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1194. There are two specimens in the Colombo Museum 
labelled abseus (Nos. 829 and 3,484), from Mr. Pole’s collection. 
No localities are given. They are much larger than, and very 
distinct from, all the specimens of abseus from Ratnapura, and 
should be re-named. 
120. CureEtis THETIS, B. & E.; Curetis thetys, M.—Also 
found in India, Indo-China, and Malaya. 
Very common in the drier parts of the low-country. The 
male is very plentiful at Wellawaya, and is almost always 
found settled on wet roads and river beds. The female is 
scarce there. At Anuradhapura I have found the male scarce, 
but the female common. I have specimens from Elephant 
Pass (Jaffna), Mannar, Dambulla, &c., and have taken one 
on this estate (3,000 feet). 
It is a most variable insect. I have two males, which 
correspond exactly to Bingham’s description of var. arcuata, 
and there is a similar one in the Colombo Museum. My other 
males vary much in the shape of the wings and in the width 
of the black border on the fore wing ; this border is almost 
always produced a short way up each vein of both wings. 
The female usually has far less white than in Bingham’s 
description and plate. In only one of my specimens does. it 
reach to vein 1. 
Bingham says, writing of the under side of the female: “‘ In 
no specimen that I have seen is there any trace of the outer 
sub-terminal line of dark dots.” 
In three of my specimens these are far more distinct than 
in the males, and in all some of the spots are visible. 
121. ZEsIUS CHRYSOMALLUS.—Also in India. 
A common low-country fly, but the male is not rare at 
Haldummulla, April to August. 
I found it extremely abundant at Kegalla, both sexes being 
equally plentiful on the tea, October to February. It is not 
rare at Watering Point, Galle, Jaffna, and Mannar. 
The male varies very little, but the female is most variable 
in the quantity and colour of the blue on the upper side. In 
some of my specimens it is reduced to a few blue scales at the 
base of the fore wing, while in others the wings are pale. or 
dark blue, with a brown border. 
