( -' ) 



Underside similar ; but tiie anal angle of hindwing has the gronnd colour 

 dnll fiilvons, and tlie costa of forewing from middle to apex is liriglit coppery 

 orange, forming a blotch before apex. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen all dark i'uscons. 



Expanse of wings : 40 mm. 



1 ? from Bulim, N.W. Ecnador, 160 ft., January liiid (Flemming & Miketta). 



The costa of forewing is strongly insinuate in middle ; the hindmargin of 

 hindwing nearly straight. 



Closely resembling Z. nigrato AVarr. from the Amaznns, and Z. cermnalis Pag. 

 from Pern, but ajiparently distinct. 



Family URANllDAE. 



Si'BFAMiLY EPIPLEMINAE. 



3. Epiplema commixtata spec. uov. 



Forewing: dark vinous grey, mnch speckled with black, es]iecially towards 

 base ; the veins generally paler grey, black-speckled ; costa with fine blackish 

 striae ; central fascia funnel-shaped, twice as broad on costa as on inner margin, 

 suffused with vinous and brownish black along its edges ; the inner edge curved 

 above from one-third of costa to near middle of inner margin, its lower half 

 vertical ; the outer edge nearly vertical, slightly curved below costa ; a red-brown 

 black-edged blotch before the excision of hindmargin, with a smaller one above 

 and below it ; a slight snbmarginal shade, marked on costa and at anal angle ; 

 fringe reddish grey, preceded by a blackish line along the excision. 



Iliiidicing : with the central fascia broader, its edges curved, the outer followed 

 by a pale ochreous line ; fringe reddish grey, greyer along base, preceded by a 

 distinct black si)ot between veins 3 and 4. 



Underside dull red-brown, thickly speckled and striated with black, the 

 veins pale. 



Face and palpi blackish ; thorax and abdomen like wings ; vertex, antennae, 

 and anal tuft of S bright jiale ochreous. 



Expanse of wings : 20 mm. 



2 c?c?, 1 ?, from Santo Domingo, Oarabaya, 8.E. Peru, 6U00 ft., November and 

 December 1901, wet season (Ockenden). 



Distinguished by the ochreous vertex and antennae. 



4. Epiplema pallifrons spec. nov. 



Forewing: pale brown, tinged with lilaciue, much mottled and speckled 

 with darker ; costa to first line broadly pale ochreous, with dark dots, beyond 

 speckled dark brown and ochreous ; the first line, from one-third of costa to 

 one-third of inner margin, is sharply angled on vein 4 in the middle of the 

 wing, finely edged inwardly with pale, broadly outwardly with brown ; outer 

 line from nearly two-thirds of costa, below which it is bent outwards, angled on 

 veins G and 4, then inwardly curved to inner margin before anal angle, with 

 the edging of inner line reversed ; a brown snbmarginal line i)arallel to hind- 

 margin, thickened somewhat before the excision, and ending in a black blotch 

 which occupies the anal lobe ; marginal line finely pale ; fringe brown with the 

 tips paler, lilack at anal lobe. 



