IIALPE. 



G25 



rufeola intersccta. Alis anticis subtus apice ct costa vivide rufis ; postieis totis olivacco-rufis 

 cum seric maculanim in disco saspius obsoletarum, margiiie extcrno obscurioii. 

 " Moupin (Abb. Arm. David). Mus. Xat." (MahiJ/t, I. c.) 



My collectors failed to meet Avitli this species. Its distinctive character 

 appears to be a central series of four black spots on under surface of 

 secondaries. 



This species is allied to //. honara, de Niceville (Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 

 1885, p. 121, pi. ii. fig. 10, d ), but differs in having a double spot in discoidal 

 cell, and the secondaries are more elongate in shape. 



Halpe CSenis, sp. nov. (Plate XLII. fig. 16,d .) 



Male. Blackisb brown, clothed about the base of primaries and disc of secondaries with fulvous hairs. 

 Sexual brand well defined ; there are six white spots on primaries placed as in H. varia, 

 Murray, but that at end of cell is double. Under surface of ])rimaries fuliginous, much 

 suffused with ochreous brown about costa and apex, spots as above : secondaries ochreous 

 brown, with very faint indications of white central spots. Fringes whitish above, greyish 

 beneath, with faint chequering. Antennae black above, ringed beneath with yellow ; club 

 ycUow beneath, tipped with castaneous. 



Expanse 40 millim. 



One male specimen taken in Western China at Chia-kou-ho in August. 



Halpe blanchardi. (Plate XLII. fig. 19, .) 



Hesperilla blanchardii, Mabille^ Ann. Soc. Eiit. France^ 1876, p. cliii. 



" Praccedenti simillima [iZ. lucasi]; sed punctum cellulae geminatum et duplex aliquotics ; puncta 

 apicalia tria, supremum minimum. Fimbria rufeola, continua simplex non iutersecta. 

 Subtus subobscurior cum 4 punctis luteis, duobus in disco et duobus alteris minimis ad 

 marginem anticum. 



" Moupin." {Mubille, I c.) 



I have six male specimens from Pu-tsu-fong and Wa-ssu-kow. 



These examples differ from a hand-coloured drawing of Mabille's type in 

 haxdng the primaries dusted with yellow towards base, and the under surface 

 is much more ochreous. 



Halpe Subflava, sp. nov. (Plate XLII. fig. 21, d .) 



Male. Fuliginous brown. The primaries, which are sparingly powdered with ochreous on costal 

 area, have six small scmitransparent spots placed as follows : — two, colon-like, in discoidal 

 cell ; two towards apex, and one in each median interspace. The sexual brand is well 

 formed but not conspicuous. Secondaries have some long silky ochreous hairs on discal area, 

 but are without spots. Fringes white, those of primaries slightly sufl'used with dusky from 



