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minute ocbreous scales ; tlie spots of the forewing as on the upperside, but somewhat 

 larger. Antennae black, ochreous-white on the underside, banded with black, the club 

 ochreous-white above and beneath ; palpi with grey hairs ; head and body above and 

 below and the legs concolorous with the wings, pectus with some grey hairs. 



Female like the male, the spots larger. 



Expanse of wings, ^ $ 1-^^ inches. 



Habitat. — Sikkim, Bhutan. 



Distribution. — We possess a male from Sikkim identified by de Niceville, it is 

 apparently a very rare species. Our description and figures are from our Sikkim male 

 and from a female from Bhutan in the B. M. 



HALPE AINA. 



Plate 821, tigs. 2, <J , 2a, ? , 2b, <J . 



Halpe aina, de Niceville, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1890, p. 176, pi. B, fig. 8. Watson, Hesp. Iiid. 

 p. 72 (1891). Swinhoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1893, p. 327. de Niceville, Gazetteer of Sikkim, Butt, 

 p. 184 (1894). Watson, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. ix. 1895, p. 435. Elwes and Edwards, 

 Trans. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 267. de Rhe-Philipe, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. 1898, p. 600. 

 Hannyngton, id. xx. 1910, p. 371. 



Imago. — Male. Upperside dark olive-brown. Forewing more or less covered 

 with oehreous-grey scales, the spots yellowish-white ; two conjoined at the end of the 

 cell, the upper one small, three sub-apical spots, the upper one sometimes absent, the 

 lowest the largest, and two discal .spots in an inwardly oblique line, close to the bases 

 of the median interspaces, all the spots small and of about equal size except the spot in 

 the first median interspace, which is about twice the size of any of the others. Illtid- 

 iving almost entirely covered with long, yellowish-grey hairs, no markings. Cilia of 

 both wings grey, with brown patches at the vein ends. Underside paler, the costa and 

 apex broadly and the entire surface of the hindwing strongly tinged with ocbreous, the 

 markings as on the upperside. Antennae black, the tip of the club whitish ; palpi and 

 pectus grey ; head and body concolorous with the wings, legs rufous. 



Female like the male, the spots of the forewing larger. 



Expanse of wings, J ? lj\ to l-j^ inches. 



Habitat. — N.W. Himalayas, Sikkim, Assam. 



Distribution. — The type, a male from Sikkim, is in the Indian Museum, Calcutta ; 

 we have a male from the Khasia Hills identified by de Niceville ; de Ehe-Philipe 

 records it from Masuri, Hannyngton from Kumaon ; it is a rare species. 



The sex mark on the forewing in fresh specimens is black and of the usual form, 

 interrupted by the iuterno-median fold, if rubbed it is yellow. 



