( :s2:i ) 



by grey and fiilvons scales which become ochreous towards vein 4 ; outer Hue 

 sinaons from two-thirds of costa to vein 4, where it is angled, then again sinuons 

 to three-fourths of abdominal margin ; yellowish white edged with purplish brown 

 on both sidi's, and in its lower half jiroceded by dark hinnlatc blotches, followed by 

 a broad lustrous j)early line ; apical 'area occ-upied by a large iiurjilish blotch ; that 

 before anal angle by a pearly grey space ; marginal luunles lustrous olive, finely 

 edged with black and preceded by white blotches, crossed by a fine wliito streak at 

 vein 4 ; fringe as in forewings. 



Underside of forewings dull pale grey, of hindwings whitisii grey, both ranch 

 freckled with blackish towards hindmargin. Face and palpi black ; vertex and 

 thorax grey ; shoulders paler ; abdomen dark grey above. 



Expanse of wings : "30 mm. 



One ? from Penaug, February 189T (Curtis). 



Hindmargin of forewings slightly excised between veins 4 and r>, which are 

 shortly toothed ; hindwings with a hook at vein 7, and a curved tail at vein 4. 



2i'>. Epiplema simplex sp. nov. 



Forcwinys : brownish grey, with brown striae, which are most prominent along 

 the costal edge ; the lines brown ; the tirst well curved, from two-iifths of costa to 

 middle of inner margin ; the second from three -fifths of costa to two-thirds of iimer 

 margin, bent outwards on veins 6 and 4 and inwards on the snbmedian fold, where it 

 is nearest to the first Hue : the included space slightly deeper tinged than the ground 

 colour ; a darker clond on middle of hindmargin limited by a curved brown line ; 

 fringe concolorous. 



Hindwings : with the two lines nearly parallel ; from one-fourth and two-thirds 

 of costa respectively, the inuer one acutely bent on vein 2 and the outer on vein 4, 

 the latter edged externally with ochreous ; marginal area tinged with brown : 

 extreme margin between the tails ]iale ochreous, internally edged by two brown 

 curves ; a black spot below lower tail. 



Underside grey, with darker striae ; the hindwing more whitish. Thorax and 

 abdomen like wings ; vertex and antennae white ; ftice, pal]ii, and forelegs fuscous. 



Expanse of wings : 26 mm. 



Two ? ? from the Nilgiris. 



Wings broad; hindmargin of forewings simple: of hindwings with two short 

 tails at veins 4 and 7 ; palpi quite short. 



27. Epiplema spissata sji. nov. 



Forewings : greyish fawn-colour, thickly dusted with darker, especially towards 

 base ; the lines brown, somewhat obscnre ; first at one-third, bent on subcostal vein : 

 second from costa just beyond middle to three-fourths of inner margin, oblique to 

 vein 6, vertical to vein 4, then concave to snbmedian fold and again vertical and 

 thickened ; a conspicuous black-edged chestnut-brown marginal blotch from ajiex 

 to vein 3 ; fringe grey. 



Iliiulwings: darker grey; a biangulated basal line ; a brown postmedian line 

 sharply angled on vein 4, each half uniformly concave outwards, the lower half 

 followed by a broad pale space ; an obscnre dark line from above upper tail to 

 below lower tail, forming two dark spots at the base of the latter ; a pale brown 

 discal mark and some white and black scales mixed along the median vein. 



