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Show 80 MR. R. TRIMEN ON BUTTERFLIES [Jan. 20, Genus HAMANUMIDA, Htibn. 32. H A M A N U M I D A DCEDALUS (Fabr.). Papilio dcedalus, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 482. n. 174 (1775). Papilio meleagris, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. t. lxvi. ff. A, B (1775). Omrora (August). Six male and two female examples. All the specimens are of the typical (dcedalus) form, having the underside very dull argillaceous-ochreous more or less tinged with rufous, without white spots (except the two lowest in the discal series of the fore wings, which are tolerably well marked), and with the dark markings very faint. Genus CHARAXES, Ochs. 33. C H A R A X E S CANDIOPE (Godt.). Nymphalis candiope, Godt. Enc. Meth. ix. p. 353. n. 10 (1819). Charaxes candiope, Trim. S.-Afr. Butt. i. p. 327. n. 107, pi. 6. f. 4 (c?) (1887). Omrora (August and September) and Ehanda (September). Four male examples. 34. CHARAXES SATURNUS, Butl. Charaxes saturnus, Butl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 624, pi. 36. f. 1. Omrora (August), Ehanda (September), and Okavango River (December). Eleven male examples. 35. CHARAXES ACH^EMENES, Feld. Charaxes achcemenes, Feld. Reise Novara, Lep. iii. p. 446, pi. lix. ff. 6, 7 (8) (1867). Omrora (August) and Ehanda (September). Three examples, two males and a female. In this species the apex of the fore wings is remarkably produced, especially in the female. 36. CHARAXES EPHYRA (Godt.). Nymphalis ephyra, Godt. Encycl. Meth. ix. p. 355 (1819). Ehanda (August and September). Two examples, a male and a female. These examples are smaller than usual, especially the female, expanding only 2 in. 5 lin. The lower spots of the outer discal series of the fore wings in the female do not coalesce with those of the inner series, but are quite apart, indistinct, small, crescentic, and bluish ; the basal half of both wings is strongly glossed with a greenish-bronzy metallic lustre l. 1 There is strong reason for supposing that C. ethcoclcs, Cram, (nee Drury), figured on pi. cxix. D, E, in vol. ii. of Pap. Exot,, is the female C. ephyra ; notwithstanding the large size, rather rough execution, and crude colouring of the figures, they certainly seem to be intended to represent the female of this Charaxes. |