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end of the discal series of spots on tlie hindwing extending upward towards the 

 costa, and also having a small spot at end of the cell. 

 Expanse tt inch. 



•' Colombo. In open and cultivated places and weedy ground. At all times. 

 Settles on weeds and shrubs; flight short and jerky; easily caught" {Hutchison). 

 "Kajxdj" (Wade). 

 " Colombo, up to 4000 feet " (Machwood). 



Genus HALPE. 

 Halpe, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1878, p. 689. 



Allied to Pamphila (P. sylvanus). Forewing shorter, exterior margin more 

 convex; the discal oblique glandular streak in male shorter and broader. Veins 

 similar, the lower median branch being nearer end of the cell. Head and thorax 

 smaller, abdomen slender. Antennae with a more slender club and longer hook at 

 the tip. 



HALPE CEYLONICA. 

 Halpe Ceylonica, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1878, p. 690, pi. 45, fig. 9. 



Upperside dark brown : base of wings and body olive-brown : forewing with 

 two contiguous subapical small white spots, two oblique discal small conical spots 

 with deeply excavated outer border, and a smaller spot at upper end of the cell ; the 

 male with an oblique discal glandular streak composed of broad darker brown raised 

 scales. Cilia brownish-cinereous, alternated with dark brown. Underside dark 

 brown, speckled with ochreous scales : forewing with white spots as above, and a 

 small spot also below the discal series ; an upper sxibmarginal row of indistinct pale 

 ochreous spots ; hindwing with a broad transverse medial and a maculated discal 

 greyish-ochreous band. Palpi, body beneath, and legs greyish-ochreous. 



Expanse, i Itsj, 2 If inch. 



HALPE LECOEATA (Plate 71, Fig. 2). 



Upperside olive-brown : forewing with a bright yellow streak at end of the cell, 

 the upper part being circular and nearly divided from the elongated lower portion ; 

 two smaller spots before the apex, and two slightly larger obliquely-quadrate spots 

 on the disc ; base of wing also speckled with olive-yellow scales : hindwing with a 

 medial discal triangular-shaped patch of olive-yellow scales. Underside olive-yellow : 

 forewing with broad brown posterior margin and macular streak bordering the discal 

 spots : hindwing with slender brown-speckled indistinct subbasal spots and curved 

 discal macular line. Body, palpi, and legs beneath yellow ; antennae ochreous-red. 



Expanse I5 inch. 



" Galle, Morowaka. Eare " (TfacZe). 



