1865.) MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE SPECIES OF CHARAXES. 639 
Ale supra nigre, maculis ceruleis submarginate ; postice den- 
tate. 
66. CHARAXES NESIOPE. 
Nymphalis nesiope, Hewitson, Exot. Butterf. p. 88, pl. 44. f.5,6. 
Hab, Sierra Leone (Coll. Mr. Hewitson). 
The two following species are doubtful :— 
67. CHaraxes? THERSANDER. 
Papilio thersander, Donoyan, Nat. Repos. iii. t. 75. 
Nymphalis? thersander, Westw., Doubl. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. 
Lepid. p. 310. n. 42, 
N. lampedo ?, id. 
Hab. Sierra Leone. 
68, CHaRAxes? MILTIADES. 
Papilio miltiades, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. 66. n. 205; 
Jones, Icones, v, t. 80. f. 2; Donovan, Drawings in Bibl. Hope. 
Oxford ; Godart, Enc. M. ix. p- 358. n. 26. 
Nymphalis? miltiades, Westw., Doubl. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. 
Lepid. p. 310. n. 43. 
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Note.—Charaxes rayi of Van der Hoeven (Tijdschft voor Ento- 
mologie, pts. 1-4, 1859-61, pls. 9, 10) is identical with Megistanus 
beotus of Boisduval (South America) ; there must be some mistake 
as to the specimen described by him having come from Amboyna. 
This species is rather variable : specimens from Ega have a greenish 
tint on the underside; whilst those from New Granada are tinted 
with violaceous; there is also a difference in the number of black 
spots on the front margin of the anterior wings below. New Gra- 
nadian specimens have eleven to twelve, Ega specimens eight to nine ; 
they are also shorter in the wing; the central band of the upper 
wings is more regular, the submarginal lunules of the hind wings 
vary from two to three in number, and the submarginal spots are 
Sometimes entirely wanting. The specimen figured as C. rayi is 
probably from Bolivia. 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATES XXXVI, XXXVIL 
Pirate XXXVI. | Puate XXXVII. 
Fig. 1. Charazxes saturnus, p. 624. Fig. 1. Charazes latona, p- 631. 
2. phebus, p. 625. 2. galaxia, p. 633. 
3. cynthia, p. 626. i 3. hebe, p. 634, 
4. viola, p. 627. 4, affinis, p. 636. 
5. smaragdalis, p. 630. 5. baya, p. 636, 
