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veins are marked inwards by black lines in a way that there is sometimes a trace 

 of in tagtdica, bat is here very marked, and between these lines the copper is 

 dnsted with dark scales so as to give a heavy dark rich appearance, assisted by the 

 darkness and brilliance of the copper and by dark shading from the base; in this 

 respect there is no form of tagalica that approaches it. There is further a definite 

 difference of wing-form : the apex of the forewing and the anal angle of the hind- 

 wing are both produced, so as to be obviously in contrast with tagalica. The 

 underside has much the same lines as tagalica, bnt the appearance is very different, 

 as the whole underside has the silvery whiteness of tlietis with no dark shading, 

 only the fine lines and marginal dots. 



In the ? the npperside rusty markings are more reduced than any specimen (?) 

 of tagalica, though one approaches it; the underside presents no appreciable 

 difference. 



The appendages are but slightly different ; the aedeagas is 21 mm. long (in 

 tagalica 1-8 mm.), and the harpes are distinctly narrower. 



7. Curetis saleyerensis nov. spec. ? 



Fig. 29. Upper surface, ¥. 

 „ 30. Underside, ?. 



There are two f ? specimens from Saleyer Island (just south of Celebes), 

 unfortunately unaccompanied by males; these are very unlike any other species 

 I have seen, but belong, judging from the underside markings, to the tagalica 

 section. It seems desirable to give them a name, provisionally, saleyerensis. 



8. Curetis insularis Horsf. 

 Appendages. Figs. 69, 70 (N.E. Sumatra). 



imiilaris, Horsf. Cat. Lej>. E./.C. p. 125. n. 52 (1829) ; id. and Moore, Cat. Lep. ilus. E.I.C. vol. i. 

 p. 53. t. 1 a. fig. 14 (upperside) ; Distant, Rhop. .\fiihii/. Tab. xli. fig. G, 7, J ? (upper- and 

 underside). 



This is a very well-defined species, not likely to be confounded with any other. 



The figure of the underside in Distant's J^/top. Malay, is very good. The 

 distinguishing character is that the postdiscal line beneath is very smooth and 

 regular, with hardly any or very slight undulations. There seems to be nothing 

 in the assertion that the ground colour is of a creamy tint : some specimens are 

 so, but some are quite white. The statement probably arises from the circumstance 

 XhsX'saronis has some resemblance beneath to insularis, and is usually very white 

 but the real distinction is that suroni.-i is less distinctly marked and the post- 

 discal__^line is undulated. 



The male appendages are equally distinctive : the dorsal hooks have the 

 appearance of being broken off instead of being long, sweejiing and pointed ; thev 

 are rather short, taper very little if at all, and end in a square blunt tip. 



The harpes have a lateral process very much like thetis, and the extreme end of 

 the straight piece is smooth and chitinous ; this, together with the sjiertliis-\\ke 

 aedeagus, in which the shuttle piece does not seem detached from the rest of 

 the tube, indicates au alliance with the Imlis section. 



The specimens in the Tring Museum came from Sumatra, Java, Malay 

 Peninsula, Banka, etc. 



