Lepidojptera from Madagascar. 285 



clubbed tlian in the genera with which I have compared it. 

 Type C. eurodoce. 



5. CorypTiceola eurodoce. 



Kallima eurodoce, Westwood, Gen. Diurn. Lepid. p. 325 (note), pi. 54*. 



fig. 1 (1850). 

 Doleschallia eurodoce, Kirby, Cat. Dium. Lepid. p. 193 (1871). 



Found only in the forest, Ankafana. 



Chaeaxes, Ochs. 

 6. Charaxes Cowani, n. sp. 



Allied to C. candiope, but altogether smaller and darker, 

 with smaller tawny spots ; basal half of wings above deep 

 fulvous-tawny; apical half dark chocolate-brown (almost 

 black) with an undulated ferruginous border ; primaries with 

 apex more acuminate than in G. candiope ; veins of the costal 

 border tinted with green as far as the middle of the wing ; 

 discoidal lines normal j an ill-defined ferruginous spot just 

 beyond the cell, above and beyond which are two or three 

 subconfluent spots of the same colour ; a sinuous discal series 

 of seven dark tawny spots, smaller than in C. candiope ; mar- 

 ginal ferruginous border interrupted near the external angle : 

 secondaries with the abdominal half of wing dusky, the de- 

 pression whitish to the end of the body ; blackish apical area 

 broader than in C. candiope^ and with a straight inner edge ; 

 eight submarginal transverse dark tawny dashes, the last four 

 of which are followed by lilac spots bounded externally by 

 black and green crescents ; the margin much more strongly 

 dentated than in the African species, and the tails more slender 

 and acuminate, the inner one slightly curved outwards (as in 

 C. antamboulou) . Colouring of the under surface more uni- 

 form than in C. candiope^ the two discal ocelloid patches and 

 a belt crossing the middle of the discoidal cell being the only 

 yellowish portions of the primaries, and the secondaries having 

 no trace of either the green patch or the yellow belt which 

 follows it ; costal border and veins of primaries tinted with 

 green. Expanse of wings 3 inches 2 lines. 



Found in the forest, Fianarantsoa. 



This species is allied to C. antamhoulowf of Lucas; the 



t I mucli regret to see the gradual increase in the number of these 

 unwarrantable names amongst butterflies ; in one page of Kirby's catalogue 

 the following occur : — Pamphila metacomet, P. ahaton, P. icamsutta, P. 

 monoco, P. hioionh, P. poniiac — names which may either be meant for 

 jokes, or be given in honour of savage chieftains ; no explanation accom- 

 panies them. If jnet-a-coiiwt and a-hat-on are tolerated bj^ scientific men, 

 1 presume that any thing would equally pass muster. 



