NYMPH ALIN^E. 
[op. cit.) as H. Eupithes, with the fuscous markings on upper side of basal half 
of fore-wings. 
The variety first appears farther eastward near King William's Town, and 
prevails in Kaffraria Proper and Natal, extending also to the Eastern Trans- 
vaal. The entire absence of the upper-side markings just referred to gives 
the ^ a very distinct aspect; but I have not found any other character to 
separate it from the type-form. 
E. Alcimeda frequents woods only. I saw the $ at Knysna, and took it 
on the Tugela frontier of Natal. In the latter locality both sexes were 
frequenting the same spot, but the $ s kept high up out of reach. Both 
sexes are, however, fond of settling on damp mud, Archdeacon Kitton having 
taken many so engaged in the Perie Bush. A $ sent to me from Knysna was 
caught settled on the ground in a sheep-kraal. Colonel Bowker forwarded a 
good many examples of both $ and $ from the Tsomo Eiver in Kaffraria, and 
also from near the mouth of the Kei River. In the latter locality he noticed 
the $ s seated with expanded wings on the damp sand, while the $ s were 
more active in flitting about, and were occasionally pursued by the $ s. 
Alcimeda has been noticed on the wing in December, February, March, and 
April. 
Localities of Ilarma Alcimeda. 
1. South Africa. 
B. Cape Colony. 
a. Western Districts. — Knysna. Zitzikamma (IT. Fifzherhert). 
h. Eastern Districts. — King William's Town {Ven. II. Kitton. — Var.) 
Kei Eiver (/. H. Boivlxer. — Var.) 
D. Kaffraria Proper. — Tsomo and Bashee Rivers (/. H. Boivker. — 
Far.) 
E. Natal. 
b. Upper Districts. — Tunjumbili, Tugela River. — Var. 
K. Transvaal. — Lydenburg District (T. Ayres. — Var.) 
Genus CHARAXES. 
Charaxes, Ochs., " Schmett. Europ., iv. p. i8(i8i6);" Herr. -S chaff., Syst. 
Bearb. Schmett. Europ., i. p. 45 (1843). 
NpnphaliSj'LeLtv. [part], Encyc. Meth., ix. pp. 10, 11 (18 19); Westw., Gen. 
Diurn. Lep., ii. p. 306 (1850); Trim., Rhop. Afr. Aust., i. p. 165 
(1862). 
Imago. — Head rather broad, densely clothed with velvet-like down ; 
eyes large, smooth, very prominent ; palpi of moderate length or rather 
long, well separated, more or less convergent, ascendant, rising con- 
siderably above top of head, clothed with closely-appressed scales and 
scaly hairs, — basal joint inferiorly tufted with hair, — middle joint long 
and thick, clothed superiorly with short hair, — terminal joint small and 
slender, sometimes short and conical, sometimes more elongate ; a?i- 
tennce rather short, thick, straight, with a gradually formed, but very 
distinct, rather thick, almost cylindrical, blunt club. 
Thorax extremely thick and long, especially in ^ ; clothed with 
very fine, close, thick down, hairy posteriorly on back and inferiorly 
on prothorax. Fore-wings rather broad, apically more or less acumi- 
