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Nymphalii eupale, Doubleday, Westwood & Hew., Ge7i. Dlurn. Lep. 11. p. 310. n. 41 (1850) 

 (S. Leone : Ashanti) i Kirby, Gil. Dlurn. Lep. p. 27.B. n. 56 (1871) ; Dewitz, If. XLI. 2. 2. 

 p. 8 (1879) (Chinchoxo). 



Oiaraxes eupalis (!), Smith, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lonil. p. 472. d. 89 (1890) (Aruwimi). 



(f . Wings above. Forewing : greenish white area not reaching end of SM*, 



mostlv remaining well separated from onter margin. Hindwing : snbmarginal 



black dots conspicnons, outer edge of wing brown. 



Underside : ochraceons and white cell-bar of forewing becomes small or dis- 

 appears when the other markings vanish. 



?. Like i in colour, onter edge of greenish white area of forewing not more 

 than 3 mm. from the end of the cell anteriorly. 



Hah. Sierra Leone to Angola, the Congo, as far east as Un.yoro, and (?) the 

 northern parts of British East Africa. In the Tring Museum M)'iS,'i ? 2 from: 

 Sierra Leone; Accra; Warri, ii. '96 (Dr. Roth); Cameroons; Stanley Pool to 

 Lnkolele ; Bopoto ; Great Forest of Upper Congo, two and three days' march from 

 Ft. Beni, 6 and 7 v. '99 (Dr. Ansorge) ; Naso, Chagwe, iii. '98 (Dr. Aosorge) ; 

 Kasokwa, Unyoro, 5. x. '97 (Dr. Ansorge); Bnaia, Bnsiro, 24. iii. '99 (Dr. Ansorge); 

 Port Alice, 5. iii. '97 (Dr. Ansorge) ; Bullnji, Unyoro, 7. vii. '97 (Dr. Ansorge). 



b. Ch. eupale dilntus (Nov. Zool. VIL t. 7. f. 6. ?). 



Chamxes eupale, Butler, Pruc. Zuul. Sue. Luml. p. 720. n. 16 (1895) (Zomba). 

 Charaxes eupale dilulus Rothschild, Xm: Zvol. V. p. 97. n. 3 (1898) (Zomba). 



Charaxex eupale ab. diluUix, Aurivillius, Kongl. Vet. Ak. Hmidl. XXXI. 5. p. 245. sub n. 75 (1899) 

 (Nyassaland). 



c?. Wings abore : greenish white area of forewing extending to end of SM'^ ; 

 black snbmarginal dots of hindwing mostly obliterated, no distinct olive brown 

 border to hindwing. Underside : white bar ot cell of forewing large, not dis- 

 appearing even if the other markings are nearly all absent. 



?. Greenish white scaling of i/yv/;(.v«/r/fc' of both wings more extended than in 

 the ? ? of C/i. eup. eupale, the black snbmarginal dots of the hindwing smaller, 

 npper ones obliterated. Underside : the ochraceons and white mark in the cell of 

 the forewing large. 



Hab. Xyassaland. In the Tring Museum 1 (?, 2 ? from : Zomba, xii. '95 (Dr. 

 Percy Kendall), Chipaika Kstate near Bandawa (\\'atkinson). 



f. Median and submedian bars of both wings close together, fused to a narrow 

 band ; this baud occasionally indistinct in sj)ecies with tail M- 

 spatulate. 

 f. Underside of forewing with two large, yellow, postdiscal patches. 



88. Charaxes nobilis (Nov. Zool. VII. t. 7. f 5. cJ). 



Charaxes nnhili.i Druce, Enl. .!/.<. M,:,j. X. p. 13 (1873) (O. Calabar) ; Kirby, Ciil. Diurn. Lep. p. 748. 

 n. 75 (1877) ; Butl., ,/»«™. Limi. Soc. Lmid. XXV. p. 371. n. 50 (189G) (O. Calabar) ; Auriv., 

 Kongl. Si: Ve.l. Ak. Uimdl. XXXI. 5. p. 240. n. 49 (1899) (0. Calabar ; Barombi, Cameroons). 



? . Charaxes aynl/n Distant, Prnr. Zool. Soc. Loud. p. 708. t. 54. f. 4 (1879) (Calabar). 



j $. Charaxes homenis Staudinger, Iris IV. p. 132. t. 2 f. 1. ^ (1891) (Barombi). 



cf. Body above olivaceons black, abdomen cream colour, except first two tergites; 

 fonr large and a small dot on head, a line behind eye, three dorsal and a lateral dot 

 on prothorax, and two lateral dots on mesothorax, white. 



