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Zool, Soc. 1865, p. 634. Distant, Rhop. Malay, p. 106, pi. 13, fig. 8, S (1883). de Nic^ville, 



Butt, of India, etc., ii. p. 275 (1886). 

 Eribaa Athamis, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 47 (1816). 

 Papilio Pyrrhus, Donovan, Ins. Ind. pi. 29, fig. 3 (1800), nee Linn. 

 Charaxes Bharata, Felder, Reise Novara, Lep. iii. p. 438 (1867) (J. 

 Gharaxes Samatha, Moore, Proo. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 831. 

 Eulepis Samatha, Moore, Lep. of Ceylon, i. p. 29, pi. 14, figs. 2, 2a, b, ^ ; larva and pupa (1880). 



Imago. — Male. TJpperside purpurescent-black, the basal border somewhat 

 greyish-black. Forewing with a transverse medial-discal more or less moderately broad 

 olivescent-yellow band, commencing at the upper median veinlet, above which is an out- 

 wardly-disposed rather large obliquely-quadrate yellow spot, and a much smaller 

 subapical spot. Hinclwing with a similar broad olivescent-yellow band extending 

 from the costa, and decreasing to a point at the lower median veinlet above the anal 

 angle ; a submarginal series of very small narrowly-ovate white spots, followed by a 

 marginal row of more or less indistinct ochreous-red lunules, with intervening blue 

 streaks along the two tails. Underside. Both wings purpurescent ohve-brown, of 

 more or less pale or darker tint, the discal olivescent-yellow band as above, but paler 

 and glossy, the whole inner margin of the band bordered by a rich dark olivescent- 

 red narrow band, which is defined on both the sides of its middle portion by a black 

 line inwardly-edged by pearly-white scales. Foreiving also with only the lower subapical 

 spot well defined, the other either obsolescent or absent ; within the base of the 

 cell are two superposed small white-centred black dots ; a row of posteriorly in- 

 creasing lunate marks outwardly bordering the discal band. Hindiving also with 

 the outer edge of the discal band bordered by a row of sharply-defined carmine-red 

 sinuous marks, each mark being transversed by a pearly-white lunate line, and the 

 upper and lower marks outwardly-edged by a black sinus ; beyond is a submarginal 

 row of small black lunate spots with diSused pearly-white borders, followed by a 

 marginal row of dull ochreous-red lunules. 



Female. TJpperside similar to the male. Forewing with the diacal pale yellow 

 band broader, the lower subapical spot larger. Eindwing also with broader discal 

 band, the submarginal white spots larger and very prominent, the marginal ochreous 

 lunules also distinct. 



Body above purpurescent greyish-brown ; collar and front black, with ochreous- 

 white spots ; palpi black above, ochreous-white beneath ; pectus ochreous-white ; 

 fore femur and tibia purplish-brown, fore tarsus white ; middle and hind femora 

 blackish, tibiae and tarsi ochreous-white, anteunse black ; eyes reddish-brown. 



Expanse, ^ 2j^ to Sj^qj ? ^\b to Z-^q inches. 



Caterpillar. — Elongated, slug-shaped, dark-green ; head large, wide and sur- 

 mounted by four divergent curved fleshy spinous processes ; anal segment with two 

 short naked terminal points ; the segments with an oblique yellowish-white lateral 



