156 A LIST OF THE BUTTERFLIES OF BORNEO. 
Druce records a single female which differs from the Indian 
species C. mandarinus, Hew., “by having a greater area of 
white on the hind-wing above and by the ‘Yellow on the hind- 
wing below being nearly all replaced by white; the black an- 
cular markings and spots towards the anal angle are larger and 
more prominent, so it may possibly represent a different species, 
but until the male is discovered it is impossible to be certain.” 
(/. ¢.). 
A fine male was taken near Kuching in March 1911, which 
differs from the male mandarinus in a similar way, so that I 
have adopted Mr. Druce’s suggestion and proposed a new name 
for the Bornean form. 
The male differs from Hewitson’s species on the upperside 
in the following points:—(i) on the upperside of fore-wing 
the blue area does not extend as far up the cell as depicted in 
de Nicéville’s figure,' nor does it reach the first median ner- 
vule?; (ii) de Nicéville’s figure shows a black mark below the 
first median nervule which is totally absent in splendida; (ii1) 
on the underside of fore-wing the post-discal band is succeeded 
by a broad hind-marginal band of uniform rufous brown, un- 
relieved by a dark stbmarginal line as figured by de Nicéville 
for mandarinus; (iv) the anal region of the hind-wing is white, 
not yellow (thus agreeing w ith Druce’s description of the 
female) and (vy) ) the black markings of anal region are dis- 
tinctly heavier, that nearest the inner-margin being a straight 
bar, not irregular as shown in de Nicéville’s figure. 
Injury. é, a small triangular excision at anal angle of 
right hind-wing removing the “outer tail. (Vide fig. Ne 
Charana? abnormis, sp. n. (Fig. 10). 
Mate. Upperside. Dark fuscous. Fore-wing: including 
cilia, uniform dark fuscous. Hind-wing: dark fuscous, except 
for large anal region opalescent white, extending from 3rd 
median nervule to inner margin and bordered by. dark ante- 
ciliary line. Anal angle lobate. Cilia white round anal half, 
mixed with fuscous for remainder. 
Underside. Fore-wing: ochreous, paler towards inner mar- 
gin, darker along hind-margin and at anal angle. Hind-wing: 
white, spotted with dark brown. Broadly ochreous along basal 
half of costa, succeeded by a large quadrate ochreous spot 
reaching the sub-costal nervure, followed by a small ochrecus 
brown spot just before the apex, which forms the first of a 
post-discal row; the second spot immediately below it, is larger, 
the third transverse, the fourth, fifth and sixth smaller and 
darker, sloped towards the inner margin; the seventh V-shaped 
L;.;,De Nicéville, Butterflies of India. Vol, ili pl., XXVUI fig. 222, male. 
2. Hewitson says of this blue region ‘‘ bounded by the inner margin and 
the first median nervule.’’ (III Diurn. Lep., p. 28, n. 4. 1863). 
Jour. Straits Branch 
