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"Mergui, iu December, and on Kisserang Island in January" (J. Linn. Soc. Zool. 

 1886, 51). 



Of our illustrations on Plate 456, fig. 1 is from a Mergui male, and fig. la from 

 a Malacca female. 



Ixdo-Malay Species. — CJutrvs Niconicolens (Papilio Niconicolens, Butler, Ann. 

 Nat. Hist. 1881, p. 139. Pap. Helenus Niconicolens, RotLscliild, Nov. Zool. ii. 

 287 (1895). Eithitat. S. Japan ; Loo Clioo Isles. — Charus Palccivanicus (Pap. 

 Helenus rar. Palawanicus, Staudinger, Iris, i. p. 278 (1888); ii. p. 12 (1889). 

 Rothscbikl, I.e. p. 287 (1895). Pap. Helenas rar. Enganius, Dohertv, Jouru. As. 

 Soc. Bengal, 1891, p. 31. Habitat. Java; Sumatra; Nias ; Engauo ; Borneo; 

 Palawan. — Charus Hijstaspes (Pap. Hystaspes, Felder, Wien. Ent. Monats. 1862, 

 p. 283; Reise Novara, Lep. i. p. 105, pi. 15, tig. C (1865). Semper, Phil. Tagf. 

 p. 274 (1892). Sipi. Pap. Yarasi, Reakirt, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philadelphia, 1864, 

 p. 465. Habitat. Philippines. — Charus Araspes (Pap. Aiaspes, Felder, "Wien. Ent. 

 Monats. 1859, p. 321 ; Reise, Nov. Lep. i. p. 108, pi. 15, fig. A (1865). Semper, 

 Phil. Tagf. p. 275. Fruhstorfer, Berl. Ent.Zeit. 1898, p. 421. Habitat. Borneo.— 

 Charus hwaroides (Pap. Iswaroides, Fruhstorfer, Berl. Ent. Zeit. 1S97, p. 304. 

 Habitat. Battak Mountains, Sumatra. 



Genus SADENGIA. 



rajnlio (group 7), Rothschild, Nov. Zool. ii. p. 2i)0 (1895). 



Imago. — Closely allied to Charus. Foreiring triangular ; co3ta arched towards 

 the end, exterior margin slightly scalloped ; outer area of the upperside not clothed 

 ■with fine short hairs above the scales, as is the case in ('. Helenus and its allied forms. 

 Eindwing comparatively broader and short(.'r; tail shorter. 



Type. — S. Nephelus. 



SADENGIA CHAON (Plate 457, fig. 1, la, li, c, ^, IJ, ? ). 



Fapilio Chaon, 'Westwood, Arcana Ent. ii. p. 97, pi. 72, fig. 1, la, ^J (1845). Doubleda3'and Hewitson, 

 Gen. D. Lep. i. p. II (1846). Gray, Catal. Lep. B. M. i. p. 18 (1852) ; Moore, CataL Lep. Mus. 

 E. I. Company, i. p. 102 (1857). Felder, Verh. Z. B. Gl-s. Wien. 1864, pp. 320, 367. Moore, 

 P. Z. S. 1865, p. 757. Druce, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 109. Eiwe.=, Trans. But. Soc. Lond. 1S88, p. 429. 

 Manders, ul. 1890, p. 53G. Oberthiir, Eiud. Eut xvii. p. 4 (1893). ItuthschilJ, Nov. Zool. ii. 

 p. 291 (1895). 



Papiiio (Cfiarus) Chaon, Elwes and de Xiceville, Jouru. As. Soc. Bengal, ISSG, p. 43ij. de Xicuville, 

 Sikkim Gazetteer, 1894, p. 172. 



Charus Chaon, Swinhoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1S93, p. 312. 



Imago. — Male. Upperside fuliginous-black. Foreiring wixh slender longitudinal 

 golden-yellow scaled streaks within the cell, and broad streaks between the outer 



