576 L. de Niceville — Little-Known Butterflies from the [No. 3, 



ochreous. Forewing with a translucent ochreous dot in the subcostal 

 interspace ; two similar spots placed inwardly obliquely in the median 

 interspaces, the upper the smaller and elongated, the lower quadrate. 

 Hindwing immaculate. Underside, both wings ochreous-brown ; all 

 the markings tawny or deep ochreous. Forewing with a small oblong 

 spot in the discoidal cell at the origin of the second subcostal nervule ; 

 the dot in the subcostal interspace as on the upperside, with a minute 

 dot immediately anterior to it, divided from it by the subcostal nervure ; 

 the median spots as on the upperside ; a submarginal series of five 

 quadrate spots divided by the veins, the uppermost posterior to the 

 fifth subcostal nervule rather larger than the others, the posterior- 

 most in the upper median interspace. Hindwing with an irregular 

 discal series of spots from the apex to near the middle of the abdo- 

 minal margin, the middle spot quadrate and much larger than the 

 others ; an outer discal series of five crescentic spots, the concavity 

 of each directed forwards, commencing just posterior to the second 

 spot of the discal series and ending anterior to the submedian nervure, 

 the posteriormost spot much larger than the others. Antennae dark 

 brown, the club posterior to the whip-like apex ferruginous. Head 

 and body above dark brown. Abdomen beneath pale brown. 



This species seems nearest allied to Halpe moorei, Watson, and 

 is, as far as I know, the only species of Halpe occurring in the island, 

 except H. zema, Hewitson, of which Hesperia ormenes, Weymer, is a 

 synonym. H. hazis differs from H. moorei in lacking entirely the sexual 

 brand of that species on the forewing, in that wing there are only 

 three spots on the upperside instead of at least six, usually seven, and 

 the spots are ochreous instead of white ; the cilia is not checkered as 

 it is in H. moorei ; the markings of the underside are very similar, 

 but there are fewer of them in the present species, and they are deep 

 ochreous rather than whitish. 



Described from a single example kindly sent to me by Herr H. 

 Fruhstorfer. 



