CURETIS. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
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I. tamu Roll. (= ocla Hew.) (Vol. I, t. 75 g) is similar to the preceding, but in the <$ the apical 
part of the forewing is broader black, the red line of the hindwing fine, whilst in the $ the red demi-band of 
the forewing is narrower. Beside the palearctic part of Cashmir also in the south of it and the Kumaon Himalaya. 
I. androcles Dbl. & Hew. (= langi Mr.) comp. Vol. I, p. 277. It also occurs in the Kumaon Himalaya 
on the Indo-Australian territory. — viridipunctata Nic. (= tamu Hew. nec Roll.) (Vol. I, t. 75 g) in South West 
China also passes over to the Indo-Australian region. 
I. brahma Mr. (Vol. I, t. 75 g) is widely distributed in the palearctic west of the Himalaya and 
in the Indian Himalaya. 
I. epicles Godt. (160 b). In Vol. I (t. 75 g) not the typical form of epicle-s is figured, which is in both 
sexes above without a distinct metallic lustre, though with a red, in the $ much larger discal spot on the fore¬ 
wing. This form flies in West Java. — Frtthstorfer separates from it the East Javanese form as hilima 
Fruhst. (160 b) with a very much reduced red spot in the forewing, which particularly in the $ hardly attains 
half the size of the West Javanese type. Probably also in Bali; mostly not rare. — sumatrensis Fruhst. is a 
form approximating matsumurae Fruhst. (= sakaii Matsum .) which was discovered in Formosa on the 
Dragon-Lake. These sumatrensis exhibit a somewhat lustrous, though reduced violet reflection, particularly 
on the hindwing. The black distal margin is more extensive than in typical epicles from Java, the wings beneath 
show less white but more black markings. The matsumurae are larger than specimens from Continental India. 
On the hindwing above the metallic violet lustre is reduced, the black distal margin on all the wings broader; 
under surface darker, the red marginal band more intermixed with white. — phoenicoparyphus Holt, is the 
form from Hainan; the have a smaller red discal spot than the $$, which, however, is still more intense 
than in Javanese epicles or rufonotata from the Himalaya. — indicus Fruhst. is the North Indian form distri¬ 
buted from the Himalaya to the south as far as Assam and Burma. Of this race 3 forms were distinguished: 
such with a broad red distal band beneath, latilimbata Fruhst. (rainy season form), such with a very distinct 
discal spot of the forewing, f. rufonotata Fruhst ., and finally such almost without this red spot of the forewing 
(typical indicus). — We may add yet the form mentioned in Vol. I for palearctic China, chinensis Fruhst. which 
may proceed to the south as far as into the Indo-Australian region; it resembles indicus, but also the $ has 
here a very much reduced red band behind the cell of the forewing. 
I. kohimensis Tytl. has unfortunately remained unknown to me. 
I. nila Nic. (160 c) is undoubtedly similar to epicles, but beside the forewing the whole disc of which 
is of a bright red, also the hindwing is quite red except the costal area. The under surface shows the usual 
yellow colouring with a red distal margin. From North East Sumatra. 
I. kiana Gf.-Gm. (160 c) is a species very different from all the other llerda. Above quite black, 
hindwing margined with white and in the whole anal half with a bright metallic blue reflection; Druce only 
noticed by the under surface that it was not a Sithon (as which it had been described), but an llerda, although 
the palpal terminal joint is somewhat longer than in other llerda. The $ is entirely like the $. The species 
originates from the Kina-Balu in Borneo. 
32. Genus: (luretis Hbn. 
The description of the genus, the habits of the species, the larvae with their strangely mobile verticil 
organs etc. have been dealt with at large in Vol. I on p. 276 to which we refer. Its total range extends across 
the whole Indian region, from the Western Himalaya and the Malabar Coast to the east as far as East- 
China, Japan and the Philippines; to the south across the Malayan Archipelago, but no species is known to 
me reaching to the northern part- of the Australian Continent. In East Asia it crosses the palearctic nor¬ 
thern frontier and occurs yet to the north of Shimonoseki in so great a frequency that I succeeded in taking 
within 2 hours 18 specimens on the buffalo-droppings lying on the highroad to Omori; the genus in its 
palearctic occurrence can therefore not be regarded as an Indian erratic guest-. The centre of the range is situate 
in the Malayan district. 
C. thetis Druce (= thetys Horsj., terricola Horsj., = phaedrus F., $ = aesopus F.) (162 b). This 
is the usual form of Northern Continental India where the imagines are in some places not- rare. They are most 
frequently met with in the forenoon, when their GG are drinking from wet places in the roads with their wings 
closed, which explains Horsfield’s name,,terricola“. The $9 are more found on the tips of bushes, at the 
road-sides. In the Indian form the <$ is quite vermilion, the forewing with a very narrow, the hindwing with 
an almost linear blackish distal margin. Normal $$ have somewhat more extensive white discal spots than 
the form figured. — arcuata Mr. (162 b, as armata) is the form from the more southern parts of Continental 
India and Ceylon; the G differs from typical thetis by the red in the forewing being in its apical part more rounded 
off than in the right angle; the $ has more reduced light- discal spots. — cinyra Cr. (= thetis Cr. nec Druce) 
is the rainy season form of it, flying in Poona, Tranquebar etc. during the monsoon period. — gloriosa 
tamu. 
androcles. 
viridipunc- 
tata. 
brahma. 
epicles. 
hilima. 
sumatren¬ 
sis. 
matsumu¬ 
rae. 
phoenico¬ 
paryphus. 
indicus. 
latilimbata. 
rufonotata. 
chinensis. 
kohimensis. 
nila. 
kiana. 
thetis. 
arcuata. 
cinyra. 
gloriosa. 
