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9. Epiplema angixlata sp. nov. 



Farewhujs : fuscous grey, much dusted with dark atoms ; costa dotted with hlack ; 

 first line very indistinct, curved, at one-third ; second at two-thirds, ohtusely angled 

 outwards below costa, and more acutely inwards o)iposite the cell, then vertical and 

 twice curved to inner margin before anal angle, where it is darkened and becomes 

 double ; a dark lunulate blotch before hindmargin opposite the cell. 



Hindvd'iujs : with angulated basal line, two dark dots united by a sinuous line 

 on discocellular ; a double postmedian line from costa before apex to inner margin 

 above anal angle, obtusely angled in the middle above the lower tooth ; a dark lunate 

 line from upper tooth to below lower tooth, interrupted at the latter by a white dash. 



Face dark brown ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen pale grey. Underside pale, 

 freckled with darker grey ; both wings with obscure submarginal dark fascia. 



Expanse of wings : 24 mm. 



Five c?cJ, four ? ?, from Fergusson Island, (.)ctober to December 1894, and one 

 J from Kiriwini, Trobriand Islands, April 189.5. 



The c? cJ are uniformly paler, not so much dusted with dark atoms as the ? ? . 

 In the hindwings there is sometimes a trace of a dark central shade, most visible 

 towards inner margin. The single t? from the Trobriand Islands is smaller than 

 the rest, with the markings darker and more definite ; the hindwings with a black 

 discal mark interrupted by a white dash. 



1(1. Epiplema angulata ah. illiturata ab. nov. 



A single cj from Fergusson Island, taken at the .same time as all the rest, but 

 in quite perfect condition, differs so much that at first sight it appears to be a distinct 

 species ; I describe it here as an aberration. 



Foreivings : pale grey, suffused with rufous ; costa spotted with black and ochreous ; 

 first line indistinct, curved, ferruginous, produced as a basal line across hindwings and 

 basal segment of abdomen ; second line obsolete ; a double black blotch at anal angle 

 and some irregular dark marks along hindmargin. 



Hindwings : whitish grey, with the markings as in the type ; the central area 

 with a band of rusty streaks ; marginal space brighter feiTUginous, the sinuous sub- 

 margfinal line edged internally with whitish ochreous and preceded by pale leaden- 

 coloured scales. 



Underside of both wings bright ochreous ; the forewings entirely suffused with 

 dull brownish except along costa and inner margin and some submarginal lunular 

 sjiaces ; the hindwings with a distinct submarginal brown fascia. Face aud palpi 

 black. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish grey, the latter shaded with darker. 



11. Epiplema coeruleodisca sp. nov. 



Forewings: dull black-brown in S, uniform grey-brown in ? ; costa spotted 

 with black ; the lines curved, ferruginous edged with black ; first at one-third, regu- 

 larly curved ; second from costa before two-thirds, outwardly curved to middle, thence 

 nearly vertical to inner margin at three-fourths, where it is preceded by a blackish 

 hlotch; marginal third in d more red-brown, becoming blacker round anal angle; 

 submarginal line in ? thick, velvety black, from apex to tooth above anal angle; in 

 c? fine, black, and wavy, edged on either side with ferruginous ; fringe whitish, with a 

 waved black basal line; a small white discal spot, more distinct in the <S. 



Hindwings : with an angulated ferruginous basal line and a curved dark-edged 



