EPIPLEMA. By M. Gaede. 
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E. columbicolor Warr. (171 g). Forewing yellowish white. The lines very indistinct, brownish. The columbicolor. 
interior one from x / 3 costal margin from a black spot obliquely outward to the cell, then to x / 3 inner margin, 
a round dark spot behind it in the submedian fold. Exterior line from % costal margin, excurved, very in¬ 
distinct, ending in a spot close beside the interior line. A dark shadow from the anal angle upward to vein 4. 
The excision edged with dark. Hindwing more reddish. The lines rusty brown. The interior one bent, the exterior 
one curved at vein 4. Rusty brown at the margin between the two dents, a brown spot below it. $ 18 mm. Peru. 
E. mixtilinea Warr. (171 g). Dark brownish grey, spotted black at the costal margin. Lines black, in- mixtilinea. 
distinct, interrupted. The interior one from y 3 costal margin, bent in the middle, indistinct, then vertically 
to the middle of the inner margin. Exterior line from % costal margin to % inner margin, interrupted in the 
middle. A black luna at the excision. Darker at the anal angle. Hindwing with an angular interior line, inter¬ 
rupted in the middle. Exterior line sharply angled at vein 4, marginal area broadly dark. In the figure, however, 
the two lines are uniformly bent. $ 20 mm. Peru. — The presumable $ is a little darker. The interior and 
exterior lines are nearing each other in front as in draco , whereupon they extend together fadedly inward, 
parting at the inner margin semicircularly. On the hindwing the faded interior line is as bent as in the figure 
of the the exterior line red-brown inside, whitish outside, slightly angled at veins 5 and 2. Traces of a sub- 
marginal shadow. 22 mm. Bolivia. 
E. alpina sp. n. (172 d). Reddish brown with a violet shine, costal margin lighter in its exterior part, alpina. 
Interior line dark brown, faded, from x / 3 costal margin obliquely outward as far as into the cell, then bent in¬ 
ward to a / 5 inner margin. The exterior line from % costal margin to % inner margin, slightly inward at the 
two ends. Black dots behind it at the costal margin. A dark brown line at the margin, slightly stronger at 
the excision. Hindwing somewhat lighter at the base. Median band broad, straight, bent somewhat inward in 
the submedian fold, with a black spot there at the interior border, coloured like the median band of the forewing. 
Lighter again behind it. The margin broadly dark. No dent at vein 6. $ 20 mm. Bolivia, 2—3000 m (Garlepp). 
Type in the Berlin Museum. 
E. aequidistans sp. n. (172 d). Forewing ochreous. Interior line dark brown, far excurved from % costal aequidistans. 
margin, then inward to x / 3 inner margin. Exterior line from % costal margin somewhat obliquely outward, 
very indistinct, then parallel with the interior line, but from the submedian fold slightly outward; outside 
the exterior line is rectilinear, rusty brown, prolonged to the costal margin. The median area somewhat violet. 
A straight rusty brown line before the feeble excision at the margin, with a black dot above and below. Basal 
area of hindwing as light as the forewing. Median area as on the forewing. The interior border brown, undulate, 
straight; the exterior one rusty brown inside, light outside, slightly bent at vein 4. Marginal area somewhat 
lighter, with a black dot below the lower dent. <$ 18 mm. Haiti. — We figure the type (in the Berlin Museum). 
The following species with long dents at veins 7 and 4 of the hindwing. 
E. straminea Warr. (171 g). Apex apparently pointed not truncate, as usual with an excision at the straminea. 
margin. Forewing straw-coloured, somewhat violettish brown at the inner margin. The fine grey lines are 
edged with brown. The interior one from y s costal margin to y 3 inner margin, extra-angular in the cell and 
submedian fold. Exterior line from % costal margin to 2 / 3 inner margin, vertical, only with a feeble outward 
notch at vein 4. Submarginal shadow brownish, double, indistinct, ending in a violettish black spot at the 
anal angle. Hindwing paler, browner at the costal margin. The two lines brown, double; the interior one sharply 
angled at vein 4, the exterior one obtusely, according to the description. According to the figure, however, it 
is just the reverse, and mostly also the exterior one is more sharply angled. A brown spot at the cross-vein 
is surrounded with brown. A dark submarginal line from the costal margin to the dent at vein 4. Besides two 
black dots at the lower dent. $ 22 mm. Peru. 
E. pallifrons Warr. (171 g). Pale brown, costal margin lighter. Interior line from y 3 costal margin to pallifrons. 
y 3 inner margin, far outward between, extra-angular at vein 4 and in the submedian fold, dark brown. Ex¬ 
terior line paler, from % costal margin, slightly extra-angular at vein 6, more so at vein 4, introangular at vein 
2, to % inner margin, with a white dot above and below vein 4. Submarginal line black, interrupted, stronger 
at the excision. Hindwing with a blackish bent interrupted interior line. Exterior line dark brown, sharply 
angled at vein 4, its anterior part thickly edged with white. Black spots edged white inside are at the margin 
from the upper dent to below the lower dent. $ 25 mm. Peru, Sa. Catharina. 
E. dryopterata Grote (171 g). Hindwing straight between the dent at vein 4 and the anal angle. Ground- dryopterata. 
colour dull brownish ochreous. Median band of forewing somewhat darker. Its borders dark brown. Interior 
line from 2 / 5 costal margin to 2 / 5 inner margin, strongly excurved between. Exterior line slightly excurved from 
% costal margin, then rather vertically to 4 / 5 inner margin, the median area behind the interior line at the 
inner margin darker. Hindwing with 2 parallel brown lines which are rectangular at vein 4. 20 mm. New York, 
Alabama. 
The following species exhibit a large excision at the distal margin of the forewing, the hindwing being rounded. 
It is doubtful whether they belong to the Epiplema. 
E. ocalea Drc. (172 d). Forewing reddish brown, paler at the base. Traces of a median, exterior and ocalea. 
submarginal vertical dark brown band. Hindwing ochreous in the inner-marginal area with dark brown lines, 
apical area brown. $ 20 mm. Guatemala. 
