292 NYMPIIALID^. NYMPIIALIN^. CHARAXES. 



C. khitnalara and C. khasiauiis are very doubtfully distinct from C. pleistoanax, but as 

 Mr. Butler has fully pointed out the distinctions he relies on in separating them, I republish 

 his descriptions to enable others to work out the matter. 



C. pleistoanax is found in Sikkim, but not very commonly, and more rarely in Bhutan, and 

 the Assam valley. I have no specimens exactly agreeing with either C. khiinalara or C 

 khasiaiiHs, but the nearest approach to the former which I possess is from Sibsagar, to the 

 latter from Sikkim. 



The females like the males differ from the foregoing in having the basal area of both 

 wings powdered with fuscous ; they are larger and the white band is much broader, the spots 

 on the border of the forewing vary, but are usually large and pure white. 



587. Charazosrpleistoanax, FeUier. 



C. //t7jr/<7(j««.t-, Felder, Reise Novara, Lep , vol. iii, p. 443, n. 723 (1867) ; id., Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 Lond., 1870, p. 121, n. 14 ; idem, id., Lep. Ex., p. 97, n. i, pi, xxivii, fig. 3, male m\A female (1872). 



Habitat : North India, Assam. 

 Expanse : Not given. 



Description : " Male. Upperside at the base deer-coloured fuscous, more often 

 indeed altogether deep fulvous. Fomuing as in C hitrax, [Felder], but with the border most 

 often narrower and divided by five spots of the ground-colour or whitish in a bent series 

 before the middle, a discal striga very distinct more or less shortened, within the border a 

 rather broad whitish fascia, most often continued to the inner margin, and inwardly within the 

 striga dissolved in greyish powdering. Hindwing with the anterior virgulae most prominent, 

 outwardly broadly defined with whitish, most often bounded with a rather broad whitish 

 fascia extending to the second median nervule, on this side outwardly most often defined 

 by an obscure ferruginous diffused macular streak, the small apical patch and annexed 

 spots blacker than in C. hipponax, Felder, a little more distant from the margin. Underside 

 almost as in C hierax, but with the inner discal striga outwardly defined with ochraceous 

 more broadly moreover than in C. hipponax. Female, Upperside as in C. hipponax, but 

 at the base more obscurely and sordidly fulvous. Fomving with the white discal fascia extend- 

 ing to the inner margin and inwardly best defined beyond the macular streak and there hoary, 

 with the border inwardly divided by seven much larger whitish spots (the uppermost two 

 outside the series, the remainder more or less lunate). Hindioing with the anterior virgulte 

 outwardly defined by a broad white fascia extending beyond the second median nervule, 

 the rhombic spots larger than in C. hipponax, a little more receding from the margin. 

 Underside with the two discal strig?e more approximated than in C. hipponax, much broader 

 and defined with whitish. Forewing with the whitish spots of the upperside, but worse 

 defined. Hindwing with the ante-marginal zone verging on whitish." 



"Confounded, we think, in collections with the Chinese C. polyxena, Cramer (C. 

 bcrnardus, Fabricius) of which we are only acquainted with the figure. The forewing of 

 the male has most resemblance to that of C. hierax, Felder, but the apex is more produced 

 and the outer margin longer. The female also has the apex of the forewing more produced 

 than in its nearest allies, and the small tail of the hindwing is also longer." {Felder, 1. c.) 



"A white-banded race of C. bernardus, Fabricius, the female of which is in most col- 

 lections : Captain Lang has a series of the males, but only one female." {^Bittler 1. c. in 

 Trans. Ent. Soc Lond.) All the latter specimens referred to are from Sikkim, where it is a 

 common species. 



588. Charazes khimalara, Butler. 



C. khimalara, Butler, Lep. Ex., p 97, n. 2, pi. xxxvii, fig. i, male &x\Afemitle (1872) ; Haridra khimalara, 

 id., Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist , fifth series, vol. xvi, p. 306, n. st (1885) ; Charaxes hierax {female only), 

 Felder, Reise Novara, Lep., vol. iii, p. 442, n. 721 (1867). 



Habitat : ? N.-W. Himalayas, Nepal, near Assam. 



Expanse : ^ , 3-5 ; $ , 40 inches. 



Descrution : " Male. Allied to C, pleistoanax, Felder. Differs on the upperside 



