152 MESSES. H. J. ELWES AND JAMES EDWARDS : 



Hab. Bhamo, Burmah (Adamson) ; Shan hills (Manclers) ; Burmah, Bali [Doherty) ; 

 West Java. 



Carcharodus. 



Carcharodus, Hiibner, Verz. p. ]10 (181G) ; Watson, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 67. Type lavaterce, Esp. 

 Spilothyrus, Dup. Pap. Fr. Diurn., Suppl. p. 415 (1832). Type alcece, Esp. 



A genus well distinguished by its fades. Fore wing with a dark basal shade and 

 hyaline spots. Termen of the hind wing crenulate. 

 The following table includes all the known species : — 



Fore wing below with no tuft of hair in the male. 



Fore wing with the hyaline spot in cell 2 wider than high lavaterce, Esp. 



Fore wing with the hyaline spot in cell 2 higher than wide alcece, Esp. 



Fore wing below with a tuft of hair in the male ..... althece, Hubn. 



! Carcharodus lavaterce. 



Papilio lavaterce, Esper, Schmett. i. 2, pi. lxxxii. fig. 4 (1783) ; Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. i. 

 figs. 454, 455 (1798-1803). 



Hab. Central Europe to Asia Minor. 



! Carcharodus alce^i. 



Papilio alcece, Esper, Schmett. i. 2, pi. li. fig. 3 (1780). 



Pyrgus dravira, Moore, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 576, pi. lxvii. fig. 5 ; de Niceville, Jour. As. Soc. 



Beng. 1883, p. 88, pi. x. fig. 5, ? . 

 Carcharodus swinhoei, Watson, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 68. 



There is no difference in the genitalia of the Western and Eastern forms, and we see 

 no reason for separating them. It is true that the desert form swinhoei, Watson, 

 found in Beluchistan, is much paler than the Himalayan form dravira, Moore's 

 figure of which is very bad, but we find similar variations in colour almost as striking 

 amongst European specimens. 



Hab. Central and Southern Europe to Central Asia and N.W. Himalayas up to 

 9000 feet. 



Carcharodus althece. 

 Papilio althece, Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. i. figs. 452, 453 (1798-1803). 

 This species also varies from dark to light grey-brown. 



The eggs, larva, and pupa are described by Heinrich Gross (Stett. ent. Zeit. 1894, 

 p. 77); the eggs were laid and the larva fed on Betonica officinalis. 

 Hab. Central and Southern Europe to Central Asia. 



