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CHARAXES. By Dr. C. AuRiviLLrus. 
on t idea. 
adusta. 
opinatus. 
baumanni. 
thy si. 
hilde- 
brandti. 
blandci. 
9. Etheocles Group. 
In this group the under surface of the forewing has in the cell 3 small, rounded, black dots and a curved or straight 
transverse streak, which are arranged as in the figure of ochracea (33b). The hindwing has always two distinct tails. The 
forewing beneath has in cellule lb near the hinder angle two black, more or less connected or free spots. The species other¬ 
wise nearly agree with those of the tiridates group. The $$ are often quite unlike the dc? and in etheocles a large number 
of entirely different female forms occur. 
First Subgroup. 
The fine black transverse streaks in the basal part of cellules 2, 4—8 on the underside of the hindwing are joined 
together, forming a straight or nearly straight transverse line; cellule 3 without transverse streak. Hindwing above with 
broad, light (red-yellow, blue or white) transverse band or with broad orange-red marginal band. 
Ch. anticlea Drury (33 d). wings above deep black; forewing at the hinder angle between the hind- 
margin and vein 3 with a triangular orange submarginal band, which is only 1 mm. from the distal margin; 
hindwing above with an orange band, anteriorly narrower, in the middle about 8 mm. in breadth, which encloses 
4—6 black, white-centred submarginal spots; above strongly recalls the $ of protodea (33 b). In the $ the 
wings are black-brown above, with a common, nearly straight, light orange median band, which on the hind¬ 
wing is 9 mm. in breadth and in cellules 5—7 of the forewing is divided into two branches; hindwing with a 
continuous orange marginal line only about 2 mm. in breadth. Sierra Leone and Ashanti. — adusta Rothsch. 
only differs in the <$ in having the orange submarginal band of the forewing 2 mm. from the distal margin and 
in the $ in the orange marginal line of the hindwing being partly broken up into spots. Gameroons to Angola 
and Uganda. 
Ch. opinatus Heron. almost exactly like that of etheocles (33 b) in shape and size. Wings above black- 
brown ; forewing unicolorous without markings; hindwing with the tails and a continuous marginal line 
orange-red and before the distal margin with grey-blue, white-centred submarginal dots; about 6 mm. from 
the distal margin is placed between veins lb and 7 a transverse row of small, red-yellow, separated transverse 
streaks. The under surface strongly recalls that of antidea, both wings having before the middle a darker, 
almost straight-edged transverse band about 5 mm. in breadth, which is curved round basewards in cellule 
lc of the hindwing and more or less completely covers cellules la—lc. $ unknown. Ruwenzori. 
Ch. baumanni Rghfr. (33 c). hindwing above beyond the middle between veins 2 and 7 with a 
light blue transverse band, in the middle about 5 mm. in breadth, anteriorly narrowed, which is also continued 
on the forewing but is there much narrower and broken up into small spots; forewing otherwise unmarked, 
but the hindwing with white-centred submarginal spots and greenish (in cellules 4—6 orange-yellow) marginal 
streaks. The fine black median line of the under surface is also continuous on the forewing to the costal margin, 
straight and on both wings distally bordered with whitish. In the $ the transverse band on the upper surface 
is pure white, somewhat further from the distal margin and continuous to vein 4 of the forewing, then divided 
into two rows of spots. Manicalancl, Nyassaland and German East Africa. 
Ch. thysi Capronn. (33 c). $ above black with intensive blue reflection; both rvings beyond the middle 
with a common dark blue transverse band, on the hindwing 6 mm. in breadth, on the forewing somewhat narrow¬ 
er and broken up into spots; hindwing with white submarginal dots and bluish marginal streaks. This remark¬ 
ably beautiful but very rare species differs from all other African forms in its bright silvery under surface, 
which is divided beyond the middle by a red-brown, black-spotted transverse band 2—-3 mm. in breadth. The 
$ is unknown. Congo. 
Ch. hildebrandti Dew. (33 c). d 1 : wings above black with a common, straight, white, bluish-bordered 
transverse band, extending from vein 2 on the hindwing to vein 7 or 8 on the forewing, but in cellules 5—8 
of the forewing broken up into small, rounded spots; tails of the hindwing short and obtuse. The white trans¬ 
verse band occurs beneath also and is here basally bounded on the hindwing by the fine, continuous and nearly 
straight black discal line, but on the forewing in cellules lb—3 proximally often angled at the veins so as to 
form a series of steps. Hindrving beneath with yellowish marginal line. The 9 is somewhat larger than the 
d and has the white transverse band broader and scarcely margined with blue, reaching the inner margin of the 
hindwing; otherwise it agrees with the d- Gold Coast to Angola. 
Ch. blanda Rothsch. In the <$ the wings are black above, with strong greenish blue reflection. Hind¬ 
wing above beyond the middle between veins 2 and 7 with a broad (9 mm. in cellule 2), blue transverse band, 
gradually narrowing anteriorly, in cellule 8 represented by a small, free blue spot; on the forewing the trans¬ 
verse band is continued to the costal margin as a row of small blue spots; these spots are placed about 
7 mm. from the distal margin and in cellules 4—6 have white centres; in addition the forewing has small, 
rounded blue spots in the basal part of cellules 2—6, the one in cellule 4 as usual placed at the apex of the 
cell. Hindwing above in cellules 2—6 (7) with bluish submarginal and marginal streaks, in cellule lc with 
two white-centred submarginal spots and a thick orange-yellow marginal streak. On the under surface this 
