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rounded spots ; a common, rather hroad^ dark asJiy-grey streah, edged on 
its inner side ivith ivhite, from costa of fore-wing (at extremity of cell) 
— interrupted abruptly on fold between first median nervule and sub- 
median nervure — to a little before anal angle of bind- wing ; bind- 
marginal border of fore-wing, and all liind-wing except an inferior 
discal patch, with a submetallic gloss ; no hind-marginal brown border. 
Fore-wing : costa, from base to extremity of cell, irrorated with hoary- 
grey ; a minute, round, fuscous spot, ringed with hoary-grey, in dis- 
coidal cell. Hind-iving : hind-margin near and at anal angle, and tail, 
thinly irrorated with grey. 
^ Bather ;paler, especially as regards hind-marginal borders ; spots 
of discal series usually darker and better defined. Hind-wing : anal- 
angular markings more distinct ; sometimes two additional lunulate 
hind-marginal marks of the same description between third and first 
median nervules ; an additional tail (shorter) at extremity of third 
median nervule. Under side. — Usually imler than in ^, with the 
irroration coarser^ not so close, and less evenly distributed ; gloss not so 
bright. 
In both sexes the transverse streak of the under side is often indistinct, 
and is sometimes almost obsolete. 
This insect is allied to C. BetsimisaraJca, Lucas, but the latter has a white 
basal suffusion as in Charaxes Varanes (Cram.) Another small Charaxes, from 
Madagascar, which I saw in the fine collection of Mr. Henley G. Smith, but 
which I believe is unnamed, appeared to be a still nearer ally. 
C Neaiithes, notwithstanding its widely different colouring, is closely related 
to C. Zoolina (Westw.) in every other respect, and appears to have quite similar 
habits and distribution. While in Natal I only saw two specimens, — one at 
Verulam and the other at Itongati Eiver ; each was among the branches of a 
tree, making short flights and returning to its perch. Colonel Bowker, who met 
with it not uncommonly in Kaffraria Proper, noted that it sometimes visited 
the ground, settling for a few minutes on grass or shrubs ; in that part of 
South Africa he observed it in December and January, and again from April 
to August, finding it more numerous in May. 
Localities of Charaxes Neanthes. 
I. South Africa. 
D. Kaffraria Proper. — Bashee River (J". H. Bowker). 
E. Natal. 
a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban (J. H. Bowker). Verulam. Itongati. 
H. Delagoa Bay. — Lourengo Marques {Mrs. Monteiro). 
II. Other African Regions. 
A. South Tropical. 
a. Eastern Coast. — Zambesi River {Rev. H. Rowley). 
105. (3.) Charaxes Varanes, (Cramer). 
$ PaiJilio Varanes, Cram., Pap. Exot., ii. t. clx. ff. d, e (1779); ^nd 
( 9 ) iv. t. ccclxxxviii. ff. a, b (1782). 
„ „ Dru., 111. Nat. Hist., iii. pi. xxxi. (1782). 
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