70 HALPE. 



In the figure referred to above there is a spot in the cell not 

 mentioned in the description. 



Also recorded from Kumaon (Doherty) ; Sikkim (Elwes). 

 In collections Indian Museum and de Niceville. 



GENUS XXVII. HALPE. 



Halpe, Moore, P. Z. S., 1878, p. 689. 



Halpe, Moore, Lep. Cey., vol. i, p. 173 (1880-81). 



"Allied to Pamphila (P. sylvamts). Antennae with a more slender 

 club and longer hook at tip. Forewing shorter; exterior margin more 

 convex ; the discal oblique series of raised scales in male shorter and 

 broader. Head and thorax smaller; abdomen slender. Veins similar, 

 the lower median branch being nearer end of the cell." (Moore, I.e. in 

 Lep. Cey.) 



96. HALPE BETURIA, HEWITSON. 



Hesperia beturia, Hewitson, Desc. Hesper., p. 36, n. 31 (1868). 



" Alis fuscis ; anticis maculis quatuor vitreis : his infra margine 

 costali flavo irrorato, fascia subapicali macularum flavidarum. 



Upperside dark brown with four transparent white spots ; two 

 near the middle, and two before the apex ; the base and the middle of 

 the posterior wing covered with ochreous hair. 



Underside paler brown. Both wings with a submarginal band of 

 pale yellow spots. Anterior wing with the costal margin broadly irro- 

 rated with yellow. Posterior wing irrorated with yellow near the base : 

 crossed at the middle by a band of yellow spots. 



Expanse: 1*4 inches. 



Habitat : Nilgiris and Macassar." (Hewitson, I. c.) 



Also recorded from Calcutta (de Niceville) ; Andamans (Wood-Mason 

 and de Niceville) ; Tavoy (Elwes and de Niceville) ; Nilgiris (Hampson). 



Messrs. Wood-Mason and de Niceville note that the number of 

 spots on the forewing vary from six to eight ; though only four are 

 mentioned in the description. 



I have specimens of the species (named by Mr. de Niceville) from 

 Rangoon and Berhampore, they have two spots in the cell, three at the 

 apex and two or three on the disc. 



In collections Indian Museum and de Niceville. 



97. HALPE SIKKIMA, MOORE. 



Halpe sikkima, Moore, P. Z. S., 1882, p. 407. 



Halpe sikkima, Elwes, Trans. Ent. Soc., 1888, p. 453, pi. xi, fig. 3, . 



Halpe sikkima (var.) t Elwes. Trans. Ent. Soc., 1888, p. 453, pi. 

 xi, fig. 4 # 



" Allied to JET. leturia. Male. Differs from same sex of that species 

 in the forewing being more acute at the apex, and the exterior margin 



