442 



Curetis felderi, Distant, Shop. Malay. 1884, p. 203, pi. 24, fig. 

 pi. 22, fig. 26 $ ; de N. Butt. Ind. iii, 1890, p. 290. 



rf. Ufpenide, fore wing: velvety black, an elongate broad 

 medial patch dark orange-red, that extends from base outwards 

 for about three-fourths the length of the wing and fills the area 

 from vein 1 to the middle of the cell ; in some specimens diffusely, 

 spread below vein 1 near base, 

 but there shaded with dusky black ; 

 the outer margin of this red patch 

 unevenly rounded. Hind wing : 

 brownish black, a large orange-red 

 spot above vein 3 to near apex, 

 inwardly extended into the cell to 

 near the base of the wing and 

 posteriorly diffuse below vein 3, 

 but in the cell thickly overlaid 

 w ith dusky-black scaling and pos- 



. Oiire(is!rtiI'is,d. teriorly shaded with long brown 



hairs that in certain lights take a 

 golden tint ; above the cell extended from the base of the wing to 

 the inner margin of the orange spot is a prominent broad streak of a 

 shade darker than the ground-colour ; abdominal fold pale pinkish 

 brown. Underside : silvery white with sparsely scattered minute 

 black dots. Tore wing : a discal and inner subterminal series of 

 very indistinct somewhat lunular black markings that form broken 

 anteriorly convergent bands *, which are continued over the hind 

 wing to the tornus ; beyond these, on both fore and hind wings, 

 succeeds an outer subterminal series of minute black dots, in most 

 specimens very indistinct. Antenna?, head, thorax and abdomen 

 dark brown ; sides of the abdomen golden brown ; beneath : palpi, 

 thorax and abdomen white. $ . Upperside : more or less as in 

 the c? , but the dark orange-red medial patches replaced by white 

 and much larger. On the fore wing this white patch extends 

 above the cell, the discocellulars closing which are prominently 

 marked by a black tooth, and posteriorly it reaches the dorsal 

 margin. On the hind wing the white patch is very large and in 

 some specimens very diffuse. Both fore and hind wings are shaded 

 at the base by dusky scales and in many specimens the markings of 

 the underside are plainly visible by transparency ; the broad black 

 streak above the cell on the hind wing is present in some, absent 

 in other specimens. Underside : ground-colour and markings as 

 in the c? , but much more prominent. 

 Exp. 6 $ 46-50 mm. (1-82-1-98"). 



Hub. Himalayas : from Kumaon to Bhutan ; Central India : 

 Pachmari : Southern India : the Wynaad ; Assam : Sylhet ; Upper 

 Burma : Maymyo, 3000 feet. 



* For purposes of process-reproduction these markings have been much 

 emphasized in all the figures ; actually they are often only just traceable. 



