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parallel to it ; some black scales above anal augle, and a short dark curved mark 

 before the hindmargiu beyond the cell ; fringe iron-grey. 



Hindivinqs : with a narrow sinuoas white postmedian line, which forms a 

 slight blnnt projection in middle, preceded by a broad blackish fascia ; a double dark 

 dash on the discoccllular, forming on the median an acute angle with a broader white 

 dash ; basal area crossed by several broken curved blackish lines ; a blackish snl)- 

 maroinal shade ; a sinuous blackish marginal streak from upper tooth to below 

 lower tooth, crossed by two white dashes ; a pale slightly ochreous spot on costa 

 beyond outer line, which there is less strongly marked. 



Underside of forewings uniform dull grey ; of hindwings pale grey with dark 

 speckling between the veins. Face and paljji black ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen 

 "rev ; the shoulders and patagia paler. Antennae with short broad serrations. 



Expanse of wings : 24 mm. 



One 6 from the Khasia Hills, December IS9(3. 



Forewings with apex blnntly rounded, and a slight curved indentation ojiposite 

 the cell ; inner margin sinuous ; anal angle almost lobed ; hindwings witli teeth at 

 veins 4 and 7, and the costa sinuous. 



23. Epiplema barbara sp. nov. 



Forewings: pale sandy ochreous, dusted and striated with brown : tlie costa 

 minutely dotted with black : first line obsolete ; second brown, from costa just 

 lieyond middle, sinuate outwards to vein 4 and there angled, then oblique inwards, 

 and reaching the inner margin at two-thirds as a vertical brown spot : a small 

 brown curved mark before hindmargin beyond cell, and a ditfuse brown cloud at 

 anal angle ; fringe concolorous, with some brown scales along the base. 



llinilirings : with an obliijne brown streak on discocellnlar ; a double pale 

 brown postmedian line, angled before the lower tooth, then bisinuato to anal angle : 

 the inner arm is marked by a black-brown blotch on costa, a smaller one on vein 7, 

 and a brown shade in the sinus below the median vein ; externally it is followed by 

 another brownish line, and the space beyond its angle is filled in with pale grey and 

 brownish scales ; a dark brown curved line from tooth to tooth ; a pale ochreons 

 dash above a brown spot at the lower tooth ; some brown striae towards apex. 



Underside of forewings dull grey, of hindwings pale ochreous with a few brown 

 striae. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous ; face and palpi dark brown. 



Expanse of wings : 23 mm. 



One 6 from Kampala, Uganda, January 1897 (Dr. Ansorge). 



24. Epiplema bicolor sp. nov. 



Forewings : grey, with a faint pink tinge, sparsely black-speckled ; first line at 

 one-third, angled in midwing and denoted by oblique interrupted marks, those 

 towards costa blackish, the three lower ones rufous ; outer line at two-thirds, 

 starting as a broad oblique costal blotch, blackish on costa, rnfous below, angled on 

 vein 5, then incurved parallel to hindmargin, and rejircsented by a row of red-brown 

 spots between the veins, which are doubled above inner margin ; an obscure sub- 

 marginal row of small dark dots ; a chocolate marginal line from below apex, 

 thinning out towards anal angle : fringe rnfous, with paler basal line ; costa marked 

 with black strigulae, and two or three black spots before apex. 



