G18 INSECTS ABROAD. 



all like the Catagramnias. They fly for a short distance with 

 inconceivable rapidity, and then settle on a leaf high up in a 

 tree ; on the trunk of a tree where sugary sap is oozing, or on 

 filth of some kind on the ground, with their wings erect, and 

 are not very easily scared away." 



On Plate XIII. Fig. 2 is shown an insect called Charcuxs 

 Eudamippus, a native of Silhet and Assam. In this genus each 

 of the hind wings has two projections, and one species, Charaxes 

 Jasius, which inhabits the warmer part of Europe, is popularly 

 called the " Pasha of two tails." 



Above, the colour of this species is yellow and black, the tails 

 of the hind wings being olive-green. Beneath, it is pale, nearly 

 white, with the exception of a black streak, looking just like a 

 twig with a forked end, and a pale brown band which crosses 

 both pairs of wings. The wings are edged with the same 

 colour. 



There are many species of this genus, and in all the colours 

 of yellow, brown, and black predominate. One of the most 

 striking is Charaxes NiteUs, of the Celebes, in which the base of 

 the wings is dark yellow-green and the rest black. 



The caterpillar of Charaxes Jasius is a very curious creature, 

 having its head armed witli four yellow horns tipped with 

 red. It is a nocturnal feeder, remaining by day quite motion- 

 less among the leaves of its food-plant, which it so closely 

 resembles in colour that it can scarcely be detected. There 

 are two broods in the year, one in June and the other in 

 September. 



The rarest of these insects is Charaxes Kadcnii, popularly 

 known as the " Calliper Butterfly," because the tails of the lower 

 wings are curved towards each other like the legs of a pair of 

 callipers. A .short account of the capture of this insect is given 

 by Mr. Wallace in his " Malay Archipelago " : — 



" One day, a boy brought me a butterfly between his fingers 

 perfectly unhurt. He had caught it as it was sitting wit'i 

 wings erect, sucking up the liquid from a muddy spot by the 

 roadside. JNTany of the finest tropical butterflies have this 

 habit, and they are generally so intent upon their meal that 



