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Nilgiris. The female takes two forms, in both of which the ground-colour is black with 
a patch on the disc of each wing, which in one form is white, in the other copper- 
coloured.” I have noted that it is ‘ Not uncommon in Calcutta amongst trees and high 
bushes, and generally settles with closed wings on the underside of a leaf out of reach. ‘The 
female is dimorphic, one form having the disc of the wings above white, the other having 
them ochreous.”” I have only bred the white form of the female, which agrees exactly with the 
figures of the species by Drury and Cramer. As noted under C. phedrus, this species does not 
appear to be confined to any particular locality, and intermediates between it and C. phedrus 
are not difficult to find. 
Mr. Doherty records* C. ¢hetis from the Kali Valley, Kumaon. I think his identification 
must be incorrect, unless he takes the extremely broad view that only one species of the genus 
occurs in India, as all the specimens of Curetis I have seen from the Himalayas are of the 
bulis group, the ¢hetis group occurring only (except in a few hilly places) in the plains of India 
below the Himalayas to Ceylon, and from Assam to Singapore. 
851. Curetis arcuata, Moore. 
C. arcuata, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1883, p. 523, pl. xviii, fig. 3, ale, 
HABITAT: Malabar. 
EXPANSE: &, 9, 1°4 inches. 
DESCRIPTION : “ Of smaller size than C. thetys [=¢thetis], Drury, the forewing less acuminate 
at the tip, the costal band on the UPPERSIDE comparatively broader, not jagged on its inner 
edge, and is curved below the apex to the posterior angle. On the Aindwing the costal band 
spreads over the costal nervure and extends to the end of the first subcostal nervule. FEMALE. 
UPPERSIDE, forewing with the white patch confined moreto the disc. Hindwing, with the 
curved white band narrower.” (Joore, 1. c.) 
This species, of which I possess a specimen named by Mr. Moore from Bangalore, can 
typically be distinguished from C. ¢hetis by the inner edge of the outer black border to the 
forewing on the upperside being evenly rounded, not at right angles below the apex as in that 
species. I possess specimens from Bangalore, Rutnagherry, North Canara, and Bholahat 
in the Malda District. From the former place I possess specimens of C, pkedrus, and from 
Bholahat I have typical C, thetis, so C, arcuata appears also to be confined to no particular 
and well-defined region. 
852. Ouretis gloriosa, Moore. 
C. gloriosa, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1883, p. 522, pl. xlviii, fig. 1, male. 
HABITAT : Sylhet. 
EXPANSE : 1°75 to 2‘00 inches. 
DESCRIPTION : ‘* MALE. UPPERSIDE, Joth wings dark coppery-red. Forewing witha 
blackish-brown marginal border curving broadly from base of the costa to posterior angle. 
Hindwing also with a broad blackish-brown marginal border, and a suffused dusky basal area. 
FEMALE. UPPERSIDE, Joh wings dark brown. Forewing with broad golden-yellow discal area. 
Hindwing with a narrow curved discal streak.” (JZoore, 1. c.) 
The Indian Museum, Calcutta, possesses two males and a female of this species. They 
are of very large size, expanding two inches, the outer black border on the upperside of both 
wings is very broad, in the hindwing broader than in any other species of this group. Their 
nearest ally is C. @sofus, Fabricius, from which their large size and the broad black margin 
to the hindwing in the male on the upperside will distinguish them. In the Phayre Museum, 
Rangoon, and in Colonel Swinhoe’s collection, are single males of this species taken in Rangoon 
which agree well with typical Sylhet specimens. 
853. Curetis saronis, Moore. 
C. saronis, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877, p. 587; C.? saronis, Wood-Mason and de Nicéville, 
Journ. A. S. B., vol. lv, pt. 2, p. 364, n. 109 (1886), 
* ““ Curetis thetis, Drury (thetys). Kali Valley, Kumaon, not common. Except in the outline of the 
wings, which is that of the typical ¢He¢és, my Kumaon specimens do not differ from dx/és, The red is confined 
toarather small area of the forewing, indented from above, and not reaching the hind margin. » «Doherty 
Journ, A. S. B., vol. lv, pt. 2, p. 127, mn. 131 (1886). 
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