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Fig. 96. Curetis bulls, 

 var. dentata, J 1 . 



? Var. dentata, Moore. Upperside : golden or coppery orange 

 of a shade paler than the orange patch in the typical form. Tore 

 wing : costal margin broadly black, 

 the width of the black colour 

 increasing to the apex and con- 

 tinued from below that in an even 

 border along the termen to the 

 tornus, thence along the apical 

 third of the dorsum, ending more 

 or less diffusely in a point ; disco- 

 cellulars marked by a prominent 

 tooth extended from the black 

 costal border. Hind wing: base 

 and dorsal area lightly irrorated 

 with fuscous scales, the latter also 

 shaded with long pale brown hairs ; 

 termen with a blackish border of 



varying width but generally widest in the middle, its inner margin 

 more or less diffuse ; costal margin broadly pale yellow. Underside : 

 silvery white ; markings similar to but in some specimens even 

 more indistinct than in bulis. Antennae, head and thorax of a paler 

 brown than in bulis ; sides of the abdomen golden yellow ; be- 

 neath : palpi, thorax and abdomen white. $ . Upperside : similar 

 to that of the rf , but the orange replaced by white, the black 

 costal and terminal borders on the fore wing broader ; on the 

 dorsal margin the border is continued further towards the base ; 

 the discocellular black tooth-like mark as prominent as in the d . 

 Hind wing : the white area very much smaller than the similar 

 orange area on the hind wing of the c? and confined to the apical 

 third of the wing ; a short, broad, clavate, black streak extends 

 from the base outwards above the cell. Underside : as in the c? 

 but the markings more prominent. 

 Exp. 3 $ 46-49 mm. (1-82-1-92"). 



Hob. Himalayas : Mussoorie to Sikhim ; Central India : Pach- 

 mari ; Southern India : the "Wynaad ; Assam ; Burma. 



? Yar. angulata, Moore. Differs from bulis in the shape of the 

 hind wing, which has the termen very strongly angulate in the 

 middle in both sexes. In both rf and $ also the apex of the 

 fore and tornal angle of the hind wing are highly acuminate, in the 

 fore wing the apex is, in most specimens, falcate. c? Upper- 

 side : differs from the upperside of the typical form in the greater 

 extent and paler colour of the orange-red areas on both fore 

 and hind wings. On the fore wing the discocellulars are marked 

 by a black tooth as in var. dentata, and on the hind wing the orange- 

 red ground-colour extends posteriorly to vein 2, but along the 

 dorsum it is heavily shaded with dusky-black scales. Underside : 

 as in typical bulis. Antenna?, head, thorax and abdomen black, 

 the sides of the abdomen not reddish or golden ; beneath : palpi, 



