626 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE SPECIES OF CHARAXES, [Nov. 14, 
Ale supra atre, margine postico ferrugineo ; fascia media ferru- 
ginea, marginem posticum approximante ; antice basi ferru- 
yinee : subtus ferruginee, antice variis maculis nigris ; postice 
fascia pallida submarginate. 
10. CHARAXES EUDOXUS. 
Papilio eudocus, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. 65. n. 203 ; 
Jones, Icon. v. t. 53; Drury, Ill. iii. pl. 33. f. 1, 2 ; Godart, Enc. M. 
ix. p. 352. n.6; Westw., Doubl. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 309. 
n. 12. 
Hab. Sierra Leone. 
. 
Div. 2. Ale subtus basi lineis nigris seripte. 
Note.—C. eudoxus is closely allied to the following species, but 
has the same marking underneath at the base of the wings as in the 
former species. 
11. CHARAXES LUCRETIUS. 
Papilio lucretius, Cramer, Pap. t. 82. f. E, F; Fabricius, Ent. 
Syst. ili. pt. 1. p. 84. n. 261 ; Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 352. n. 7. 
Nymphalis lucretius, Westw., Doubl. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn, 
Lepid. p. 308. n. 6. 
Eribea lucretia, Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmett. n. 425. 
Hab. Coast of Guinea. B.M. 
12. CHARAXES CYNTHIA, sp.n. (Pl. XXXVI. fig. 3.) 
Upperside black-brown, crossed by a central ferruginous band, as 
in C. lucretius, divided into spots by the nervures towards the apex 
of the front wings, and incurved towards the anterior margin ; outer 
margin deeper ferruginous, divided into marginal spots by the ner- 
vures in the front wings; base reddish brown ; inner margin of hind 
wings covered with long brown hairs ; front marginal edge of anterior 
wings reddish brown, with four spots of the same colour in couples 
just below it, two at the end of the cell, and two just beyond. Body 
golden brown ; abdomen pale; head and prothorax reddish ; palpi 
white externally. 
Underside—front wings reddish grey, crossed beyond the middle 
by a band of large pale oval ferruginous spots, tapering towards the 
apex, and curving at the top towards the anterior margin, enclosing 
ochreous lunules, and bordered outwardly by faint silvery lunules ; 
the last three spots bordered inwardly, the lowest one with green- 
grey deeply margined with black, the other two with ochreous bor- 
dered outwardly with ferruginous; a large irregular black patch 
marked with three silvery streaks near the anal angle; a reddish 
elongate spot at the anal angle ; front marginal edge silver from the 
base to the end of the cell; cell ochreous, enclosing four irregular 
reddish spots ; two similar spots at the end of the cell, margined 
outwardly with ochreous, and three similar lunular spots placed ob- 
liquely just beyond; a black and ferruginous spot just below the 
