NYMPH ALID.E CHARAXES. 



CHARAXES CAPHONTIS. 14, 15. 



Upperside. Female dark brown with many spots of pale yellow. Anterior 

 wing crossed by two bands of pale-yellow spots ; one band at the middle of six 

 spots (one minute) ; the second band towards the outer margin of seven spots. 

 Posterior wing with two caudate dentations : crossed before the middle by a short 

 band of white ; crossed at the middle by a band of six brick-red spots (the middle 

 spot linear), irrorated above (chiefly towards the anal angle) with white ; crossed 

 near the margin by a band of eight pale-yellow spots, and by a submarginal band of 

 oblong rufous spots. 



Underside grey and green and rufous. Anterior wing with a spot of green-white 

 and a rufous spot (both margined with black) within the cell ; crossed at the middle and 

 towards the outer margin by bands of spots as above, but of different form and size : 

 clouded with dark brown between the bands and at the outer margin. Posterior wing 

 crossed before the middle by two linear bands of black, one near the base short, 

 bordered inwardly with white ; the second oblique, longer, bordered outwardly with 

 white ; crossed at the middle by a band of six spots, the second and third spots 

 orange, bordered with white, the other four spots sanguineous, bordered above with 

 lilac-white, the white bordered again with black : a band of black spots near the 

 outer margin, bordered with lilac, and crowned above with white ; a submarginal 

 band of oblong orange spots, each with a narrow border of white ; the outer margin 

 green-brown ; the fringe white. 



Expan. 3^j in. Hab. Port Denison, Australia. 



In the Collection of \Y. C. Hewitson. 



This beautiful butterfly formed part of a very choice collection of insects made in Australia by 

 ilr. Darnel, and is the ouly one seen by him. It is not easy to compare it with any other species ; it 

 has a remote resemblance on the upperside to C. Fabius, and on the underside to C. Semprouius. 



