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what he now recognized as a true Charaxes. His type of the 

 latter, still in his collection, was received from Nyasaland, 

 and obtained by Mr. Thehvall. 



In 1892 a specimen of the true male of G. azota was 

 received from Dclagoa Bay, through the Rev. Henri A. 

 Junod, and in 1894 Mr. Whyte brought home a collection 

 from Zomba in which was a male corresponding with 

 Mr. Hewitson's example, and clearly proving that the forms 

 from Delagoa Bay and Nyasa are as distinct as C. azota 

 itself from C. protoclea. They may then be distinguished as 

 follows : — 



C. azota. 



Tawny border of primaries with- 

 out defined spots from inner margin 

 to second median branch, whence 

 it separates into two series of 

 tawny spots, of which the inner 

 row consists of five and the outer 

 of six. 



Outer tawny border of second- 

 aries occupying nearly half the 

 wing, its inner edge straight. 



Shining central or postmedian 

 band on under surface, especially on 

 secondaries, very narrow ; ground- 

 colour bright rufous-brown. 



Delaofoa Bav. 



C. nyasana. 



Tawny border of primaries with 

 well-defined black spots at centre 

 of each division, but undivided 

 into spots to above third median 

 branch, so that the inner series of 

 the furca consists of two and a 

 half and the outer of three and a 

 half tawny spots. 



Outer tawny border of second- 

 aries occupying only two fifths of 

 the wing, its inner edge acutely 

 zigzag from the median vein to 

 the costa. 



Shining central band of all the 

 wings very broad below, the 

 ground-colour didl smoky rufous- 

 brown. 



Nyasaland (Zomba). 



G. azota was described shortly before Mr. Hewitson's 

 death, and it is possible that the female type may never have 

 been actually purchased from Mrs. Monteiro, who (in her 

 work on Delagoa Bay) gives an illustration of it ; at any 

 rate, it is not in his collection, and was not there when 

 Mr. Kirby catalogued it. The male from Nyasa, however, 

 is in the series of Charaxes^ though only labelled with its 

 locality, and corresponds tolerably closely with the specimen 

 brought home by Mr. Whyte, thus clearly proving tlie 

 Nyasa form to be constant in its chatacters. 



