( US) 



47. Epiplema facilis spec. nov. 



Fore icing : slaty grey, densely striated with brown ; lines dark brown, thick ; 

 first nearly straight, at one-fourth ; outer from two-thirds of costa, outenrved to 

 vein 2, then vertical to three-fourths of inner margin, edged outwardly with 

 ferruginous ; cell-spot black ; three black snbmarginal spots from apex ; fringe 

 concolorons. 



Hindwing : similar, but the outer line is bluntly angled on vein 4 ; a slight 

 dark spot below lower tooth. 



Underside pale slate-colour, bluer in hindwing ; both wings with numerous 

 speckles. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous ; fillet white ; face black. 



Expanse of wings : 28 mm. 



1 ?. 



Hindwing with short blunt teeth at 4 and 7. 



48. Epiplema foedicosta spec. nov. 



Forewing: whitish, with slight grey striae and speckling; the costal area 

 with a dull grey-brown tinge ; the costal edge finely black-dotted, with a large 

 cloudy blackish blotch beyond middle and three small black spots before apex ; 

 lines obscure, first close to base, curved ; outer very indistinct, from the large costal 

 blotch, vertical and wavy, to the outer edge of a slightly marked brownish 

 flattened spot on inner margin ; from the outer of the three small costal spots 

 an indistinct snbmarginal line to anal angle, preceded by a brownish cloud on 

 inner margin, and marked by small brownish dots between veins ; a blackish 

 blotch on outer margin between veins and 3, with deep black inner edge, and 

 with a small black dot above it ; two rufous spots on discocellular ; fringe whitish, 

 grey beyond the blotch. 



Hindwing ; white ; a dark spot near middle of base ; cell-spot oblique, 

 blackish ; space between cell and submedian fold speckled with dark ; inner 

 margin with dark striae ; outer line bluntly angled on vein 4, edged by two 

 dark shades above the angle, and with a small blotch on the inside below ; a 

 small dark cloud at apex ; a thin black line from tooth to tooth, and two bluish 

 lunulcs below lower tooth, preceded by some lustrous grey scales. 



Underside of forewing washed with pale brown and coarsely speckled ; a 

 small dark blotch on outer margin ; hindwing white, with a few black specks along 

 costa. 



Face and palpi black ; thorax and abdomen whitish ; vertex snow-white. 



Expanse of wings : 22 mm. 



2 cJcJ. 



Forewing with outer margin slightly indented beyond cell ; hindwing with fine 

 teeth at 4 and 7 ; antennae thick, with deep clavate teeth. 



49. Epiplema funesta spec. nov. and ab. subrufa nov. 

 Forewing : dull grey, densely speckled with fuscous ; costal area above 

 subcostal vein rather paler ; a very tine curved black line at one-third, touching 

 or running close to the black cell-spot ; outer line broad, forming a band, at 

 three-fifths, well curved outwards in middle and outwardly edged by a blackish 

 line ; an indistinct submarginal shade, plainest at costa and above anal angle ; 



