CTTBETIS. 441 



hind wings has a more clearly defined outer edging of slender 

 black lunules and the outer subterminal series of black dots is 

 also fairly clearly marked. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen 

 dark brown, the apex of the antennae and the sides of the abdo- 

 men reddish; beneath: the palpi, thorax and abdomen white. 

 fj> . Upperside : dark brown, darker on the fore than on the hind 

 wing. Fore wing : a comparatively small medial diffuse spot or 

 patch of golden yellow that occupies the lower apex of the cell 

 and the bases of interspaces 2 and 3, but spreads diffusely inwards 

 and merges into the shade of the ground-colour. Hind wing: 

 the broadly clavate dark streak from base very faintly marked 

 and not very clearly differentiated from the brown ground-colour 



"r b 



Fig. 94. Curetis thefis, var. saronis. 

 a. Male. b. Female. 



beyond it ; an upper discal, diffuse, short, curved, whitish band 

 that posteriorly shades obscurely into golden yellow on the disc. 

 This tinge of golden yellow is very variable ; in some specimens 

 it is reduced to a touch of that colour along those portions 

 of veins 5 and 6 just beyond the cell ; abdominal fold earthy- 

 brown. Underside : similar to that of its own c? . Antennae, head, 

 thorax and abdomen brown, the apex of the antennae red ; beneath : 

 the antennae pale brown ; palpi, thorax and abdomen red. 



Exp. 6 $ 43-47 mm. (1-7Q-1-85"). 



Hub. Assam : Cachar (de Niceville) ; the jSlcobar and Anda- 

 man Islands. 



"74. Curetis balls, Doubleday $ Hewitson (Anops), Gen. Di. Lep. ii, 



1852, p. 473, pi. 75, fig. 5 J; Moore (Anops), Cat. Lep. Mus. 



E. I. C. i, 1857, p. 53 ; de N. Butt. 2nd. iii, 1890, p. 293. 

 Anops malayica, Felder, Novara Reise, Lep. ii, 1865, p. 221, pi. 28, 



tig. 18 cT ; ' 'Moore (Curetis), Jour. Linn. Soc., Zool. xxi, 1886, p. 39 ; 



de N. Butt. Ind. 1890, p. 294. 

 Curetis dentata, discalis et stigmata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, pp. 137 



& 138 ; de N. Butt. Ind. iii, 1890, pp. 293 & 295. 

 Curetis angulata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 522, pi. 48, fig. 2 <J ; de 



N. Butt. Ind. iii, 1890, p. 292. 



