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M. Oberthiir described the above form as a variety of Char axes ' sati/rina,' 
Butler ; but as I was quite unable to find any trace of such a species, and as 
Mr. Butler knew nothing whatever of a Charaxes bearing tlie specific name 
sati/rina, I wrote to M. Oberthiir for information. In his reply he stated 
that he found the name in question on a specimen of Charaxes which he had 
purchased, with other species, from a London dealer. 
Var. mandarinus, Felder. "Alae supra ut in Ch. narcceo, sed fuudi colore nigro-fusco basin 
ctiara occupante, fasciam igitur viridulam intus etiam terminante, fascia limbali maculari, 
angustiorc, praisertim in posticis, in his simplice, ocello anali posticarum majore, nigro. 
" Alae subtus ut in Ch. narca-o, sed fascia discali ampliore, lirabali in anticis oxtus late subargenteo 
limbata, in posticis angustiorc, quara in specie dicta, grossius nigro punctata, striga violas- 
cente posticarum angustiorc. 
" Hahliat. Shanghai {Dr. Muirliead). Coll. F." {Fdder, I. c.) 
Var. thibetanus, Oberthiir. Appears to be identical with Felder's mandarinus, which has a 
broader black band and marginal border than in typical narcmis. In some examples of this 
form the basal area is entirely black. 
I have in my series of this species all the gradations between the 
mandarinus form and typical narcceus, including specimens exactly agreeing 
with Oberthiir's figure of his thibetanus, the type of which M. Oberthiir 
informs us was taken by my collector, Mr. Pratt, at Chang-yang, which is in 
Central China and over 500 miles from the Thibetan frontier. 
Occurs throughout Eastern, Central, and Western China from Ningpo to 
Moupin. The species is on the wing from April to August, but the type-form 
appears only to be found from April to June. 
Charaxes posidonius. (Plate XIV. fig. 4, s .) 
Charaxes posidonius, Leech, Entomologist, xxiv., Suppl. p. 30 (May 1891). 
Charaxes clitiphon, Oberthiir, Etud. d'Entom. xv. p. 12, pi. ii. fig. 11 (July nec June 
1891). 
Male. Closely allied to Charaxes narcceus, var. mandarinus. Fold., but the discal cell of primaries 
is filled up with blackish, there is a small green elongate spot just outside the cell, and a 
double spot of the same colour beyond ; the submarginal band is composed of smaller and 
yellower spots. On the secondaries the central, oblique, fuscous streak is not continued much 
beyond the middle of the wing ; the marginal band is formed of quadrate and lunular, white 
or cream-coloured spots, — from the lower edge of the fourth, fifth, and sixth bluish streaks 
are projected into the tails, which are longer and thicker than in mandarinus ; there are also 
some bluish marks, above anal angle, along the inner edge of the black band. On the under 
surface the discal cell of primaries is filled up with greyish and spotted with black ; there is 
a wedge-shaped olive-brown blotch edged outwardly with black beyond the cell ; and the 
