STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA. gl 
Gen. EPIPLEMA. 
Epiplema, H-Sch., Ausser. Schmet., p. 26; Hmps., Moths 
Ind. iii, p. 125. 
Tongue present. Palpi slender, smooth-scaled, porrect, 
moderate or rather long (1 to 2). Antennae of $ with broad closely 
appressed dentations. Eorewings with 5 from upper an^le of cell, 
6 and 7 stalked, 8 and 9 stalked, 11 free. Hindwings alike in both 
sexes ; termen toothed opposite veins 4 and 7 ; 3 and 4 connate, 
6 and 7 connate, 5 present but weakly developed, 4 and 6 approxi- 
mating towards termen. 
EPIPLEMA INSTABILATA. 
Epiplema instabilata, Wlk., Cat P>rit. Mus. xxxv, p. 1046; 
Hmps., Moths Ind. iii, p. 131. 
Easily recognised by the broadly white dorsum of forewings 
and costa of hind wings. 
N.Q. Thursday Island ; Cairns; Kuranda, 4, 5, 7 ; Gerald ton ; 
Towusville, 5. Also from the Archipelago, China, Ceylon, and India. 
EPIPLEMA CONFLICT ARIA. 
Erosia conflict aria, Wlk., Brit. Mus. Cat. xxiii, p. 851. 
Epiplema conflict aria, Hmps., Moths Ind. iii, p. 129. 
KQ. Cairns; Kuranda, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11 ; Geraldton, 11; Towns- 
?ille, 12. Also from the Archipelago, Ceylon, and India. 
EPIPLEMA UUADRISTRIGATA. 
Epiplema quadrutrigata, Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus. xxxv, p. 1647; 
Hmps , Moths Ind. iii, p. 12S. 
Epiplema oxytypa, Turn , Tr. E.S.S.A. 1903, p. 19. 
Q. Brisbane. Also from Ceylon. 
EPIPLEMA STEREOGRAMMA. 
Dirades stereogramma, Turn., Tr. E.S.S.A. 1903, p. 22. 
N.Q. Kuranda, 4 ; Townsville, 3. 
