buttebflies op the genus chabaxe9. 383 



92. Charaxes athamas. 



Papilio athamas, Drury, III. Exot. Ent. i. pi. ii. fig. 4 (1773). 



Var. a. Charaxes samatha, Moore, Proc. Zool. Sac. 1878, p. 831. 



Var. b. Charaxes attains, Felder, Reise der Nov., Lep. iii. p. 438 (1867). 



Charaxes Fruhstorferi, Rober, Ent. Nachr. xxi. n. 4, p. 63 (1895). 



Charaxes phrixus, Rober, I. c. p. 64. 



Var. 1. Eesembling typical form, but with central band above 

 pale greenish yellow as in C. bJiarafa. 

 a. Assam ( Watson) , d . 

 I. Nepal (Dr. Wright), 2. 



c. Khasia Hills {Watson), 6 . 



d. Sikbim (Watson), 6 . 



Yar. 2. Intermediate between var. 1 and typical form, the band 

 above yellow but broad, inner apical spot large and quadrate. 



a. Kali valley, N.W. India {J. F. Buthie), 6 . 



b. Landoor (General Hearsay), 6 . 



c. Darjiling {S. J. Elwes), S ; from S. & G. coll. 



d. Kullar, Nilghiris {Davison), 6 ; from S. & Gr. coll. 



e. Kandy {Major Yerhury), $ . 



f. Ceylon {Major Yerhury), 6 . 

 Hewitson coll. 



ff, h. Simla, <S 6 . 

 Yar. 3. Typical. (Drury's type was from China.) 

 a. Nepal {Dr. Wright), 6 . 



h. Darjiling {Lidderdale), 6 ; from S. & Gr. coll. 

 c. Mylang Eiver {Dr. G. Wait), cJ . 



Yar. 4). C. samatha, Moore. 



a. Upper Tenasserim ( Wood-Mason), 6 . 

 b-e. Tilin Taw {Watson), ? , c? c5" . 



f. Eacgoon (eT". G. Scott), d . 



g. Rangoon {Co wen), d . 



h. Andaraans {Commander A. Carpenter), c? . 

 i. Ceylon {Jameson), S . 

 j, Jc. Ceylon {Col. Yerhury), J 6 • 



I. Ceylon {Why fe) , 6 ; from S. & a. coll. 

 m-o. Philippines {Dr. Platen), d c? ; from S. & Gr. coll. 

 p, q. Philippines {Semper), d d ; from S. & Gr. coll. 

 Philippine examples have the submarginal red spots on the 

 eecondaries better developed than in those from Burma and 

 Ceylon. 



