1865.] MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE SPECIES OF CHARAXES. 623 
Genus CHARrAxeEs, Ochsenheimer. 
Div. 1. Alze subtus variis characteribus albis difformibus basi 
scriptz, maculas griseas includentibus. 
Ale supra fusce ; margo posticus ferrugineus, nervis nigris inter- 
ruptus ; postice margine caudisque nigris: subtus fascia me- 
dia nivea ; basi ferruginee, variis characteribus scripte ; margo 
posticus maculis ceruleis submarginatus, superior maculis tri- 
coloratis, hastatis: corpus fuscum ; antenne nigre, filiformi- 
clavate; palpi extus albi; caput magnum, lanare, supra in- 
cirratum, oculis exstantibus, nudis. 
1. CHARAXES JASON. 
Papilio jason, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 749. n. 26; Cramer, Pap. 
t. 329. f. A, B; Westw. in Drury, Ill. 2nd edit. i. p. 2. 
Papilio jasius, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. ii. pt. 1. p. 61, pt. 2. p. 191; 
Drury, Ill. i. t. 1. f. 1; Ochs. Schmett. von Eur. i. 151, iv. 18; 
Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 350. n. 1. 
Nymph. jason, Boisd. Ind. Meth. p. 24. n. 180. 
Charazes jason, Boisd. Spéc. Gén. Lép. pl. 7. f. 12, pl. 3 A. f. 9. 
Papilio eques, Drury, Abbild. und Beschreib. exotisch. Insekt. 
ae es oe 
P. rhea, Hibner, Europ. Schmett. Pap. figs. 111, 112, 580, 
581. 
Eribea unedonis, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. n. 423. 
Nymph. jason, Westw., Doubl. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 308. 
n. 1, 
Hab. Southern Europe; Asia Minor; Barbary. B.M. 
2. CHARAXES EPIJASIUS. 
Charaxes epijasius, Boisd. MS.; E. Doubl. List Lep. Brit. Mus. 
App. p. 28; Feisth. in Annal. Soc. Ent. France, 1850, p. 257. 
Nymph. epijasius, Westw., Doubl. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lep. 
p- 308. n. 2. 
Hab. Senegal; Cazamanca. B.M, 
Ale supra fusce, fascia media ad marginem interiorem coarctata; 
antice elongate, aliquando margine ferrugineo; posticarum 
margo posticus maculis ceruleis submarginatus. 
3. CHARAXES POLLUX, 
Papilio pollux, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. 63. n. 197; 
Godart, Enc. M. ix. pt. 1. p. 352. n. 5; Lucas, Hist. Nat. Lép. 
Exot. pl. 62. f. 1. 
Nymph. pollux, Westw., Doubl. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lep. 
p. 308. n. 4. 
Papilio castor, Cramer, Pap. 37. f. E, F. 
Hab. Ashanti; Guinea. 
