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Habitat. — Sikkim, Assam, Burma. 



Distribution. — Hewitson's type is from Darjiling ; it is a common species in 

 Sikkim and the Khasia Hills ; we have received many examples, the female is very 

 scarce ; Watsou records it from the Chin Hills, and Elwes from Bhamo, Burma. 



HALPE DEBILIS. 

 Plate 819, figs. 3, ^ , 3a, ? , 3b, ^ . 

 Halpe debilis, Ehves and Edwai-ds, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 266, pi. 21, figs. 1, ^ , 5, 9- 



Imago. — Male. Upperside brown. Forewing with six sordid white hyaline spots, 

 two oblong, one each in cells 2 and 3, three small and oblong, one each in cells G, 7 

 and 8 ; the cell spots narrowly confluent and appearing as one spot much constricted 

 in the middle. Underside greenish-ochreous, the disc of the forewing blackish. 

 Hindicing with an indistinct whitish spot in each of cells 2, 3 and 6, and a pale suti'used 

 sub-terminal macular band ; fiinge of the forewing pale grey, becoming whitish towards 

 the tornus, of the hind wing whitish, with the short scales grey. Antennpe blackish, 

 spotted with yellow in front ; club and part of the shaft yellow beneath ; apiculus pale 

 red ; body above concolorous with the wings ; clothing of the second joint of palpi, 

 breast, legs and abdomen beneath greyish-yellow. 



Female similar to the male, but having on the forewing a triangular white spot in 

 cell la next vein la just beyond the middle and the cell spots broadly confluent, and 

 therefore forming one solid spot scarcely constricted in the middle. Expanse, 

 32-34 mm. 



Habitat. — Khasia Hills. 



Described from one pair ex Coll. Rothschild. (Elwes and Edwards.) 



AVe have not seen this species, and therefore give copies of Elwes' and Edwards' 

 figures ; the types are not in the Tring Museum. 



HALPE FUSCA. 



Plate 819, figs. 4, (J , 4a, $. 



Halpe fusca, Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 6.53, pi. 43, fig. 1. Watson, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. 

 ix. 1895, p. 435. Elwes and Edwards, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 266, pi. 25, fig. 72 (genitalia). 



Imago. — Male. A single specimen was sent from Bernardmyo, which may be 

 briefly described as like Halpe gupta, de Niceville, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1886, p. 255, 

 t. xi. 1, but rather larger, with plain fringes of paler colour than the wings, and not 

 spotted white as they are in //. gupta. 



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