FAiMILY NY]\[PIIALIDyE. 



SUB-FA^ril-V NYMPnALlN.E. Bates. 



GENUS CIIARAXES. Ochsenhehnrr. 



PL ATI: IT. 



Charaxes Smaragihtlis, fig. 1. 



S Charaxes Smaragdalis, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 630, n. 32, pi. 30, 

 fig. 5 (18C5). 



? ^Fajor ct rohustior ; al:o aiitic:t> fascia transversali ohlicpia iiivoa, partim 

 ccrruleo-viridi niarginata ; maculis discalibus minoribus ; posticcE cauda 

 exteriori loiigiore : suhtus obscuriorcs, fascia anticis obliqua nivca ; aliter velut 

 mari : exp. alar. unc. 4 lin. 8. 



Congo. (J , B. M. ; .J , ? , Coil. Chapinan. 



C/iaraxes Salnnni.s. Jig. 2. 



$ Charaxes Satumus Butler. Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 621, n. o. pi. 30. fi<x. 1. 

 (ISGo.) 



? ^FaJDr, ala:" posticfc supra maculis auali-discalilms ccrrulcis midto 

 niajoribus incresccntibus ; subtus charactcribus paulo distinctioril)ns ; macula 

 media in fasciam posticanam niveam, nigra ; maculis suboccllaribus violaceis 

 apud marginem exterauni, niajoribus ; aliter velut mari : exp. alar. unc. 5. 



Z , Interior of 8. Africa. Zambesi, B. M. ; ? , Congo, Coll. Chapman. 



The two females described above have been kindly lent to me by Tliomas Chapman, Esq., of 

 f;ia!<gow, from a ricli little Collection of Congo insects, recently sent for comparison to the British 

 Mu.scum. 



