2S2 NYMrilALID.E. NYMPIIALIN.E. CHARAXES. 



fascia beyond the middle, succeeded by a pearly space on wliicli are white transverse spots 

 followed by minvite black dots ; the pearly spots appear of a triangular form on the foreiving 

 towards the outer margin, between which and the middle of the wing is a dark fulvous row 

 of thin lunular streaks." 



" C. tnarmax is very closely allied to C. beniaidus* Fabricius, but in both sexes of the 

 latter the middle of the wings bears a large, very pale, buff or white patch (which indeed, 

 somewhat reappears in the female of C. mannax) ; the extremity of the forewing in 

 C. beinarJus, is, however, much darker than in this species. C. bernardits appears to be 

 intermediate between this species and C. psaphon ; the markings of the underside of the 

 wings in all three species is very similar, although the colouring differs. The difference in the 

 length of the tails of the hindwing in the opposite sexes of this species occurs also in 

 C. bentarJus, whilst the tail at the anal angle of this wing is almost obliterated." 



{lV<:st2uaod, I. c.) 



When the above note was written these three were the only Indian species of yellow 

 Chiinixcs known ; they now form the typical species of three groups with numerous inter- 

 mediate and allied forms. C. mar max has the black border of the forewing narrower than 

 in any other species, except C. lunaivara, and from C. lunaioara it may be distinguished by its 

 very yellow underside, and all the markings being far less prominent. It is a very distinct and 

 easily recognised species, and in Sikkim at any rate is the commonest species of the Plaiidra 

 group of the genus. 



572. Oharazes luna-^ara, Butler. 



C, Itmawata, Butler, Lep. Ex., p. 99, n. 6, pi. xxxvii, fig. 2, 7iiale and female (1872), 

 Habitat : Kumaon, Sikkim, N.-E. Bengal, Cachar. 

 Expanse : ^,3-5 to 4-0 ; ? , 3-6 to 47 inches, 



Description: "Male. Allied to C ww^/w^x, smaller. Forermng with the snbapical 

 fasciole broader, confluent with the marginal area, the discal lunules more obscure ; the margin 

 black (not at all blackish-fuscous). HinJzoing with the virgulis more slender in the male, 

 none in the fenmle ; the black spots of the external fascia larger, distinctly pupilled with 

 whitish. Underside with all the characters better defined ; in the male the external area 

 narrower ; the median fascia of the hindwing twice as wide at the inner margin ; in the 

 female the external area broader, the median fascia of the hindwing comparatively broader 

 at the inner margin ; the discal area much more silky, the subanal tail twice as long." 



♦' Nearly allied to C, viai-tnax, aristogiton, &c., but perfectly distinct." (^Butler, 1. c.) 

 C lunaivara is very similar indeed to C. marmax on the upperside, all the characters 

 noted above being variable, but the underside is very different, the ground-colour is a pale buff 

 instead of bright fulvous, the markings are much darker and more prominent not only in 

 comparison, but actually, and the inner edge of the irregular dark discal band on the hindwing 

 terminates on the internal nervure much nearer to the base. The characters of the underside 

 appear to be constant and there is no difficulty in recognising this species. It is rarer than 

 C. marmax, and all the specimens in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, are either from Sikkim 

 or Cachar. Mr. Doherty found it rare in Kumaon on the Lower Kali. 



573- Oharases aristogriton, Feider. 



C. arisiogiion, Feider, Reise Novara, Lep., vol iii, p, 445, n 727 (1867) ; id., Butler, Trans. Ent- Soc 

 Lond., 1870, p 121, n. 18 (err. 88). 



Habitat : Sikkim, Sylhet, Upper Tenasserim. 



Expanse : ^, 3 '6 to 38 inches. 



Description: "Male. Upperside deeper coloured than \\\ C. harmodius, [Feider, 



• Figured by Donovan in his Insects of China, pi. xxxiv, which "is a good copy of Jones' drawing, from 

 which Fabricius described the species." {.Westiuood, 1. c.) 



