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outer corner of the pale patch of the hiudwing white. These differences are very 

 short of possessing- specific vahie ; the i S are indistinguishable either by wings or 

 genitalia. 



I had not noticed till after I had decided that gloriosa was a form of saronis, 

 that Moore describes the female as having " forewing with broad golden yellow 

 discal area, hindwing with a narrow curved discal streak." This confirms, had it 

 been necessary, its relationship to saronis, and shows it to be unrelated to Indian 

 thetis. 



I have a specimen of gloriosa from the Moore collection that is interesting 

 in two ])oiuts : in the first place (labelled Sylhet) it is only 42 mm. in expanse 

 against 52 mm. gloriosa, thus showing the difference in size between gloriosa and 

 saronis to be of no specific value. It has the postdiscal lines beneath arched as 

 in typical gloriosa ; in saronis they are much straightcr, but certainly variable, as 

 I have a nicoharica almost identical in this (and other) respects with this small 

 gloriosa. The other point of interest abont this s])ecimen is that it has attached 

 to it a memorandum by Moore. " Anops. Sylhet x — near to insularis (Java), 

 smaller, fw. shorter, the red area smaller, rounded opposite the apex, the 

 brown border of exterior margin much broader at the posterior end ; h.w. with 

 comparatively broader brown marginal border, the red area suffused with brown 

 on abdominal border ; underside greyish white, with bluish grey discal Innular 

 band and submargiual luuular line. The discocellular streak, basal spots and inner 

 margin of the luuular bands dark speckled. Hab. Sylhet. Coll. F. M." 



The appendages of saronis are very distinct ; the aedeagus is TO mm. long. 

 of thetcs type, with movable accessory smaller than in thetis, the extremity less 

 strongly chitinised than in thetis ; the cornuti are very abundant, small, and very 

 regularly arranged in ribbon form. 



The most characteristic feature is the short, very broad valves, with a short 

 harpe, conjoined to them more closely, or rather free from them for a much 

 shorter distance than in any other species except nesophila, in which the outline 

 both of val ve and harpe is very different. 



The distribution of the species would seem to be from Sylhet, by Rangoon, 

 and the chain of Nicobars and Andamans to Sumatra, avoiding the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



5. Curetis nesophila Felder. 



Fig. 10. Male, upperside. 



,, 28. „ underside. 



Appendages. Figs. 71, 72. 



msophila Felder, Wien. Enl. Moiials. 1862. p. 289. Figured in Semper's Philippinen, pi. xx.xi. 

 fig. 28, 29, p. 158. 



I find it very difficult to define this species by the general facies. Nor, indeed, 

 am 1 quite confident that the species I am dealing with is the one described as 

 nesophila. Nevertheless, by a process of exclusion, I conclude I am right, as the 

 specimens accord with no other species, nor are there other specimens that can 

 possibly be nesophila. 



Semper's description of the black margin of the forewing having its inner 

 margin circularly curved, is the best and most easily seized character I can find to 

 distinguish it from other species and especially from tagalica. 



