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Expanse of winfjs : 24 mm. 



1 ? from Ran, Nandi Conntrv, Feb. 180!) (Dr. Ausorge). 



Forewings with liindmargin entire ; hindwings toothed at veins 4 and 7. 



S. Epiplema negro sp. nov. 



Forewings : dnll pnrplisli fnscons, with obscnre darker streaks; no inner 

 line visible ; onter line black and diffuse, edged obscnrely with rnfius, from about 

 middle of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, obliquely lient outwards to vein 4, 

 where it forms a blunt beak, then incurved, and again forming un outward 

 prominence above vein 1, where its black inner edging is thickest; fringe 

 concolorons. 



Ilindivings : with the line running from thrce-fonrths of costa to anal angle, 

 blnntly bent on vein 4, the black forming triangles on the veins, the rufons onter 

 edging more apparent ; a slight black line between teeth, and spot below lower tooth. 



Underside dull dark grey with tran.sverse darker striae. Head, thorax, and 

 abdomen like wings ; face and palpi, which are long, black. 



Expanse of wings : 28 mm. 



1 c? from Ran, Nandi Country, Feb. 1899 (Dr. Ansorge). 



Hindmargin of forewings irregnlarly jagged, as in E. moza Bntl. ; of hindwings 

 with two large teeth at veins 4 and 7, the latter very prominent, and a smaller 

 tooth at vein 0. Snperticially mneh resembling E. quadricatalafu AVlk. 



15. Epiplema nigrodorsata sp. nov. 



Fori'/n'iigs : chalk-white, dusted and diffused with purplish grey and tawny; 

 costa dotted with dark grey; the basal area slightly discoloured with ochreons, and 

 with a few grey scales ; central fascia edged by ])arallel lines angled on the median 

 and below vein 4 ; filled np, except towards costa, which remains white, with mixed 

 dark ])nr])lish grey and tawny scales, which along the outer line reach the costa, 

 and are darkest, forming small blotches against the lines, on the submedian fold ; 

 outer area tinged with tawny grey, except along costa, and a fine line beyond 

 exterior edge of fascia ; five submarginal black spots from apex to vein 4, beyond 

 which the wing is dark grey ; fringe grey from apex to vein 4, then white. 



Hindwings : with a similar central fascia, lilackish edged, bnt this nearly 

 white, except along outer edge, wliile the basal and marginal areas are more or 

 less suffused with purplish grey ; dark lunules along the margin from tooth to tooth. 



Underside white, finely strigulated with fuscous, and with a rosy bronze tinge 

 according to the incidence of light. Face and palpi blackish ; vertex, thorax, and 

 abdomen white, the last purj)le-grey along the dorsum. 



Expanse of wings : 17 mm. 



1 ? from Knhiriri River, Angola, Ndveniber 1899 (Penrice). 



Family (iKoMETnfDAE. 



Subfamily PSEUDOTERPXINAE. 



7. Pingasa interrupta sp. nov. 



Foreurngs : ochreons whitish, slightly dusted with olivi^ scales; the lines 



fuscous olive : the first angled above and below the median, as in rliailnmarid 



(jruen. ; the outer less denticulate, starting from costa at tliree-fifths, running much 



