HABITS OF THE CHAUAXES. 



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tliey can be easily approacbed and captured. It proved to be 

 tlie"^ rare and curious Charaxes Kadenii, remarkable for having 

 on each wing two curved tails like a pair of callipers. It was 

 the only specimen I ever saw, and it is still the only repre- 

 sentative of its kind in English collections." 



The colour of this species is creamy white above, adorned 

 with sundry streaks and spots, arranged as seen in the illustra- 

 tion. The under surface is similarly mai'ked, but the ground- 

 colonr is silvovv wldle instead of cream white. 



(Y(lln\ \\lit. mdbiciwii ) 



The late CJenei'al Sir J. Hearsey, who was a good practical 

 entomologist, states that he usually todk tlie Indian species, 

 Charaxes Falms, on wounded apple-trees, the insect feeding 

 eagerly on the sap as it exuded Irom the tree. They are all 

 strona'-wiiiced, and swift of fliuht. 



The genus I'aphia bcluiigs to South America, and the present 

 species was taken by Mr. Bates in the Amazons district. There 

 is only a single specimen in the British Museum. 



Above, the colour of this insect is simply Prussian green, 

 glossy, but not vivid. Beneatli.it is very prettily marked, being 



