( 415 ) 



Face aud iiiilpi black ; vertex, thorax, anil aliilnmeu like winu's. 



Expanse of wings : 25 mm. 



2 (S tS from the sonth side of dhoisenl Island, Solomons, December I '.mi;! 

 (Meek). 



Forewing slightly toothed at vein 4, the excision above it shallow ; hiudwing 

 toothed at 4 and 7. Belongs to the group of closely allied sjiecies, including 

 stiijmatalis, ligiiicolor, hk'olor, etc.. The antennae with distinct clavate teeth. 



13. Epiplema ustanalis sjicc. nov. 



(?. Foretciiiy : dull chalk-white freckled with pale grey, sometimes with dark 

 violet-grey ; costa thickly marked with brown black striae ; lines very obscure and 

 interrujfted ; first indicated only liy dark sagittate marks on submediau fold, in cell, 

 aud on subcostal vein ; second by a subcostal spot at two-thirds, then running out 

 as a tine thread to vein 5, thence oblique inwards to two-thirds of inner margin ; au 

 irregular brownish streak of three coalescent lunules before the excision, and some 

 brown-grey spots aud streaks above anal angle ; fringe brown, slightly mottled with 

 grey. 



Himhring : white striated with brown and grey ; these striae above the 

 median form irregular dark blotches, antemediau, median, and postmediau ; a 

 slight brown line near base, and a dark brown outer line angled on vein 4, and 

 below the median cimsjiicnous and thickened ; the anal space beyond it and partially 

 just liefore it brown-grey, mixed with slightly lustrous violet scales, jdined to costa 

 submarginally by a Instrous streak edged with brownish ; an irregular brown shade 

 of contiguous lunules along margin from upper to l)elow lower tooth, finely edged 

 with whitish before the dark brown fringe ; an interrupted ferruginous streak along 

 cell above the median vein. 



Underside dull blurred cinereous Ijrowu, paler in hiudwing, especially towards 

 base and along and beyond cell. 



Vertex, thorax, and abdomen like wings; the anal segments of abdomen 

 sprinkled with brown scales ; face aud palpi black ; forelegs and pectus smoky 

 brown. 



? with body and forewing wholly dull grey-brown ; the base and a postmediau 

 shade darker. 



Expanse of wings : S 35 mm ; ? 4(i mm. 



7 cJcJ, 1 ¥ from north side of Choiseul Island, Solomons, December l'J03 

 (Meek). 



Allied to E. coendeodisca, and roeruleopicta Warr., which which it agrees in 

 form of wings. 



14. Epiplema ustiplaga spec. nov. 



Fon'witKj : white ; costa with butt' striations, those near base mixed with 

 fuscous and extemling into the cell ; an obscure inner line at one-fourth, rarely 

 visible below middle; an interrupted macular line at one-half, including a dark 

 cell-spot, and a black spot above vein I ; a buff blotch ou costa before apex aud on 

 inner nuxrgin before anal angle, a third on hinilmargin bctwi'i'u veins 4 and (J, 

 extending narrowly along margin to ajiex ; a black submargiual spot above vein (J ; 

 fringe buli' from apex to vein 3, then white. 



llindwing : white ; the outer lialf of wing below vein li fulvous, containing in 



