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564. Urapteroides atromentaria Extensa sulisp. nov. 



o. Differs from a. atromentaria Warr. above by the greater extent of white on fore- 

 wing and the more brownish and paler grey of dark parts. Below the dark areas are 

 much paler and more earth brown while the white parts are so suffused with brown 

 as to appear sooty. 



Expanse 54 mm. Length of forewing 24 mm. 



1 rj Base Camp, Nov. 1912. 



565. Urapteroides swinhoei sp. nov. 



(J. Antennae fuscous ; frons white, vertex brown ; thorax and abdomen white. Fore- 

 wing white, a broad costal and terminal border earth brown, the costal border somewhat 

 irrorated with grey. Hindivimj white with earth-brown fringe, a broad submarginal 

 band from near apex to tornus, the tornal half paler ; a black-brown large spot in 

 tail, and a similar one between tail and tornus, and a dark line above tornus, an in- 

 distinct trace of an earth-yellow median band starting from abdominal margin. 8ome 

 specimens have this band on hindwing complete and two similar discal ones obliqiiely 

 crossing the forewing ; while others show no trace of these bands on either wing. 



Expanse 62-74 nmi. Length of forewing 28-32 mm. 



2 S3 Base Camp, Jan.— March 1913 ; 18 33 Utakwa River, 2500-3000 ft., Feb. 1913. 



566. Epiplema candidaria (Walk.) 



Erosia candidaria Walker, List Lcp. Ins. Brit. Mus., xxxv. p. 1643 (1866) (New Guinea). 



1 3 Utakwa River, 2500-3000 ft., Feb. 1913. 



567. Epiplema amoena Swinh. 



Epiplema amoena Swinhoe, Tr. Ent. Soc. Land., p. 596 (1904) (New Guinea). 



1 o" 1 ? Base Camp, March 1913. 



568. Epiplema coeruleotincta Warr. 



Epiplema coeruleotincta Warien, Ann. Mag. N. II. (6), i. p. 213 (1896) (Queensland; Ke}'). 



1 ? Canoe Camp, Dec. 1912 ; 1 3 Utakwa River, 3000 ft., Jan. 1913. 



569. Epiplema illiturata Warr. 



Epiplema angulata ab. illiturata Warren, Nov. ZooL, iii. p. 275 (1896) (Fergusson IsL). 



1 ? Base Camp, Nov.— Dec. 1912. 



570. Epiplema conflictaria (Walk.) 



Erosia conflictaria Walker, List Lep. Ins. B.M., xxiii. p. 851 (1861) (Ceram). 



This is a most variable insect and has received many names ; among the 7 specimens 

 of Dr. WoUaston are 3 of the ab. perpolita Warr. with buff' ground colour, 3 of the 



