NYMPHALm.E. 



315 



{op. cit.) as H. Eupithes, with the fuscous markings on upper side of basal half 

 of fore-wings. 



The variety first appears farther eastward near King William's Town, and 

 prevails in Kaflfraria Proper and Natal, extending also to the Eastern Trans- 

 vaal. The entire absence of the upper-side markings just referred to gives 

 the $ a very distinct aspect; but I have not found any other character to 

 separate it from the type-form. 



H. Alcimeda frequents woods only. I saw the 9 at Knysna, and took it 

 on the Tugela frontier of ]S[atal. In the latter locality both sexes were 

 frequenting the same spot, but the $ s kept high up out of reach. Both 

 sexes are, however, fond of settling on damp mud, Archdeacon Ivitton having 

 taken many so engaged in the Perie Bush. A $ sent to me from Knysna was 

 caught settled on the ground in a sheep-kraal. Colonel Bowker forwarded a 

 good many examples of both $ and 5 from the Tsomo River in Kaffraria, and 

 also from near the mouth of the Kei River. In the latter locality he noticed 

 the (J s seated with expanded wings on the damp sand, while the 9 s were 

 more active in flitting about, and were occasionally pursued by the $ s. 

 Alcimeda has been noticed on the wing in December, February, March, and 

 April. 



Localities of Ilarma Alcimeda. 



I. South Africa. 

 B. Cape Colony. 



a. Western Districts. — Knysna. Zitzikamma (TF. Fifzherhert). 



h. Eastern Districts. — King William's Town {Ven. H. Kitton. — Var.) 

 Kei River (/. H. Boiuker. — Var.) 



D. Kaffraria Proper. — Tsomo and Bashee Rivers (/. H. BoivJcer. — 



Far.) 



E. Natal. 



b. Upper Districts. — Tunjumbili, Tugela River. — Var. 

 K. Transvaal. — Lydenburg District (1\ Ayres. — Var.) 



Genus CHAEAXES. 



Charaxes, Ochs., "Schmett. Europ., iv. p. 18(1816);" Herr.-Schaff., Syst. 



Bearb. Schmett. Euro p., i. p. 45 (1843). 

 Ni/nvphaUs,'La,tr. [part], Encyc. Meth., ix. pp. 10, 11 (18 19); Westw., Gen. 



Diurn. Lep., ii. p. 306 (1850); Trim., Rhop. Afr. Aust., i. p. 165 



(1862). 



Imago. — Head rather broad, densely clothed with velvet-like down ; 

 eyes large, smooth, very prominent ; palpi of moderate length or rather 

 long, well separated, more or less convergent, ascendant, rising con- 

 siderably above top of head, clothed with closely-appressed scales and 

 scaly hairs, — basal joint inferiorly tufted with hair, — middle joint long 

 and thick, clothed superiorly with short hair, — terminal joint small and 

 slender, sometimes short and conical, sometimes more elongate ; aii- 

 tennce rather short, thick, straight, with a gradually formed, but very 

 distinct, rather thick, almost cylindrical, blunt club. 



Thorax extremely thick and long, especially in $ ; clothed with 

 very fine, close, thick down, hairy posteriorly on back and inferiorly 

 on prothoras. Fore-ivings rather broad, apically more or less acumi- 



