1920] Holland, Lepidopiera of (he Congo 209 



inger (Iris, 1896, IX, PI. iii, fig. 4), which Rothschild and Jordan in their 

 revision of the genus accept as the typical female of C. etheocles (cf. 

 Nov. Zool., 1900, VII, p. 486). 



The males, of which there are one hundred and twenty-one speci- 

 mens, belong principally to the form described by Butler as Charaxes 

 hoUandi (cf. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1893, (6) XII, p. 266), and the form 

 described by Staudinger under the name Charaxes catochrous (cf. Iris, 

 IX, 1896, p. 216), in which the basal two-thirds of the wings are 

 whitish on the under side. There is one male taken at Niangara in 

 September which fits the description given by Rothschild and Jordan 

 of the form to which they have applied the name pida. There are some 

 intergrading forms which are not exactly referable to any of those just 

 mentioned. As is well known to students, the species with which we 

 are dealing is excessively variable and it is not wise to attempt without 

 the test of breeding to decide what are the exact relationships of the 

 variant forms which every new collection from Africa reveals. 



The specimens, with the exception of the example of C. etheocles 

 picta taken at Niangara. as mentioned above, and a male of C. etheocles 

 hollandi taken at Faradje, were all collected at Medje or near by. 

 The dates of capture are early in April in the case of a few specimens, but 

 the majority are labelled as having been taken from July to September, 

 but principally in August. 



(311) 22. Charaxes candiope (Godart) 



Nymphalis candiope Godart, 1813, Enc. Meth., IX, p. 353. 



Charaxes candiope Aurivillius, 1912, Seitz, Gross-Schmett., XIII, p. 138, PI 

 xxxiia. 



Of this species there are in the collection ninety-two males. With 

 the exception of two taken at Niangara in November and one captured 

 at Gamangui in June, they were all collected at Medje, a few early in 

 April, the rest from July to September, principally from the middle of 

 July to the end of August. 



(312) 23. Charaxes kahldeni Home3'er and Dewitz 



Charaxes kahldeni Homeyer and Dewiiz, 1882, Berl. Ent. Zeit., XXVI, p. 381, 

 PI. VII, figs. 1, 2. Aurivillius 1912, Seitz, Gross-Schmett., XIII, p. 139. 



Of this pretty little species there are thirty-eight males, all taken at 

 Medje from June to early September 1910. 



(313) 24. Charaxes eupale (Drury) 



Pnpilio eupale Drury, 1782, 111. Exot. Ent., Ill, p. 7, PI. vi, fig. 3. 



Charaxes eupale Aurivillius, 1912, Sei'iz, Gross-Schmett., XIII, p. 140, PI. xxxiic 



