CURETIS. 447 



.small oblong lunular discal patch which is slightly dentate on the 

 middle of its inner border. Fore wing : somewhat short and 

 truncate." (Moore.) 



Exp. "J If"." 



Hob. Nepal ; Darjeeling. 



With regard to this variety Mr. de Niceville says : " I possess 

 numerous specimens of this form from Sikhim and find that there 

 it gradually and by imperceptible steps grades into G. bulls, 

 Doubleday & Hewitson." With this I entirely agree. 



The next described variety or form may or may not be distinct. 

 I doubt its occurrence within our limits, but as Moore gives 

 it from Mergui I have followed de Niceville in including it in 

 the fauna dealt with in this series of handbooks. According to 

 Distant's figure of the c? (Rhop. Malay, pi. 24, fig. 3) it comes 

 into the bulls group, as it has the discal and inner subtenuinal 

 markings on the underside of the fore wing convergent anteriorly. 

 At the same time I have seen no specimen like the one figured, 

 for combined with the markings of the underside as noted above, 

 the black border on the upperside of the fore wing is not con- 

 tinued along the dorsal margin but ends at the tornus as in the 

 thetis group. So far as the colouring of the upperside goes it can 

 be matched exactly by many specimens of O. thetis var. saronis, 

 Moore, from the Nicobars, with one variety of the $ of which, 

 the $ felderi figured by Mr. Distant (Rhop. Malay, pi. 22, fig. 26) 

 entirely accords. 



I quote Mr. Distant's original description : 



? Var. felderi, Distant. " Male. Wings less angular than in 

 the preceding species (i.e. cesopus, T?abr. = thetis, Druryj, the apex 

 of the anterior wing and the anal angle of the posterior wing 

 more rounded and less produced. Colour above as in preceding 

 species ; anterior wings with the black area smaller, the apical 

 portion more regularly concave interiorly and narrower at outer 

 angle; posterior wings with the outer black margin narrower. 

 Wings beneath pearly white, markings as in the preceding species, 

 but the fasciae darker and more continuous, the apex of the an- 

 terior wings also broadly infuscated. Female. Wings above pale 

 orange-yellow ; anterior wings with the costal margin, the apex, 

 outer margin and outer half of inner margin broadly dark brown ; 

 posterior wings wholly dark brown, with the exception of a large 

 discal orange-yellow patch extending from base of upper median 

 nervule to apex of wing. Wings beneath as in the male, but with 

 the fasciae darker, broader and more regularly curved and con- 

 tinuous. Body above dark brown ; sternum and legs greyish white, 

 tibiae and tarsi annulated with brown ; palpi greyish white, their 

 apices dark brown. 



" Exp. Wings, <S and $ , 40 to 45 mm. 



"Hob. Malay Peninsula : Province Wellesley (coll. Dist.} ; Sugei 

 Ujong (Godfery and Durnford); Singapore (Kerr)." Dr. Moore 

 records it also from Mergui. 



