New and little knoicn species of Dre^JanulidiS, etc. 595 



Epilema carmona, nov. 



9 . Brown tinged with pink ; fore- wings with an inner somewhat 

 sinnous outwardly curved thin dark brown band, a postniedian 

 nearly upright similar band, with a small inward angle near the 

 hinder margin ; a marginal similar band and grey cilia; hind-wings 

 with an indistinct inner band acutely angled outwardly in its 

 middle, a discal similar band with a pale outer edge, marginal band 

 and cilia as on fore-wings. 



Fore-wings with a double excavation between apex and centre of 

 outer margin ; hind-wings with two tails as in the common Asiatic 

 species E. moza, Butler. 



Expanse of wings li\ inches. 



Hab. Kapaur, N. Guinea (Dohcrt)/). 

 Epiplema cretosa, nov. 



(^ $ . Palpi brown, last two joints with white tips, head and frons 

 white, wings chalky white, markings red, a line between the eyes in 

 front of the base of the antennae, some red marks behind the white 

 collar, fore-wings speckled with red, and with two spots, ante and 

 post-medial, some striations over most of the wing, chieHy on the 

 upper portions, a subapical band of four dots, very faintly indicated 

 on some specimens ; hind-wings with some faint red markings on 

 outer margin and some pale red striations inside the wings, and a 

 small dark red streak near base of upper tail ; underside white, 

 fore-wings with the ujjper two-thirds suffused with brown. 



Expanse of wings j'^ inch. 



Hah. Fiji, four examples. 

 Belongs to the nivosaria group. 



Epiplema labecula, nov. 



(J . Antenna} bi-pectinated for two-thirds its length ; fore-wings 

 somewhat excavated from apex to centre of outer margin, and the 

 hind-wings excavated at anal angle and not tailed ; general colora- 

 tion a uniform pinkish-grey, irrorated with minute brown atoms, 

 some of wliich are thickened on the fore-wings to an indistinct patch 

 towards base, a small one on the upper disc and another small one on 

 the costa above it ; hind-wings with the outer half brownish, caused 

 by the density of the irrorations, a brown discal outwardly rounded 

 thin band, costa of fore-wings marked with brown, cilia of both 

 wings dark brown. 



Expanse of wings ttt inch. 



Hah. PuLO Laut {Doherty): . 



