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EPIPLEMA. By M. Gaede. 
carilla. 
similala. 
cononaria. 
lusirata. 
chrernesaria. 
subiruncata. 
integraia. 
qiiadruncala. 
obliviaria. 
distincta. 
E. carilla Drc. (172 d). Porewing pale brown. A dark interior line from y 3 costal margin to +> inner 
margin, far excurved, and an exterior line from 2 / 3 costal margin rather straightly towards % inner margin. 
Hindwing pale yellow, brownish at the base. 25 mm. Guatemala. 
E. similata dalla Torre (= similaria Schs.) is near carilla (172 d). Forewing light brown, dusted some¬ 
what dark brown, inner margin greyish brown. A dark brown line from the costal margin before the middle 
to below vein 4 near its base, then bent up again to the costal margin. Hindwing brownish grey, dusted with 
brownish ochre outside, veins 3 + 4 stalked. 24 mm. Costa Rica. 
The following species lack any statements about the shape of the 
distal m a r g i n or their resemblance to other specie s. 
E. cononaria Schs. Wings grey slightly mixed with brown. Interior line of forewing reddish brown, 
excurved, touching a small brown spot below the costal margin. A large dark brown spot close behind the cell. 
Exterior line reddish brown, thicker at the costal margin, slightly incurved. A submarginal red-brown shadow 
from the apex to vein 4. Hindwing darker. Interior and exterior lines more formed of spots. Median area 
with blackish brown streaks which are also behind it, though not at the distal margin. 17—21 mm. Costa Rica. 
E. lustrata Schs. Forewing light grey, slightly dusted with black. Median line thin, light reddish brown, 
excurved. Exterior band reddish brown from the costal margin to vein 5, then darker grey, edged with reddish 
outside, reddish below vein 2, broadly edged with blackish brown, fused with the median line. A dark sub¬ 
marginal shadow from vein 3 to the anal angle. Reddish brown before the excision below the apex, inwardly 
edged with black. Hindwing greyish white at the base and inner margin, the rest reddish brown. Median line 
dark brown, from vein 3 to the inner margin. Exterior line angled between veins 3 and 4, white on a brown 
ground, brown at the inner margin. A black marginal dot below vein 4. $ 20 mm. Costa Rica. 
E. chrernesaria Schs. Forewing dark brown as far as the exterior line, lined with steel-blue, the lines 
brown. Median line angled at vein 4, edged with white inside from the cell to the inner margin. Exterior line 
edged with white outside. Distal margin light brown with a dark brown marginal and submarginal shadow. 
Dark brown marginal spots above and below vein 5. Hindwing similar, dark brown at the margin. Interior 
line bent down to the middle of the inner margin, exterior line excurved between veins 3 and 4, edged with 
white outside. Anal angle grey with brown streaks. Vein 5 of fore wing arises somewhat deeper than usual. 
9 24 mm. Costa Rica. 
We append here a number of species described by Walker, which are not in the British Museum, so 
that it cannot be decided to which of the numerous genera of the Epiplemidae they belong, or whether they 
are Epiplemidae at all and not partly Geometridae. We arrange them according to the shape of the distal margin. 
1. Pore wing pointed, distal margin bent. Hindwing without notches or indentations. 
E. subtruncata IFAt. Greyish red, wings somewhat narrow. Forewing with some fine undulate reddish 
yellow lines which are edged with pale greyish yellow. Submarginal line pale greyish yellow, interrupted, con¬ 
nected in front with a black apical streak, cross-vein black, the lower part at the distal margin very oblique. 
Hindwing with more indistinct lines, the distal margin truncate at the apex. 25 mm. Brazil. 
E. integrata Wkr. Forewing also pointed. Pale greyish reddish yellow, wings rather broad, dusted with 
blackish. Submarginal line brownish ochreous, indistinct, parallel with the margin, edged with faded blackish 
on the hindwing. Marginal line silvery white with black dots. $ 28 mm. Amazons. 
2. Hindwing with a small indentation at the margin, forewing without an indentation, pointed at the apex 
only in the two first species, rounded in the others. 
E. quadruncata Wkr. Greyish yellow, wings broad, finely dusted with black. Interior and exterior lines 
brown, indistinct, the interior line slightly bent. Exterior line oblique, almost straight, edged with pale grey 
outside, angled above the inner margin on the forewing, where it is edged with greyish yellow outside. A black 
(k)t at the cross-vein. Hindwing violettish grey before the margin. Distal margin of hindwing slight ly excavated 
in front. $ 45 mm. Brazil. 
E. obliviaria Wkr. Whitish, scantily dusted with black, fine black streaks at the distal margin. Forewing 
with a black spot at the cross-vein, exterior line reddish yellow, angled, costal margin strongly bent, distal 
margin straight. Hindwing with a blackish, strongly angled exterior line, the margin excavated near the anal 
angle. $ 20 mm. Venezuela, Brazil. 
E. distincta Wkr. Wings rusty red, rather narrow. Forewing with a black dot at the cross-vein, with 
an oblique brown line outside. Close behind it a rusty red line with an irregular exterior edge; submarginal 
line rusty red. A black dot at the costal margin at the base and before the middle, also a black subapical spot. 
Hindwing with a rusty red band at the distal margin which is somewhat excavated in front. $ 20 mm. Brazil. 
