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XXVII. Descriptions of three new species and a new 

 genus of Diurnal Lepidoptera,/r(7m the col- 

 lection of Andrew Swanzy, Esq. By Arthur 

 Gardiner Butler, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. 



[Read 2nd November, 1874.] 



The three following sijecies were all collected at Whydah, 

 on the Gold Coast, and are exceedingly beautiful. 



Charaxes imperialis, n. sp. (PI. XI. fig. 3.) 

 _ $ . Wings above blue-black ; primaries with an oblique 

 discal series of spots (inarched towards costa), increasing in 

 size from just below subcostal nervure to just beyond "the 

 middle of internal margin, the upper four spots puncti- 

 form, white, with cobalt-blue lunate external margins, the 

 fifth and sixth spots blue, subovate, the last spot (or 

 rather patch) irregularly oblong, cut by the internal 

 nervure; a white spot at end of discoidal cell, and two 

 Avhite dots placed transversely half-way between it and the 

 discal series ; a marginal internervular series of blue-grey 

 liturre ; secondaries with costa and base brown ; abdominal 

 area Avhitey-brown, the edge formed at submedian nervure 

 densely clothed with long brown hairs; a broad central 

 blue band from subcostal to submedian nervure ; a trans- 

 verse, blue -edged, Avhite subcostal spot above central 

 band ; a submarginal series of eight blue spots ; an in- 

 terrupted lunulated blue line close to outer margin, from 

 second subcostal to anal angle ; body above blackish- 

 brown, collar olivaceous, head and pterygodes Avhite- 

 spotted, antennfe black : wings below stone-coloured, varied 

 with white-edged black lines and yellow and white spots, 

 ( much as in C. Tiridates and allies, but with all the black 

 lines differently disposed, less continuous, more slender 

 and more narrowly bordered with white) ; one ocelloid spot 

 at external angle of primaries : body below dirty cream- 

 colour: expanse of wings 3 in. 5 lin. 



The primaries of C. imperialis are somcAvhat like tliose 

 of C. Etesipe $ {Ethetu) on the upperside, but the blue 



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