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This form approaches G. jason ; indeed, excepting for the 

 well-de6ned tawny band which crosses the upper surface of 

 the wings, it more nearly approaches that species than it does 

 C. pelias. 



12. ChAEAXES PELIAS. 



Papilio pelias, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pi. iii. figs. C, D (1775). 

 Charaxes pelias, Butler, Lep. Exot. i. pi. x. fig. 5 (1870). 



a, b. Locality not recorded (Druce coll.), 6 , 2 ', frotn 



s. & a. coll. 



As is well known, this species, which is still extremely rare in 

 collections, appears to be confined to South Africa. 



13. Chaeaxes jasok. 



Papilio jason, Linnceus, Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 749 (1767) ; Brury, III. 

 Exot. Ent. i. pi. 1. fig. 1 (1773). 



Papilio jasius, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 449 (1775). 

 Papilio rhea, Hubner, Eur. Schmett. i. figs. Ill, 112 (1794). 

 Eribceaunedonis, -ffw^ner, Ferz. p. 47 (1816). 

 a. Corsica {Col. Yerlury), S • 

 i. Spain {Bates coll.), $ ; from S. & Gr. coll. 

 c-e. Central Europe {Druce coll.), S 6 ; from S. & Gr. coll. 



/. S. France {Bates coll.), 6 ; from S. & Gr. coll. 

 g-i. Europe {Zeller coll.), 6 6 . 

 j-l. Europe, $ , d cJ . 



Hewitson coll. 

 m-p. Without locality, c? , $ $ . 



14. Cha-Eaxes epijasius. 



Charaxes epijasius, Reiche in Ferr. Gal. Voy. Abyss., Ent. p. 469, pi. 32. 

 figs. 1,2(1849). 



a. "White Nile {PethericJc), S . 

 h, c. Abyssinia, Atbara, S S . 

 d, e. Senegal, 6 6. 



f. Senegal {coll. Kaden), 6 ; from S. & Qr. coll. 



g. Lower Niger {W. A. Forbes), 6 ; from S. & G-. coll. 



Hewitson coll. 



h-j. Without locality, 6 6,2- 



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