HALPE. 



623 



Female. Similar to the male, but with a small more or less triangular whitish spot in the sub- 

 median interspace resting against the nervuro. 

 Expanse 40 millim. 



Occurs in Western China in June and July. I have received specimens 

 from Omei-shan, Wa-ssu-kow, Chia-ting-fu, and Kwei-chow. 



Halpe latris, sp. nov. (Plate XLII. fig. 17, 6 .) 



Male. Fuliginous, powdered with ochreous, especially on the basal and inner marginal areas of 

 primaries and discal area of secondaries, the latter with some long silky hairs of the same colour. 

 Primaries have seven subdiaphanous creamy spots placed as follows : — two at end of the 

 discoidal cell, one in each median interspace, and three subapical, the costal one minute. 

 Sexual brand well defined, but not conspicuous. Fringes whitish grey, those of primaries 

 chequered with the ground-colour, and those of secondaries tinted with yellow towards outer 

 angle. Under surface fuliginous, costa and apical third deeply suffused with ochreous brown ; 

 spots as above, but suffused with dusky ; there are indications of the sexual brand, the 

 lower preceded bj' a whitish longitudinal dash ; secondaries ochreous brown with a whitish 

 spot in each median interspace, and one above towards costa; following these spots there 

 are some pale elongate marks ; submedian interspace has a fuliginous streak increasing in 

 width towards outer margin ; fringes as above, but those of secondaries are more strongly 

 chequered in the middle. Antennae black above, shaft ringed with butf beneath ; clubs 

 tipped with castaneous. 



Expanse 34 millim. 



Occurs at Ta-chien-lu in July, but appears to be scarce. 



This species is closely allied to H. sitala, de Niceville (Journ. Asiat. Soc. 

 Beng. 1885, p. 121, pi. ii. fig. 5, d ), from S. India, but differs chiefly in having 

 a blackish triangular streak in the submedian interspace on under surface 

 of secondaries. 



Halpe bivitta. 



Pamphila bivitta, Obertliiir^ Etud. d'Entom. xi. p. 28, pi. vi. fig. 46 (1886). 



" Les quatre ailes en dessus sont brunes, cntourees dune frange plus claire qui est entrecoupee de 

 noiratre aux ailes superieures dont I'apex est plus obscur que le fond des ailes. Une tache 

 cellulaire, trois subapicales juxtaposees et deux infracellulaires en echelon, jaunatres, avec 

 nn reflet brillant qui leur donne une apparence vitreuse, sont les seules que contiennent les 

 ailes superieures en dessus ; les inferieures sont sans aucune tache. Mais il y a chez le miile 

 aux ailes superieures, au-dessous de la tache cellulaire jaunatre, une sorte de bouton velu 

 jaunatre. 



" Dessous brun rougeatre, sauf le disque des superieures qui est noiratre ; ceUcs-ci reproduisant les 

 taches du dessus et en outre ornees dune rangee maculaire, submarginale, jaune pale mat, 

 qui descend droit du bord costal vers le bord inferieur. Les ailes inferieures sont pourvues 

 de deux traits argentes, droits, nets, assez longs ; I'un d'eux est surmonte d'une petite tache 



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