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rounded spots ; a common, rather hroad, dark ashy-grey streak, edged on 

 its inner side with white, from costa of fore-wing (at extremity of cell) 

 — interrupted abruptly on fold between first median nervule and sub- 

 median nervure — to a little before anal angle of hind-wing ; hind- 

 marginal border of fore-wing, and all hind-wing except an inferior 

 discal patch, with a submetallic gloss ; no hind-marginal brown border. 

 Fore-wing : costa, from base to extremity of cell, irrorated with hoary- 

 grey ; a minute, round, fuscous spot, ringed with hoary-grey, in dis- 

 coidal cell. Hind-ioing : hind-margin near and at anal angle, and tail, 

 thinly irrorated with grey. 



$ Bather paler, esjjeeially as regards hind-marginal h order s ; spots 

 of discal series usually darker and better defined. Hind-wing : anal- 

 angular markings more distinct ; sometimes two additional lunulate 

 hind-marginal marks of the same description between third and first 

 median nervules ; an additional tail (shorter) at extremity of third 

 median nervule. Under side. — Usually jyaler than in ^, roith the 

 irroration coarser, not so close, and less evenly distributed ; gloss not so 

 bright. 



In both sexes the transverse streak of the under side is often indistinct, 

 and is sometimes almost obsolete. 



This insect is allied to C. Betsimisaraka, Lucas, but the latter has a white 

 basal suffusion as in Charaxes Varanes (Cram.) Another small Charaxes, from 

 Madagascar, which I saw in the fine collection of Mr. Henley G. Smith, but 

 which I believe is unnamed, appeared to be a still nearer ally. 



C. Ncanthes, notwithstanding its Avidely different colouring, is closely related 

 to C. Zoolina (AA^'estw.) in every other respect, and appears to have quite similar 

 habits and distribution. While in Natal I only saw two specimens, — one at 

 Verulam and the other at Itongati River ; each was among the branches of a 

 tree, making short flights and returning to its perch. Colonel Bowker, who met 

 with it not uncommonly in Kaffraria Proper, noted that it sometimes visited 

 the ground, settling for a few minutes on grass or shrubs; in that part of 

 South Africa he observed it in December and January, and again from April 

 to August, finding it more m;merous in May. 



Localities of Charaxes Neanthes. 



I. South Africa. 



D. Kaffraria Proper. — Bashee Eiver (/. H. Boivker). 



E. Natal. 



a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban (/. H. Boivker). Verulam. Itongati. 

 H. Delagoa Bay. — Lourengo Marques (Mrs. Monteiro). 



II. Other African Regions. 

 A. South Tropical. 



a. Eastern Coast. — Zambesi River (Rev. H. Bowleg). 



105. (3.) Charaxes Varanes, (Cramer). 



(J Bapilio Varanes, Cram., Pap. Exot., ii. t. clx. ff. d, e (1779); and 

 ( $ ) iv. t. ccclxxxviii. ff. a, b (1782). 

 ,, „ Dru., 111. Nat. Hist., iii. pi. xxxi. (1782). 



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