444 LYC^EKIDJE. 



thorax and abdomen white. $ . Upper and undersides : similar to 

 those of the c?, but the ground-colour on the upperside white, 



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Fig. Q7.Curetis bulis, yar. aitgulata. 

 a. Male. b. Female. 



not orange, the costal and terminal black borders on both fore 

 and hind wings broader. 



Etep. d $ 43-48 mm. (170-1 -88"). 



Hab. Himalayas: Mussoorie; Sikhiin; Central India ; Assam; 

 Burma. 



?Var. malayica, Felder. Upperside, fore wing: closely re- 

 sembles that of typical bulis, but the medial orange-red area is 

 larger and extends slightly further outwards, upwards and down- 

 wards so that the black on the tornal area forms a broad triangle 

 and is continued along the dorsal margin, narrowing to a slender 

 line near the base of the wing ; anteriorly the black border along 



Fig. 98. Curetis bulls, var. malay 



the costa projects as a slender black tooth along the discocellulars, 

 which however, is absent in many specimens. Hind wing : the 

 orange-red area that in bulls forms an upper discal patch, in this 

 variety or form spreads inwards to the base, posteriorly towards 

 the tornus and leaves only a comparatively narrow terminal 

 margin ; the tornal area broadly black, the inner margin of the 

 black very diffuse, rarely so clearly defined as in Felder's figure ; 



