Butt. I. p. 342. n. 114 (1887) (Cape Colony; Caffraria; 



Natal ; Delagoa Bay) ; Butl., I.e. p. 255. n. 15 (1895) (Zomba) ; id., I.e. p. 720. n. 10 (1895). 



(Zomba) ; id., Joum. Linn. Sac. Land. XXV. p. 362. n. 31 (1896) (pt. ; Caffraria ; Natal ; Zulu ; 



Delagoa B. ; Zomba) ; id., Ami. Mag. N. B. (6). XVIII. p. 68. n. 5 (1896) (Nyassaland) ; 



Stand., Iris IX. p. 218 (1896) (Natal ; Nguru ; Germ. E. Afr.) ; Dist., Ann. Mag. A'. U. (7) 



I. p. 51 (1898) (Barberton). 

 Ni/mphalis erithalion Doubleday, Westw. & Hew., Gen. Diurn. Lep. t. 48. f. 1 (1850). 

 Nymphalis ethaliuii, id.. I.e. p. 309. n. 21 (1850) (Pt. Natal; Zulu) ; Trim., Rhop. Afr. Auslr. p. 170. 



n. 98. and p. 340 (1862-66) (Pt. Natal) ; Science Gossip p. 281 (1883). 

 Nymphalis erythalion (!), Lucas, in Cheny, Enc. d'Hist. Nat., Pap. p. 152. f. 267 (1851-53). 

 Nymphalis ephyrii, Trimen, Rhop. Afr. Austr. p. 340 (1866) ; Kirby, Cat. Diurn. Lep. p. 269. n. 22 



(1871) (pt.; Natal). 

 Charaxes ephyra, Staudinger, Exot. Tagf. p. 170. t. 58. ^ (1886) (pt. ; Natal) ; Karsch, Bert Ent. 



Zeitschr. XXXVIH. p. 192. n. 56 (1894) (sub syn.). 

 Charaxes etheocles var. ethalion, Aurivillius, Kongl. Sv. yet. Ah. Handl. XXXI. 5. p. 237. sub n. 34 



(1899). 

 S- Charaxes rosae Butler, Joum. Linn. Soc. Land. XXV. p. 360. n. 25 (1896) (pt.). 



(?. Wings short, broad. Upperside velvety black, with very little metallic 



gloss. Forewing : blue spot in cell seldom marked, one discal spot near costa, 



also pale blue, often absent, one postdiscal dot of the same colour, often wanting, 



seldom followed by a second dot. Hindwing : postdiscal greenish lunules seldom 



vestigial; admarginal spot C— SC^ not marked, the next three either rufous red or 

 greenish olive buff, sometimes very faint, posterior ones yellowish olive buff, often 

 very thin ; snbmarginal white and blue dots small, upper ones vestigial or absent. 



Underside clayish fawn colour, often with a vinaceous flush, rather uniform iu 

 colour, the discal interspaces being very little paler. 



?. Resembling Ch. eth. etheocles ?-f. etheocles. Upperside, ioreviing : discal 



patches larger than the postdiscal ones, the two series widely separated down to M^, 

 seldom only to R', the upper spots yellowish or white, the last patches white, more 

 or less edged and shaded with blue, occasionally quite pale blue ; discal spot 

 B,2 — R' vestigial or absent ; patch at internal margin 8 to 12 mm. long ; posterior 



postdiscal spots mostly very small ; no spot in cell ; no marginal spots. 



Hindwing : a broad discal band, white, much shaded with pale blue or all pale blue, 

 extending to base of M^ and beyond bent of R', externally somewhat convex ; 

 admarginal spots SC^ — R' bright rufous. 



Underside, proximal portions of discal interspaces more or less white, these 



