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Family EPIPLEMIDAE. . . . 



T. Epiplema basipuncta sp. inn. 



Forewi)it/x : (Iv)ll whitisli, with sliglit grey si)ecldiiig and suffusion ; the two 

 liues dark grey ; first from one-third of costa, bhintly angled outwards on the 

 median vein, to inner margin before middle ; second from three-fifths of costa 

 obliquely curved outwards to vein 4, then bluntly angled and inflected to vein 2, 

 whence it again runs outwards to inner margin at two-thirds ; preceded in cell and 

 on inner margin l)y a pale brown shading ; a dark curved line from before apex to 

 vein 2; the hindmargin darker grey; a dark interrupted marginal line; fringe 

 whitish, chequered with grey ; a tilack spot at base below the submedian vein. 



Hinduings : with both lines ochreons and grey, acutely angled at vein 4 and 

 conversely darker shaded ; marginal area pearl grey, slightly lustrous ; marginal 

 line finely black : a minute black dot with some shining pale scales before lower 

 tooth. 



Underside dull whitish. Face and palpi dark brown ; vertex, thorax, and 

 abdomen whitish. 



Expanse of wings : 17 mm. 



1 6 from Waterfall Valley, Peuang, March and April 1898 (Curtis). 



Forewiugs with hindmargin slightly incurved below apex and bulging below 

 middle ; hindwings with a sharp tooth at apex as well as at veins 4 and 7. In the 

 hindwings the cell is very short, the wing-membrane puckered and semihyaline. 



8. Epiplema bellissima sp. nov. 



For-ewinffs : pale lilac grey, obscurely freckled with darker; the costa with 

 short dark grey striae ; an obli(jue inner line from one-fourth of costa touching a 

 ferruginous sjiot in cell, a dark obliquely bent line from just beyond middle of costa, 

 edged on each side with ferruginous, stopping short at vein 4, and ending in a double 

 upright dark mark on inner margin before anal angle ; hindmargin dark grey from 

 apex to vein 3, limited inwardly by a straight brown-lilack line with ferruginous 

 edges ; fringe grey with darker base, and traces of pale dots at the ends of veins. 



Jlindwinys : with a briglit chestnut streak along cell forming a wedge-shaped 

 mark with the discocellular line which is also chestnut ; outer line chestnut, 

 bluntly angled in middle, preceded by a bright chestnut suffusion, and followed by 

 the same colour above middle with a lustrous blue line through it, the angle pale 

 with black scales ; a dark grey curve between the teeth containing above vein 5 a 

 pure white spot on hindmargin ; fringe dark grey ; all tlie veins in marginal half 

 pale grey. 



Underside pale blue-grey, with a few dark frecklings. Face and palpi black ; 

 vertex, thorax, and abdomen pale whitish grey. Hindmargin of forewings entire ; 

 of hindwings with a tooth at veins 4 and 7. 



Expanse of wings : 23 mm. 



One S from Waterfall Valley, Penang, March and April 1898 (Curtis). 



Family GEOMETRIDAE. 



Subfamily OENOCHROMINAE. 



y. Dichromodes steropias ab. nexistriga nov. 



Differs from the type form (as described), in having a brown-black, irregularly 



sinuous streak from costa close to base to hindmargin a little below apex, passing 



