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CHAR AXES. Y. 



VIII.— CHAE AXES ATTILA. ^ . Figs. 1, '2. 



Charaxes Attila, H. Grose Smith, " Entomologist's Monthly Magazine,"' 

 vol. '25, p. 301 (1889). 



Exp. i . 3^ inches, ? . 4 inches. 



Male. Upperside. Anterior wings black, with pale ochraceous markings ; 

 from the middle of the inner margin rinis a band divided into three spots by the 

 nervures, the lowest long, the second rather longer than it is broad, and slightly 

 indented on each side, and the uppermost nearly round ; above this are four 

 spots, one between the first and second median nervule, one nearer the base at 

 the end of the cell, and the other two between the three lower subcostal ner- 

 vules ; there is also a submarginal row of seven or eight spots of nearly equal 

 size between the nervules ; two spots standing in the wider space above the 

 submedian nervure. 



Posterior wings bicaudate, black, with a broad greenish-white band across 

 the middle, whitest in the centre, and extending from the costa to the fold ; 

 hind margin with a submarginal bluish-white stripe, within which, on the upper 

 \mvt of the wing, are several small whitish spots. 



Underside with dull greenish-yellow, silvery-white, and black markings ; 

 the nervures brown. 



Anterior wings white at the base, the cell crossed in the middle by a broad 

 black bar, and terminated by a large black ring with a dull yellow centre. From 

 the middle of the inner margin a white band runs upwards, but it is wider than 

 on the upper surface, and the white spots above it are replaced by irregular and 

 nearly confluent blotches. These white markings are bordered within by dis- 

 connected black stripes ; and below the bar which crosses the cell are other 

 irregular black markings. Beyond these markings, the outer i)art of the wings 

 is dull yellowish-green, with a broad irregular white band, edged within with a 

 black line, and enclosing several blotches of the ground colour. There is also 

 a blackish space towards the inner margin between the two white bands. 



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