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28. Epiplema falcigera spec. uov. 



ForawiiKj : lilac-grey, speckled with black, most thickly along inner margin; 

 first line indicated by a brown oblii[ue streak from costa at one-third, second by a 

 brown cloud at two-thirds ; patches of black scales between veins before hiud- 

 margiii below middle, and a larger patch on inner margin at two-thirds ; a black 

 discal spot ; fringe ferrnginons. 



llui(hriii<i : with the costal half sutfused with wood-brown, the whole irregu- 

 larly spotted and striated with dark ; a black spot before margin below lower 

 tooth ; fringe brown. 



Underside of forewing dull smoky brown with black strigae, the costal area 

 pale grey ; hindwing i>ale yellowish grey, coarsely black-speckled, with a black 

 discal dot and slight submarginal shade. 



Face, Jialpi, and forelegs lilack ; vertex and shoulders jiale pearl-grey : thora.x 

 brownish grey ; abdomen paler. 



E.xpanse of wings : 35 mm. 



1 ?. 



Forewing with falcate apex, and a deep excision between it and vein 4, straight 

 and obliijue below ; hindwing crenulate, with longer teeth at veins 4 and 7 ; 

 antennae with short clavate teeth. 



29. Epiplema flexifascia spec. nov. 

 FcircwiiKj : jiale grey, with dark grey suffusion and strigae, sometimes with 

 a reddish tint ; lines thick, blackish : first at one-fifth, bent in cell, then oblique, 

 the uj)per arm almost obsolete ; second from quite two-thirds of costa, oblique 

 inwards to median, then curved outwards to three-fourths of inner margin : the 

 area from base to this line darker grey, especially in the ?, and with dark striae 

 along inner margin ; outer line curved from apex to submediau fold, enclosing a 

 semi-oval marginal space of dark grey ; tlie area between secDiid and tliiril lines 

 l)ale, with slight striations and a central dark cloud lielow middle running into anal 

 angle ; fringe dark grey, pale above anal angle. 



Uuidwiny : dark brown ; a deeper brown, pale-edged outer line, bluntly rounded 

 in middle, not angled, towards hindmargin ; basal line abbreviated, confined to 

 costal half; a dark brown thick line along median vein and vein 4, interruj)ted 

 by an oblique white mark, where the dark discocellular line joins it ; a dark brown 

 lunular line before margin from upper to below lower tooth, on each side of which 

 it is swollen, i)receded by a white spot below vein 6 ; fringe brown, with a paler 

 base ; space along the fold iVom base pale in both sexes. 



Underside yellowish ochreous in forewing and costal hall' of hindwing, with 

 dark brown strigae, lines, and suffusion ; llie veins also dark ; inner-marginal half 

 of hindwing whiter. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen pale or dark grey ; face, palpi, and forelegs black ; 

 vertex white ; collar black ; antennae ferruginous, with thick, rather long, clavate 

 teeth in the cf , simply lamellate in ? ; anal tuft in S pale ochreous. 



Expanse of wings : cj 22 mm. ; ¥ 24 mm. 



2 (?(?,2 ? ¥. 



Hindmargin of forewing entire, but I'aiutly indented beyond cell ; of hindwing 

 with two small teeth at veins 4 and 7, concave between, with a blunt tooth at 

 vein 6. 



The ? , as a rule, is darker than the $. 



