( 490 ) 

 <). Epiplema carbo x\<. nov. 



Fm-fvhu/s: deop jmriilisli grev with a browii tint, piiKr grey towards l>aso; 

 first liiii' at one-third, lihifk, inwardly pale-edged, running outwards and forming a 

 projec-ling tootli on median vein an<l aiiotlier on the submedian fold; outer line from 

 middle of eo.sta, strongly curved outwards to vein 4. then incurved to four-fifths of 

 inner margin, black, closely followed by a fine black line, and marked with triangular 

 wliite spots on veins above inner margin, preceded by a broad imrple-brown shade; 

 an obliquely curved blackish brown irregularly edged streak from apex to vein 4 ; 

 fringe dark fuscous, with pale basal line and pale apices. 



II imhvings : the inner line clouded with black, the outer ochreous, forming an 

 angle on vein 4, edged on each side with black, very deeply on inner marginal half 

 on the inside; a dark submarginal cloud angled like the outer line; a black s]iot at 

 margin below lower tooth ; fringe as in forewings. 



Underside browTjish grey, freckled with darker, mixed with whitish towards base 

 of hindwings. Vertex, thorax, and abdomen like wings; face and pal|ii blackish. 



Expanse of wings : 2G mm. 



One <? from the Escarpment, ]-!ritish East Africa, February 1901 (Dolierty). 



Forewings with hindmargin toothed slightly at veins G, 4, and 2 ; hindwings 

 tailed at 4 and 7 ; antennae (of c?) with long davate teeth ; both inner margin of 

 forewings and costa of hindwings sinuate. 



lu outline of wings, and also .somewhat in the markings, resembling A', nefjro 

 ^^'arr. from Nandi. 



". Epiplema nymphaeata sp. nov. 



Foreu'ings : white, with .spar.se brown-black speckling; costa with short brown 

 striae; the two lines formed of brown specks, but sliglitly expressed, except on costa 

 and at inner margin ; first from one-third of costa to two-fifths of inner margin, 

 strongly bent out at middle to end of cell, and touching there a brown vertical 

 cell-dash; outer line from three-fifths of costa to three-fifths of inner margin, bi-nt 

 outwards at vein G; the intervening space more thickly striated than the re.sl of 

 wing, especially on inner margin ; five brown or lilack .spots in a slight cur\<' from 

 apex to vein 3; margin also brown from apex to vein ;i ; fiinge white, with Ihick 

 brown-black central line and apical shade, thrice interrupted. 



I/indwings : with traces of antemedian, i)ostniedian, and submarginal lines; 

 the antemedian shown by a black spot on submedian fold ; the postmedian by a 

 curved black streak on the same fold; the submarginal by very delicate lines towards 

 costa and inner margin ; marginal line excessively fine, preceded by a black ilcjt 

 below each tooth ; a small black cell-dot. 



Un<lerside of forewings white, sufl'used with brown throu'jiiout ba.sal half, luotlleii 

 with brown in the apical ; marginal line and fringe as above ; hindwings white, w it h a 

 few brown specks. Head, thorax, and abdomen white; face and palpi black; antrnnue 

 brown, lamellate. 



Expanse of wings : 18 mm. 



A large number from the Escarpment, Kriti.sh East Africa, January — Ajiril l!)ol 

 (Doherty). 



The markings are extremely fugitive, and in very few cases are they all a|jp'.irrnt 



