CHAR AXES. By H. Fruhstorfer. 
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the upper surface. The under surface approximates the brown Macromalayan polyxena-^ by a dull reddish- 
yellow ground-colour with blue-black lines and purple bands. Mindanao, in a nearly allied race of a some¬ 
what smaller habitus in Camiguin cle Mindanao. 
C. affinis replaces Ch. polyxena in the subregion of Celebes. It has hitherto been known only from 
Celebes and the Island of Buton, but it will surely be yet discovered in other satellite-ilsands. ft as well as $ 
are extremely constant, even the characters between the northern and southern races are not always distinctly 
noticeable, ft remarkable for a black terminal line of the hindwings. The oblong intranerval maculae of the 
hindwings are always isolated and without a white pupil. Early stages unknown. — af finis Btlr. *) (= parme- af finis. 
nion Fldr., wallacei Btlr.), originally described from the south of the island, is in the $ sex beneath somewhat 
paler yellow than $ from the north. Butler figured as wallacei the normal $ from the environs of Makassar, 
with two distinct black transcellular spots and three median spots on the upper surface of the forewings, ft and 
$ are rare near Patunuang Asoe (South Celebes); flying all the year round. The butterfly is found near wet 
river-beds and on excrements behind the houses of the natives. — demonax Fldr. (135 d) is a name transmissible demonax. 
to the northern form of Celebes. The ft has come in great numbers to Europe in the last years, while the $ 
has remained rare. The ftft vary in such a way that one or two transcellular, red-yellow spots may be present 
which are very rarely placed nearer to the distal margin. The hindwings have sometimes a marginal band 
extended as far as to the centre of the wing, but as a rule there is only one costal spot consisting of two com¬ 
ponents, and which may be white-dotted or unicolorously deep black. Under surface ochre-yellow with a pale 
purple lustre. Of the $ we have figured an aberration from Toli-Toli (North Celebes) with almost obsolete 
median spots of the forewings. Occurring from Toli-Toli to the northern extremity of Celebes. 
C. latona forms the natural continuation of Ch. polyxena and Ch. af finis in the Moluccas and the Mela¬ 
nesian region, ft with — according to the insular habitat — differently broad, black marginal band on the 
upper surface of both wings and always a black streak covering the cell-apex, on the forewing. $ still very 
similar to the $ of af finis, but without a spatulate anterior tail which in its turn may be differently long accord¬ 
ing to the habitat. The black median spots of the forewings being in affinis sometimes indistinct, are always 
pronounced, mostly running through as far as to the submedian. Submarginal band likewise always distinct. 
The intranerval spots of the hindwings white-pupilled and the terminal band of the hindwings more extensive 
than in affinis. Under surface of the ftft dark brown with a purple lustre and golden brown submarginal bands. 
Both sexes with beautiful blue eye-spots being proximally striated with white or violet. — artemis R. and J . artemis. 
Hindwings of the ftft with a somewhat narrower black marginal band than latona (135 c) from Batjan. Under 
surface paler than latona. $ still somewhat paler than the $ of hrennus from Halmahaira. Habitat: Sula-Mangoli; 
only 1 (J, 3 $$ found hitherto. — latona Btlr. (135 c) from Batjan varies somewhat in the $ sex. One of the latona. 
of my collection (flying time August) has still more pronounced black undulate bands on the upper surface 
of the forewings than the figured specimen. The paler, less black-shaded $$ are beneath pale ochre-yellow 
with red-brown patches, those of the darker form preponderantly yellowish with brown-violet bands. Batjan, 
not very rare. — brennus Fldr. is the race from Halmaheira being in the $ sex above always less covered with hrennus. 
black. The median and submarginal bands almost obsolete, the anteterminal ocelli of the hindwings more 
uniform, proximally more pointed than in latona. — ombiranus R. and J . is found as a great rarity in the island ombiranus. 
of Obi. Flying time September, ft with a somewhat broader black marginal area of the hindwings than in the 
ft of latona. The $ differs considerably. Ground-colour lighter yellow, the black roundish maculae of the fore¬ 
wings smaller, those of the hindwings shorter. The median band more prominent, the submarginal band of 
the forewings, however, just as delicate as in affinis -$ from North Celebes. Under surface the most nearly 
allied to the dark $$ from Batjan; the greyish-violet submarginal zone more extensive . -—- aruanus Btlr. one aruanus. 
of the rarest Charaxids. ft not yet described at all, $ resembling that of latona papuensis Btlr., but on the whole 
somewhat more variegated with lighter yellow parts. The black median spots of the forewings replaced by 
yellowish ones. One $ in the Oxford Museum. — papuensis Btlr., described from Dorey, has a somewhat more papuensis. 
narrowed black marginal bordering of the forewings of the ftft than latona, and a paler under surface. The 
$ shows more reduced white fringes than the Batjan-$$. According to Rothschild and Jordan also near 
Kapaur, Dutch New Guinea and in Waigiu. — cimonides 8m. is an areal form of the Humboldt Bay, forming cimonides. 
a transition from papuensis to stephanus (135 c). The black median spots of the forewings placed nearer to the 
distal black undulate band than in papuensis Btlr. from Dorey. — stephanus R. and J. (135 c) is a well cliffe- stephanus. 
rentiatecl race of the Astrolabe Bay. Most of the ftft exhibit a much less extensive black marginal area than 
our figure. $ with a very fine submarginal line placed quite close to the very large black terminal spots of the 
forewings. The terminal margin of the hindwings nearly as broad again as in the $ of latona. German New 
Guinea, Astrolabe Bay. ft not very rare. According to Hagen presumably every second month a new genera¬ 
tion. — gigantea Hag. is a further proof of the fact that in New Guinea two strictly separated areal races may gigantea. 
develop at a short distance, gigantea differs from stephanus by the shape of the black band of the forewings, 
which approximates again latona and advances as far as near to the cell. Marginal area of the hindwings in 
the costal part much broader than in stephanus. Under surface of a brighter steel-blue lustre, the ocelli of the 
hindwings proximally with an extensive steel-blue area. Chief flying time apparently December, January. 
*) Confer the Additions. 
