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as here given; often the discal spot and subapical dots alone remain, and sometimes 

 tlie wliole of lioth wings appears devoid of markings. The ? is always less marked 

 lh;in the J. The species is evidently related to E. nif/roilorsiiUi. Warr. from Angola. 



8. Epiplema perpulchra sp. nov. 



S. Forewimjs: with basal and marginal areas smooth pearl-grey; central area 

 flesh-coloured ochreous ; the lines separating the colours bright deep chestnut; the 

 first at one-third, vertical, bracket-shaped; the outer from beyond middle of costa 

 outcurved to midwing, there rounded, and incurved to four-fifths of inner margin ; 

 the inner line is preceded, and the outer followed, by a pale lustrous grev line ; 

 the co^tal area of midiUe field is pearl-grey, like the basal and marginal areas; a 

 lulled chestnut mark before nnddle of hindmargin ; fVinse iiearl-grev. l'Iossv. 



llini.lwmijs : with the central fascia narrower, bluntly rounded below; the basal 

 and inner marginal areas pale and glossy, the marginal more or less overrun wit h 

 ferruginous; two dark marginal chestnut lunules between the teeth, and a liright 

 chestnut dot below lower tooth, preceded by some luslrous pearl-grey scales. 



I'nderside of forewings dove-grey, towards the base brown, as if burnt ; of hind- 

 wings white ; fringes dark gi'ey. Head, thorax, and'abdomen grey like wings ; face 

 and palpi dark brown. 



? with the grey much paler, and the central area filled in with brick-red ; 

 underside of forewings at base pinkish. 



Expanse of wings : c? 22 mm. ; ? 30 mm. 



Two SS- two ? ?, fi-om the Escarpment, Britisli East Africa, January — March 

 1901 (Doherty). 



A remarkably coloured insect. Hindmargin of forewings entire ; of hindwings 

 toothed at 4 and 7; antennae with distinct clavate teeth. Hindwings with inner 

 margin folded and furrowed as in Dirade-s, but the neuration is that of Epiifjleina. 



9. Epiplema triumbrata sji. nov. 



Foreu'hujs : chalk-white, with delicate grey striations ; the costa with a few 

 short dark marks ; lines very slender, brownish ; first from one-third of costa to one- 

 third of inner margin, sharply angled outwards on median vein ; second from nearly 

 two-thirds of costa to three-fifths of inner margin, bluntly angled on vein fi, indented 

 on the median vein, and forming a slight projection below the indentation ; the 

 included space contains two oblong grey blotches, one on inner margin, the other 

 abox-e the median vein ; a submarginal band of irregular grey striae ; a grey cloud 

 at middle of hindmargin ; five black spots in a slight curve from apex to vein 3 ; 

 marginal line brown, curving round above apex; fringe brownish, with white line at 

 base and three white patches, below apex, at middle, and at anal angle. 



Hindivings : with very fine antemedian and postmedian lines, the former sharply 

 inangulated, the latter twice curved, the included space greyish at inner margin 

 only ; cell-spot black ; an irregular submarginal grey cloutl ; a brown marginal line, 

 preceded by black dots below each tooth, lying in a pure white space; fringe bmwn, 

 with white basal line. 



I'nderside white ; forewings with base of costa and cell brown; the thick outer 

 line, all the veins, and the marginal cloud and fringes brown ; hindwings with a black 

 dot at each end of discocellular, the two black marginal dots and fine brown jiost- 

 median line. Head, thorax, and abdomen white, the last grey-tinged; face and 

 palpi blackish above, white below. 



