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hind wing bordered inwardly by a band of the same colour. 

 Anteunse black ; head, thorax and abdomen reddish fulvous ; paler 

 beneath. 



Exp. S $92-106 mm. (3-63-4-2"). 



Hah. Ceylon. 



Race imna. — " S • The black colour in most specimens a little 

 more restricted than in Ceylonese examples, tail shorter on an 

 average, submedian and median bars less obviously bordered white. 

 2 . Wings above brighter tawny orange than in psaphon, discal 

 band of fore wing posteriorly more extensively shaded over with 

 orange-ochraceous ; postdiscal tawny interspaces of fore wing 

 more often developed than in the Ceylonese form, the outer edge 

 of the wing often somewhat tawny." {Rothschild § Jordan.) 



Exp. cJ $ 92-110 mm. (3- 63-4-35"). 



Hab. Lower Bengal to South India. 



Larva. " Of the usual shape (i. e. slug-shaped) ; head very broad, 

 outer pair of horns longest, last segment flat, square, and ending 

 in two points ; last pair of legs almost aborted ; colour rich dark 

 green, with a large semicircle of pinkish-white in the middle of the 

 back and a yellow lateral line ; horns and sides of face rusty- 

 brown." (Davidson Sf AitJcen.) Food-plant, Aglaia roxburc/liiana. 



Pupa. " Thick, cylindrically oval ; dorsum much arched ; head 

 obtuse ; colour green." (Moore.') 



It is very doubtful whether imna can be kept separate from 

 psaplion even as a race, the points of difference are so very 

 slight. 



243. Charaxes polyxena, Cramer (Papilio), Pap. Exot. i, 1779, pi. 54, 

 figs. A,B, $. 



Race hierax. 



Charaxes hierax, Felder, Novara Reise, Lep. Rliop. 1867, p. 442 ; 



de N. Butt. hid. ii, 1886, p. 290 ; Elwes, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1888, 



p. 369 ; Moore (Haridra), Lep. Ind. ii, 1893-96, p. 239, pi. 176, 



tigs. 1, 1 a, 1 b, d 2 • 

 Charaxes hipponax, Felder, t. c. p. 443 ; de N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, 



p. 290; Moore (Haridra), Lep. Ind. ii, 1893-96, p. 242. pi. 178, 



tigs. 1,1 a, tf$. 

 Charaxes pleistonax, Felder, t. c. p. 443 ; de N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, 



p. 292 ; Ehves, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1888, p. 369 ; Moore (Haridra), 



Lep. Ind. ii, 1893-96, p. 244, pi. 181, figs. 1, 1 a-\ c, S 2 : 

 Charaxes corax, Felder, t. c. p. 444 ; de N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, 



p. 287 ; Moore (Haridra), Lep. Ind. ii, 1893-96, p. 238, pi. 175, 



tigs. 1, la, lb, larva & pupa, S 2 • 

 Charaxes harpax, Felder, t. c. p. 444 ; de N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, 



p. 288, pt. ; Moore (Haridra), Lep. Ind. ii, 1893-96, p. 237, pi. 174, 



tigs. 1, la, S $• 

 Charaxes khimalara, Butler, Lep. Exot. 1872, p. 97, pi. 37, tig. 1 ; 



de N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 292. 

 Charaxes khasianus, Butler, Lep. Exot. 1872, p. 98, pi. 37, tig. 6 ; 



de N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 293 ; Moore (Haridra), Lep. Ind. ii, 



1893-96, p. 245, pi. 182, tigs. 1, 1 a, tf $ . 

 Charaxes jalinder, Butler, Lep. Exot. 1872, p. 98, pi. 37, tig. 4 ; 



