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less distinct on the hindwing; tlie three transverse subapical small white spots 

 distinct and followed by two other very minute spots, and then a black spot, all 

 visible on the blackish fascia ; a subanal black spot pupilled with white and circled 

 with chestnut-red on hindwing. Female. Upperside ferruginous, darkest basally; 

 markings as in male but of a ferruginous-brown colour, the transverse discal white 

 spots and subanal ocellus distinct. Underside paler, markings less distinct, except 

 the white spots on forewing which are also purple bordered. 



Expanse, $ Its-, ? Ito inch. 



Larva smooth, head small and surmounted by two black spined-processes 

 projecting in fi'ont, last segment with two green naked processes ; pale yellowish- 

 green with a dark green dorsal and two lateral bands ; face black streaked. Pupa 

 green, with a pointed angle on middle of thorax and on basal segment of abdomen ; 

 head attenuated, with two points. Feeds on Geltis lycodoxylon. 



" Common on forest ground in the hills about 5000 feet near Newera Eliya. 

 Frequently seen basking on the road " {Hutchison). 



This species is closely allied to B. Parisatis, of which a large series of both are 

 under examination, but differs in its slightly more acute angle below the apex of 

 forewing in both sexes, and a more prolonged anal angle in male, the male also having 

 three white spots on upperside of forewing, one only being present in A. Parisatis. 



Genus CHARAXES. 



Charaxes, Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 18 (1816). 



Forewing triangular, costa arched, apex narrow; exterior margin oblique, 

 uneven, concave in the middle, posterior margin straight ; first and second subcostal 

 branches emitted before end of the cell, third immediately beyond the end and 

 extending to the apex, fourth and fifth at one-third beyond ; upper discocellular 

 short, angled, lower slender and curved, radials from angles of the upper ; median 

 branches wide apart, upper curved ; submedian curved at the base : hindwing 

 triangular ; costa very convex at the base, exterior margin nearly straight, sinuous, 

 with a slender tail at end of upper and lower median veins, abdominal margin long ; 

 costal vein much curved, extending to the apex, with a short bent basal spur, 

 subcostals and radial equidistant from costal vein, cell closed by a slender disco- 

 cellular vein, two upper median branches from end of the cell, submedian and internal 

 veins wide apart, internal short. Body short, thorax robust, palpi porrect, pointed 

 at apex, flat beneath, squamose, legs squamose, antennse stout. 



