zgz2 LYCANIDE, CURETIS. 
regard to the first, we have C. angulata, Moore, which has the apex of the forewing highly 
acuminated, indeed almost falcate, and the hindwing strongly angulated at the middle of 
the outer margin and at the anal angle. The other extreme is C. discalis, Moore, which 
nearly approaches the rounded outline of C. ¢hetis, Drury. Between these two extremes we 
have every gradation. With regard to the colour character we have an unnamed form in 
which the red coloration of the upperside of the male is nearly as extensive as in the thetis 
group, but the outer black bordering gives off a black tooth at the end of the cell of the 
forewing, and is also continued along the inner margin for one-third its length, neither of 
which features ever occurs in the ¢hetis group. In the other extreme we have C. discalzs again, 
in which the red coloration on the upperside of the male is confined to a small discal patch 
on each wing. From Sikkim I have before me as I write about two hundred and fifty spe- 
cimens of the male, and fifty specimens of the female, and I find every gradation both in 
outline and coloration between all the forms, and can match every described species of the 
group from them. In India this group occurs in the Himalayas, Assam, and from Burma 
to Singapore, also on the continent of India in Orissa, in the Central Provinces, and as far 
south as the Wynaad, but in all these districts it occurs in the hills only. 
In the second group, the outer black border on the upperside of the forewing of the 
male always extends along the inner margin. The outline of the wings in both sexes is 
very variable, 
Eey to the Indian species of Curoetis. 
Second group. 
B. Outer black border on upperside of male extending along the inner margin. 
a. Apex of forewing highly acuminate, outer margin of hindwing highly angled in the middle 
and at anal angle. 
856. C. ANGULATA, Western Himalayas. 
5. Apex of forewing acuminate, outer margin of hindwing slightly angled in the middle and at 
anal angle. 
a, Disco-cellular nervules on upperside of forewing in male marked with black. 
857. C. peNTATA, Western Himalayas, Sikkim. 
&'. Disco-ceflular nervules on upperside of forewing in male undefined by a black tooth 
owing to the black bordering covering them, 
858. C. puLis, Upper India. 
¢. Apex of forewing acute, outer margin of hindwing evenly rounded. 
a’. Red area on upperside of male large, 
859. C. MALayicA, Burma, Malay Peninsula. 
5‘, Red area on upperside of male smaller. 
860, C, stiGMaTA, Burma. 
c', Red areaon upperside of both wings of male reduced toasmall discal patch on 
each wing. 
86x. C. piscatis, Nepal, Sikkim. 
856. Ouretis angulata, Moore. 
C. angulata, Moore, Proc. Zool, Soc. Lond., 1883, p. 522, pl. xlviii, fig. 2, ale. 
Hasitat: N.-W. Himalayas. 
ExpANSE: ¢, 9, 1°75 inches. 
DESCRIPTION : “MALE. From typical C. dus, Doubleday and Hewitson,* this species 
differs in the forewing being pointed and acuminated at the apex ; the red area on the UPPER- 
SIDE is paler and broader, extending to the posterior margin towards the base, the dentate 
mark at the end of the cell is also prominent. The Aindwing has the exterior margin much 
produced to an angle in the middle, and the anal end more produced, the red area is also paler, 
and extends from the costal edge broadly over the disc, leaving only an exterior marginal 
blackish band and a suffused medial basal area. FEMALE with similar outline of wings, 
UPPERSIDE, 40th wings with broad white discal areas.” (Aoore, 1. c-) 
* Anops bulis, Doubleday and Hewitson, Gen, Diurn. Lep., vol, ii, p. 473, 0, 3, pl. Ixxv, fig. 5, wale (1852). 
