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series of pale spots with brown edges, and some brown dots in some of the interspaces 

 all veiy indistinct. 



Expanse of wings, $ l\, $ ly^^ inches. 



Habitat. — Ceylon. 



Described and figured from a pair in Coll. Rothschild from Avisawalla, taken in 

 July, 1888, kindly lent to us for that purpose. Moore's 'type came from Morowaka, 

 Galle, taken by Wade. 



HALPE SITALA. 



Plate 820, figs. 3, ^ , 3a, ? , 3b, $ . 



Malpe sitala, de Niceville, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 188-5, p. 121, pi. 2, tig. 5, ^ . Hampson, id. 1888, 

 p. 366. Watson, Hesp. Ind. p. 15 (1891); id. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893, p. 109; id. Journ. Bo. 

 Nat. Hist. Soc. ix. 1895, p. -43.5. Elwes and Edwards, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 266. 



Imago. — Male. Upperside blackish-brown. Forewimj with two small sub-apical 

 spots, the lower a little the larger, two small spots within the cell near its end, 

 placed inwards obliquely, close to its upper and lower margins ; and two small discal 

 spots in the median intersspaces also inwardly obliquely, and well separated from each 

 other, all the spots ochreous-white and semi-diaphanous. Hiadwing without markings, 

 the middle portion of the wing with some long, ochreous hairs. Cilia of both wings 

 ochreous, with brown patches at the vein ends in the forewing only. Underside. 

 Forewing with more than the lower half of the wing blackish-brown ; the apical and 

 costal portions broadly ferruginous-ochreous ; the spots as on the upperside. Hindwiwj 

 uniformly ferruginous-Ochreous, two whitLsh dots in the median inter.spaces, sometimes 

 very obscure, two obscure ochreous spots close together between them and the anal 

 angle, very obscure and often not traceable. Antennae black, dotted with white on 

 the underside, the apical half of the club ferruginous, the basal half white beneath ; 

 palpi, head and body and the legs blackish - brown ; palpi beneath and the 

 pectus grey. 



Female like the male, the spots on the forewing larger, an extra spot on the 

 middle of the sub-median vein, in a line with the two discal spots. 



Expanse of wings, $ $ \-^q to 1^ inches. 



Habitat. — Nilgiri Hills, Anamali Hills, Ceylon. 



Dlstribution. — The type male came from Ootacamund ; we have two males 

 in our collection from the same locality. Elwes and Edwards record it also from 

 the Anamali Hills ; it is in the B. M. from Kandy, taken in October, 1884, by 

 Mackwood. 



