342 SOUTH-AFRICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



II. Other African Regions. 



A. South Tropical. 



a. West Coast. — " Angola {Pogge)J' — Dewitz. 

 h. East Coast.—" Zambesi." — Felder, 



hi. Interior. — Zambesi, near mouth of Umsengaizi [F. C. Selous). 

 Lake Nyassa. — Hewitson Coll. 



B. North Tropical. 



b. East Coast. — "Abyssinia: Atbara." — Butler. 



114. (12.) Oharaxes Ethalion, Boisduval. 



$ Charaxes Ethalion, Boisd., App. Voy. de Deleg., p. 593, n. 83 (1847). 

 $ Nymphalis Erithalion, Westw., Gen. D. Lep., pi. 48, f. i (1850-52). 

 $ $ Nymphalis Ethalion, Trim., Rhop. Air. Aust., i. p. 170, n. 98 (1862); 

 and N. Ephyra, ii. p. 340 (1866). 



Exp. al, ($) 2 in. 3-7 lin. ; (?) 3 in.— 3 in. 4 lin. 



^ Mack, with a fetu Hue dots. Fore-wing : dusted with a few blue 

 scales ; beyond middle, close to costa, a sliining-blue dot : sometimes two 

 faint blue dots at posterior angle. Hind-wing : near anal angle, parallel 

 to hind-margin, a row of inter-nervular shining-blue dots ; on hind- 

 margin, above third median nervule, one or two didl-rcd lunules ; from 

 third median to anal angle, some greenish-ochreous lunules ; a rather 

 slender tail at extremity of both first and third median nervules, — ^the 

 former the longer of the two. Under side. — Didl hrowjiish-olivaceous, 

 with blue-black, occasionally white-edged, transverse strise ; an irregular 

 streak from costa of fore-wing near apex, to near anal angle of hind- 

 wing, running near, and almost parallel to, hind-margins. Fore-wi7ig : 

 two dusky- blackish spots near anal angle. Hind- wing : red and oliva- 

 ceous lunules much more distinct than on upper side ; the transverse 

 streak crossing both wings is in this luing immediately succeeded by a 

 row of dull-red lunular markings. 



$ Brownish-Uack, glossed with violet-blue : transversely striped and 

 spotted with lohite. Fore-iving : on costa, a little beyond middle, com- 

 mences a^ transverse row of white spots, interrupted on second discoidal 

 nervule, and from third median nervule widening into a gradually- 

 broader band of contiguous white spots, violet-margined on each side, 

 to inner margin a little beyond middle ; on costa, near apex, com- 

 mences a second row of smaller white spots, tinged with ochreous or 

 bluish, extending to below first median nervule, where the two lowest 

 spots usually join the broad central band. Hind-wing : white, violet- 

 margined band of fore-wing continued more broadly across middle of 

 this wing to just before anal angle ; a row of seven more or less dis- 

 tinct white lunules parallel to hind- margin ; on hind-marginal edge 

 the olivaceous and red lunules are larger and distincter than in ^, those 

 of the latter colour extending nearly to apex ; unlike what is found in 

 ^, the tail on third median is rather longer and broader than that on 

 first median nervule. Under side. — Similar to that of ^, but paler 



