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CHARAXES. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
an band; on the forewing, however, the median band is separated from the basal area by large black spots 
in cellules 1 b—6; the marginal spots of the hindwing are streak-like and much smaller than in phraortes and 
the distal margin is distinctly tailed also at vein 3. Beneath both wings have the ground-colour red-brown 
and the white markings have a silvery gloss and are broader than usual; the black markings in the basal part 
of the hindwing, on the other hand, are reduced in number, so that cellule 7 and cellule 8 each have only one 
small transverse spot; in the silvery median band, on the contrary, several black spots are placed behind 
vein 5. Madagascar; very rare. 
druceanus. Ch. druceanus Btlr. (30 c) is above similar to the two last-mentioned species, but has the basal part 
of the upper surface darker chestnut-brown, so that the median band is sharply defined proximally; the margi¬ 
nal spots of both wings are large and form on the hindwing a continuous band; the hindwing is not tailed at 
vein 3; the black submarginal band on both wings is considerably narrower than in phraortes and andranodo- 
rus. The ground-colour of the under surface is rust-brown and the white markings have a beautiful silver gloss; 
the black transverse markings in the basal part of the hindwing are much reduced and only represented by 
fine streaks; as in andranodorus celhdes 7 and 8 each have only one black spot or transverse streak, and even 
this may sometimes be absent; the median band of the hindwing is posteriorly much narroAved and is unicolo- 
rous or only in cellules 2—4 with a black streak at its proximal side. Congo, Angola, Nyassaland, Zambesi, 
Transvaal, Natal. 
Ch. eudoxus differs from the preceding in having the median band on the upperside of the foreAving 
completely bordered on both sides by the deep black-broAvn ground-colour and towards the costal margin much 
narrowed but almost straight. The basal third of both wings above is dark red-brown; the red-yellow mar¬ 
ginal spots are large and on the hindwing united into a marginal band. On the under surface of the hindwing 
the silver-white median band is narrow with yelloAvish spots along the middle and in the basal area the black 
eudoxus. centres of the silvery streaks and spots are entirely or almost entirely absent. A very rare species. —■ eudoxus 
Drury has the median band on the upperside of the foreAving rather broad and in cellules 4—7 also composed 
of rounded spots; on the under surface this band is lighter than the ground-colour and distinctly defined. 
Pupa unicolorous green, with yellowish spiracles and orange-yelloAv cremaster. Sierra Leone to Cameroons. 
mechowi. — In mechowi Rothsch. (30 c as eudoxus) the median band of the upper surface is placed very near to the distal 
margin and in cellules 2—6 is very narrowly linear; on the under surface, except at the hindmargin in cellules 
1 a and 1 b, it is red-brown and not lighter than the ground-colour. Angola and the southern Congo region. 
2. Zingha Group. 
The single species of this group differs from all others in the shape of the hindwing. This is produced at the anal angle, 
between veins 1 b and 2, into a broad lobe, which is joined to a short, obtuse tail at vein 2. On this ground the species 
has been regarded by some authors as the type of a separate genus, Mohura Mab. 
zingha. Ch. zingha Stoll (32 d). Both wings above deep black with a common red-yelloAV or red-brown trans¬ 
verse band; on the foreAving this is triangular, extends from the hindmargin to vein 6, reaches the base at the 
hindmargin and encloses a rounded black spot in the basal part of cellules 2 and 3; on the hindwing it covers 
the basal area and extends distad to vein 3; the black distal area is ornamented with some red-yellow marginal 
spots and some Avhite dots at the anal angle. Beneath the forewing is black-grey at the apex and the costal 
margin, but in the cell and behind vein 3 reddish, with 6 rounded black dots in the cell, a black spot in cel¬ 
lule 3, two in the basal part of cellule 2, a large black submarginal spot in cellule lb and a similar smaller 
spot in cellule 2. The hindwing beneath is broadly grey-yellow at the costal margin in cellules 7 and 8, with 
5 or 6 rounded black spots, then very gaily coloured, the whitish or red-brown ground-colour being divided 
into spots by a network of numerous black transverse streaks and lines; the anal lobe is yelloAv at the distal 
margin. The $ is larger and lighter than the <$, but otherwise differs but little. Sierra Leone to the Congo. 
3. Etesipe Group. 
The species of this group are easily distinguished by having the costal margin of the hindwing beneath light and entirely 
without markings. The distal margin of the hindwing forms a distinct break or notch at vein 5 and the hindwing has in 
both sexes two long thin tails (at veins 2 and 4). The females are quite unlike the males in the colour and markings of the 
upper surface. The transverse markings beneath are especially strongly developed in the cell and in cellules 2 and 3 of the 
foreAving and 6 and 7 of the hindwing and are red-brown with or without black bordering. 
Ch. etesipe. The transverse band on the upperside of the hindwing in the is blue and placed beyond 
etesipe. the middle of the Aving, in the $ it is at least partly Avhite and placed about at the middle. — etesipe 
Godt. d' (30c). The transverse band of the forewing is narroAV, entirely broken up into spots, only those 
in cellules la, lb and 2 are blue, the others white, and placed near the distal margin; t 'Avhite spots are 
also present in the basal part of cellules 2—6 and at the apex of the cell; the median band on the upper- 
side of the hindwing is only 2—3 mm. in breadth and is also broken up into spots. $. The transverse band on 
the upper surface is broad and white, the markings at the distal margin of the hindAAdng indistinct. Sierra 
