286 LYCANIDAE. CURETIS. 
It should be noted that no form of the ¢heis group occurs in the Himalayas, and no 
form of the éu/is group in South India and Ceylon, except in the hills of Orissa, the Central 
Provinces, and the Wynaad. It might perhaps be thought that by grouping the females together 
from these two geographical regions, some character would make itself manifest by 
which they, like the males, could be separated into two groups, This however is not the 
case, the shape of the wings and the extent of the white or ochreous coloration on the 
upperside yields no character, as does the width of the outer black border of the forewing 
on the upperside in the males, by which they can be segregated. 
In the first group, which contains seven species occurring within our limits, the outer 
black border on the upperside of the forewing of the male does not extend (except slightly 
in C. @sopus) along the inner margin. In both sexes the apex of the forewing is simply 
acute, never acuminate, and the outer margin of both wings even, never angulate. 
Koy to tho Indian species of Curotis. 
First group- 
A. Outer black border on upperside of forewing of male not at all or but slightly extending along the inner 
margin. 
a. Outer black border on upperside of hindwing of male very narrow, almost linear. 
a), Inner edge of outer black border on upperside of forewing of male angled opposite 
the apex. 
a”, Outer black border on upperside of forewing of male very narrow throughout. 
849. C. pH#DRUS, Plains of India, Ceylon, Nias, Java. 
62, Outer black border on upperside of forewing of male rather wider on costa 
and at apex. 
850. C. THETIS, Plains of India, Ceylon, Java. 
21, Inner edge of outer black border on upperside of forewing of male evenly rounded. 
851, C. arcuaTa, Malda, South India. 
Outer black border on upperside of hindwing of male broader, not linear. 
a‘. Outer black border on upperside of forewing of male not at all extending along the 
inner margin. 
a. Of large size, outer black borders on upperside of both wings of male very 
broad. 
852. C. GLortosa, Sylhet, Burma. 
42. Of smaller size, outer black borders on upperside of both wings of male less 
broad. 
853. C.saronts, Cachar, Andamans and Nicobars. 
854. C. FELDERI, Burma, Malay Peninsula. 
81, Outer black border on upperside of forewing of male extending slightly along the 
inner margin. 
855. C. «sopus, Burma, Malay Peninsula. 
849. Curetis phedrus, Fabricius. (PLATE XXVII, Fic. 201 ¢). 
Papilio phadrus, Fabricius, Sp. Ins., vol. ii, p. 125, n- 566 (1781); idem, id., Mant. Ins., vol. ii, p. 79, 
n. 720 (1787); Hesperia phedrus, id., Ent. Syst., vol. iii, pt. 1, p. 327, n. 165 (1793); Candalides phedrus, 
Hiibner, Verz bek. Schmett., p. 73, n. 729 (1816); idem, id., Zutrage Ex. Schmett., figs. 263, 264, male (1823) ; 
Polyommatus phedus, Godart, Enc. Méth., vol. ix, p. 675, n. 181 (1823); Avops phedrus, Boisduval, Sp. 
Gén., vol. i, pl. xxiii, fig. 1, made (1836) ; id., Butler, Cat. Fab. Lep. B. M., p. 160, n. 2 (1869) ; id., Swinhoe, 
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1885, p- 135, 0. 85; Curetis phedrus, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1881, p. 605, 
n. 13; id., Kheil, Rhop. Ins. Nias, p. 33, 9. 119 (1884) ; Papilio cinyra, Cramer, Pap. Ex., vol. iii, p. 76, 
pl. ccxxxvili, fig. C, male (1779); Anofs cinyra, Horsfield and Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C, vol. i, p. 53, 
n. 95 (1857) 3 Anops santana, Moore, Horsfield and Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C., vol. i, p. 54, n. 97 (1857)- 
Hasirat: East Indies (Fabricius); Bengal, Coromandel (Godart) ; Ceylon, Nilgiris 
(Buller) ; Poona, November ; Bombay, July, September, and October (Swézhoe) ;* Coromandel 
Coast (Cramer) ; Java (Horsfield and Moore); Nias Island (A‘%ei/). 
EXPANSE: 6, I'7 inches. 
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* Since the above was written I have seen the spec'mens Colonel Swinhoe calls C. phedrus. They are not 
that species, but C, ¢he¢is, In his later writings he places the former name as a synonym of the latter, 
