( 540 ) 



58. Charaxes boueti rectans snbsp. nov. 



c?. Willis, nppersidt' ; Forewiiin^ : the upper adiuiirn-inal or])iraent-orange 

 spdts larger than in /;. hoiieti aud b. lasti, the sputs all being of nearly e(|nal 

 size, excepting the last one, which is larger ; tlie series of postdise.al orpinient- 

 oriinge spots straight, the iij)i)ermost .spot not being more pro.ximal than the ones 



behind ir, the spots being, moreover, smaller than in the other two races. 



Hindwing : the orpiment-orange admarginal band narrower than in Ch. h. boueti 

 and b. Idsti. 



Underside conspicuously different from that of the other snbsjjecies of 



boveti. Forewing : cell-bar 3 heav}', cell-bar 4 abbreviated, short, situated 



close to bar 3 (individual character ?) ; median bars * SO"' — R- straight, olivaceous ; 

 a silvery white straight postdiscal hand, tapering behind, extending from iS(J^ to 

 beyond M-, proximal ly slightly incised at the veins, bordered proximally by a 

 narrow olive discal band which shades off proximally, and distally by a broader 



postdiscal band which ends in a large sqnare patch M- — SM-. Hindwing : 



a subbasal and a median olive band, the latter resembling that of b. boueti in 

 its jiroximal edge being more straight than in b. lasti ; submedian interspace 

 I! — M silvery white ; discal bars ill-defined, broad, merged together to form a 

 narrow olivaceous band ; snbmarginal interstitial band olive, paler than the olive- 

 black jiostdiscal bars, which are ill-defined; the discal bars edged with silvery 

 white distally, especially the upper ones; a series of silvery admarginal spots; 

 olive marginal line rather heavier than in the West and the East African 

 subspecies. 



1 S from the Upper Urga, Kollu, Schoa, 23. ix. 00. 



59. Charaxes phoebus. 



ChamxfS phnrlmx Butler, Proc. Znnl. Soc. Land. 18G5. p. 025. n. 8. t. 30. f. 2 (^J) (ISOCj) (Aby.ssinia) , 

 Rotbsch. & Jord., I.e. p. 424. n. 54 (190U). 



This species is rare in collections, as nearly all the truly Abyssinian forms. 

 It?,]? from : Djaflf'a, 19. vii. 00 ; Kafissa, Lake Abassi, 10. xii. 00. 



60. Charaxes brutus Junius. 



Charaxes brutus var. Junius Oberthiir, Aim. Mux. Civ. Gen. xv. p. 100. n. 47(1879) (Abyssinia); 



Auriv.. I.e. p. 231. sub n. 1 (1899). 

 Charaxes brutus Junius, Rothschild & Jord., I.e. p. 431. n. 57a (1900). 



1 S from Kollu-Kollu, Schoa, T. x. 00. 



The band of the upperside is rather narrower than in the specimens described 

 by us I.e. 



(U. Charaxes brutus somalicus. 



Charaxes brutus somallrus Rothschild, Nov. Zoiii,. vii. p. 432. n. 57i (1900) (Harar Highlands). 



2 c? c? from : Gara Mulata, near Harar, 29. iii. 00 ; Kaiikati forest, Djimma, 

 3. iv. 01. 



The admarginal spots of the niiporside of the hindwing are obviously smaller 

 than in /uniu.f. The band of the forewing of the KanUati specimen is more straight 

 than in the Gara Mulata individual, and also than in our specimens o^ Junius. It 

 is possible that a long series will show Junius and somalicus to be the same. 



• Sec Nov. ZooL. V. p. 549. fig. 2 (1S98). 



