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minutely browu-spc'cklcd ; rib-liiu^ indistinct. A largo, dark, bright violct>bluo prominontly- 
markc'd siiecics." {Moore, I. c.) 
This species varies in tlie blue coloiu" of the upperside ; iu the majority of 
specimens this is very deep iu tone, in others it is pale, and iu a few it is 
greenish or " peacock "-blue. On the under siuface the ground-colour ranges 
from pale clrab to deep oclircous, sometimes deeply suffused or heavily clouded 
with purple-brown, reddish-brown, or violet-brown. 'I'lie rib-like mark is 
generally well defined, especially ou the secondaries ; sometimes it is black 
edged inwardly witli pale grey, and sometimes it is yellowish-grey narrowly 
edged outwardly witli browuisli. Some specimens ha\e fungus-like black 
spots, otliers are finely or coarsely irrorated with black or brown. The ocelli, 
usually two on each wing, resemble the " spangle galls " often seen on fallen 
leaves. 
Occurs at Moupiu, Omei-shan, Chia-kou-ho, and Chia-ting-fu in AVestern 
China, and at Chang-yang in Central China. In India it is found in the 
North-west Himalayas, Nepal, and Sikkim. 
Genus CHAEAXES. 
Charaxes, Ochsenlieimcr, Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 18 (1816) ; Felder, Neues Lep. p. 39 
(1861); de Niceville, Butt. Ind. ii. p. 269 (1886). 
Nymphalis, MVestwood {nee Latreille), Gen. Diurn. Lep. ii. p. 306 (1850). 
" Body extremely robust ; hind wing generally with one or two tails ; underside of the wings 
beautifully ornamented with patches and markings of varied colours. Female scarcely 
differing in appearance from the male, but larger and sometimes with a paler oblique bar 
on the fore wing. 
" Head moderately large, woolly, not tufted iu front. 
" Eyes very prominent, naked. 
" Palpi large, porrected obliquely ; the tip elevated considerably above the level of the top of 
the eyes and extending in front of the head nearly as far as its length, rather apart at the 
base, but approximating at the tip, thickly scaly ; the extremity of the second joint above 
clothed with short erect hairs, resting upon the faco in repose ; terminal joint somewhat 
naked, small and conical, inside with the scales more hair-like. 
" Antenna' rather short, not half the length of the fore wing, strong, straight, terminated by a 
long, gradually-formed, but not very robust, fusiform club, slightly attenuated at the 
extreme tip, where it is obliquely truncate, with a very fine carina on the underside, on 
each side of which is a very slight longitudinal impression. 
" TnoKix very robust, oblong, thickly clothed with wool, especially on the metathorax. 
" Fore winrj subtriangular ; costal margin moderately arched ; apical angle somewhat acute, 
but rounded off at its extremity ; outer margin oblique, slightly emarginate and almost 
