1920] Holland, Lepidoptera of the Congo 207 



(299) 10. Charaxes lucretius (Cramer) 



Papilio lucretius Cramer, 1777, Pap. Exot., I, p. 129, PI. lxxxii, figs. E, F. 

 Charaxes lucretius Atjrivillius, 1911, Seitz, Gross-Schmett., XIII, p. 130, PI. xxxd. 



Of this well-known and common species there are before me in the 

 collection forty-two males. One is labelled "Ngayu, December 14, 

 1909," another "Niangara, November 20-25, 1910," and a third "Baf- 

 wasende, September 23, 1909." All the others were taken at Medje, a 

 couple in April, the rest from early in June to the middle of September. 



(300) 11. Charaxes smaragdalis Butler 



Charaxes smaragdalis Butler, 1865, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 630, PI. xxxvi, fig. 5. 

 Atjrivillius, 1911, Seitz, Gross-Schmett., XIII, p. 131. 



There are twent3^-two males in the collection, one labelled ''Munie 

 Katoto, September 10, 1909," another ''Niangara, November 20-25, 

 1910." The rest were taken at Medje, two in April, the remainder from 

 July to the middle of September, most of them, however, in August. 



(301) 12. Charaxes numenes (Hewitson) 



Nymphalis numenes Hewitson, 1859, Exot. Butt., II, Nymphalis, PI. ii, figs. 9, 10, 11. 

 Charaxes numenes Aurivillius, 1911, Seitz, Gross-Schmett., XIII, p. 132, PI. xxxic. 



The collection includes ninety-eight males and one female, all of 

 which were taken at Medje, a few in April, the rest from July to Sep- 

 tember 1910. 



(302) 13. Charaxes tiridates (Cramer) 

 Papilio tiridates Cramer, 1777, Pap. Exot., II, p. 100, PI. clxi, figs. A, B. 

 Charaxes tiridates Aurivillius, 1911, Seitz, Gross-Schmett., XIII, p. 132, PI. xxxift. 



There are one hundred and seventy-six males and one female of this 

 species in the collection. They were all taken at Medje, quite a large 

 number in April, the rest in July and August, except a few captured in 

 the early part of September. 



(303) 14. Charaxes bipunctatus Rothschild 



Charaxes bipunctatus Rothschild, 1894, Nov. Zool., I, p. 536. Aurivillius, 1911, 

 Seitz, Gross-Schmett., XIII. p. 132. 



Seven males, one not expanded. All were taken at Medje, six in 

 August, and one in September. 



(304) 15. Charaxes imperialis Butler 



Charaxes imperialis Butler, 1874, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, p. 531, PI. xi, fig. 3. 

 Aurivillius, 1911, Seitz, Gross-Schmett., XIII, p. 132. 



Ten males, all taken at Medje, one in April, one in July, and four in 

 each of the months of August and September. 



