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CHARAXES. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
hindwing above whitish with a rust-brown marginal band about 3 mm. in breadth. Under surface brownish, 
sprinkled with darker dots, as in the type-form with longitudinal stripe in 1 c and a median band, but with 
dark dots instead of the submarginal stripes. Cameroons to Angola; rare. 
Ch. zoolina occurs in three local races, each with a greenish and a brown or brown-yellow form. The 
greenish white forms differ from kahldeni in the broad dark marginal band on the upperside of the bind¬ 
wing and the yellow-brown forms from homeyeri in the absence of the longitudinal stripe in cellule 1 c on the 
zoolina. hindwing beneath. — zoolina Westw. (32 b): wings with the ground-colour greenish white; forewing above with 
the costal margin, a transverse spot at the end of the cell and the apical area black, the latter more or less 
spotted with white; hindwing with a black marginal band, 4—5mm. in breadth, with small white dots. Wings 
beneath almost as above, but with larger white spots in the marginal bands, common black median band and 
black longitudinal stripe in cellule 1 c of the hindwing; distal margin of the hindwing scarcely appreciably 
angled at vein 4. The $ is larger and has the light spots in the marginal bands much larger and joined together; 
neanthes. hindwing above with yellowish marginal streaks. Natal to Uganda and Abyssinia, f. neanthes Hew. (32 b). 
The ground-colour is lighter or darker ochre-yellow and the black markings of the type-form are replaced 
obscuratus. by ferruginous or dark brown; occasionally they are black, ab. obscuratus Stiff. Under surface irrorated 
ehmclcei. with dark, without the longitudinal stripe in cellule 1 c of the hindwing. — ehmckei Dew. Distal margin 
of the hindwing distinctly angled at vein 4. Otherwise only differs from neanthes in having both wings above 
phanera. broadly whitish at the base and beneath without distinct median band. Angola, f. phanera Jord. has in 
the $ a distinct angle at vein 4 of the hindwing and less extended black markings on the forewing, but 
bet si mi- otherwise agrees with zoolina. Angola. — betsimisaraka Luc. occurs on Madagascar and only differs from 
saraka. zoolina in the hindwing of the $ having a distinct though small tooth at the end of vein 4 and in the trans- 
betanimena. verse streak at the end of the cell of the forewing only reaching the base of vein 3. f. betaniniena Luc. corre¬ 
sponds to f. neanthes , but is darker and with the marginal band darker rust-brown and more continuous. 
The hindwing in the distinctly toothed at vein 4. Wings beneath without median band, or with this sharply 
andriba. pronounced and margined with white, ab. andriba Ward. Madagascar. 
16. Eupale Group. 
The only species of this group is easily known by the light green ground-colour of both wings. The hindwing without 
tail, but with a short angle at the extremity of vein 4. 
eupale. Ch. eupale Drury (32 c). Both wings light green; apical half of the forewing much darker green, sharply 
defined proximally, at the hindmargin at least 2 mm. in breadth. Hindwing above with rounded black spots 
dilutus. before the distal margin and thick dark green or brown terminal line. Sierra Leone to Angola. — dilutus Rothsch. 
is somewhat larger, with the apical half of the forewing light green, less sharply defined proximally and termi¬ 
nating at or before the end of vein 1. Hindwing without dark marginal line and with the submarginal spots 
smaller or indistinct. In the interior of the Congo region and in Nyassaland. 
17. Nichetes Group. 
Distal margin of the fore wing enrarginate, before the anal angle at the end of vein 2 strongly convex. Hindwing 
in the d produced to a point at the anal angle; distal margin curved and feebly dentate but without tail; in the $ rounded 
at the anal angle and with a very short tail at vein 4. Ground-colour above orange-red with violet reflection. 
nichetes. Ch. nichetes Smith (32 b). wings above with a nearly straight black median band, extending from 
the costal margin of the forewing to the middle of vein 2 on the hindwing and about 4 mm. in breadth. Fore¬ 
wing with black cliscal spots in cellules 2—6, which are more or less completely united with the proximal side 
of the transverse band; hindwing inside the band broadly blackish. Forewing with dark marginal spots united 
into a band and hindwing with thick submarginal annulated spots. In the $ the basal half of both wings above 
is almost as dark as the transverse band, which is consequently only bordered distally by the reddish yellow 
ground-colour; submarginal spots of the hindwing united into a light-spotted band 4mm. in breadth. Ca- 
leoninus. meroons to Angola. - — leoninus Btlr. (32 b), as the figure shows, differs from the type-form only in having the 
black markings much less developed. In the $ they are even more reduced, the ground-colour much lighter 
orange-yellow and the distal margin of the hindwing uniformly rounded, without tails. Nyassaland. 
18. Laodice Group. 
Wings above deep black with blue markings. Hindwing in the o with the distal margin undulate or dentate, with¬ 
out tail, in the $ tailed at vein 4. The under surface of both wings dark, weakly marked. 
First Subgroup. 
Cell of the forewing unjcolorous black without spots. Hindwing usually with white submarginal dots above and 
beneath. 
