104 HON. AV ALTER TtOTHKCHILD ON LEPIDOPTERA 



ab. lacteata Warr. with milk-white ground colour, and 1 of the ab. Jilacina Moore 

 with lavender grey ground colour. 



2 (JcJ 1 ? Base Camp, Nov. 1912— Jan. 1913 ; 1 ? Canoe Camp. Dec. 1912 ; 1^2?? 

 Utakwa River, 2500-3000 ft., Jan.— Feb. 1913. 



571. Epiplema nivosaria (Walk.) 



Erosia nivosaria Walker, List Lcp. Ins. Brit. Mus.. xxxv. p. 1644 (1866) (Mysol). 



1 cJ 1 ? Base Camp, March 1913 ; 1 3 Mimika Eiver, July 1910. 



572. Epiplema fucina Swinh. 



Epiphma fucina Swinhoe. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lon.d., p. 596 (1902) (Pulo Laut). 

 1^1? Base Camp, Nov. 1912— March 1913. 



573. Epiplema wollastoni sp. nov. 



(??. Above pale rufous wood brown irrorated with darker brown, body and forewing 

 paler. Forewing with an indistinct brown spot in cell, a curved dark brown band 

 beyond middle from costa to vein 4 and a dark brown spot above inner margin. Hind- 

 wing darker and more irrorated, some postmedian dark brown dots and some similar 

 ones at the tails. One specimen has a buff ground colour, and a second is dark brown, 

 and several are almost black. 



Expanse 28-32 mm. Length of forewing 12'5-14-5 mm. 



2 5<? 1 ? Base Camp, Nov. 1912— Jan. 1913 ; 6 o'o^ 3 ?? Canoe Camp, Dec. 1912 ; 2 3S 

 3 ?$ Utakwa River, 2500-3000 ft., Jan.— Feb. 1913. 



574. Epiplema warreni sp. nov. 



(J. Body greyish cinnamon. Forewing pale yellowish cinnamon slightly irrorated 

 with rufous, an antemedian, median, and a subterminal band between veins 2 and 8 

 brown. Hindwing yellowish cinnamon irrorated with rufous, a subbasal and median 

 band and marginal line brown ; the median being interrupted by a central brown 

 longitudinal bar. 



Expanse 20 mm. Length of forewing 8-5 nun. 



1 <S Base Camp, Jan. 1913. 



575. Epiplema curvilinea Warr. 



Epiplema curvilinea Warren, Nov. ZooL. vol. iii. p. .348 (1896) (Amboina). 

 1 o Base Camp, Jan. 1913. 



576. Epiplema boarmiata sp. nov. 



<??. Resembles a dirty-looking Boarmid. Antennae brown ; head, thorax and abdo- 

 men buffy cream-colour. Forewing buft'y cream strigillated with rufous brown, on disc 



