EPIDESMIA. By L. B. Prout. 
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E. phaedropa Lower-is said to be allied to the preceding. Expanse 32 mm. Forewing with apex rounded; phaedropa. 
pale reddish fuscous, costal edge whitish, with a reddish streak behind it from base to middle and behind this 
a dark streak which is suffusedly continued to apex; 3 dark dots, one placed near hindmargin at two-fifths, a 
second in front of this, the third more distal; a dark streak from % hindmargin to costa near apex, with a paler 
shade proximally and a purplish shade distally. Hindwing with termen nearly straight; dull purplish white, the 
postmedian line present on abdominal half of wing; an indistinct pale subterminal line. Mackay, Queensland. 
E. perfabricata Walk. (1 h). The differentiation of this species from reservata has already been given •pcrfabrica- 
above. From tryxaria (1 i) it differs in its paler colour, light palpus, and still straighter termen of hind¬ 
wing, which in consecpience appears to have the apex rather more produced. Queensland and New South 
Wales, December and January, locally common. 
E. tryxaria Guen. (1 i). A common, rather variable species, intermediate in appearance between the tryxaria. 
preceding and hypenaria; the latter, however, is abundantly distinct, apart from its larger size, in the much 
longer palpus and pectinations, the wing-shape and the darker, more weakly marked hindwing, tryxaria is 
widely distributed from Tasmania to Queensland. November, March and April. 
E. thermistis Lower. 32 mm. Forewing reddish fuscous, darker distally, the costal edge reddish through- thermistis. 
out, edged behind by a thicker blackish shade; antemedian represented by a spot at about one-fourth of hind¬ 
margin; cell-spot large, roundish; postmedian from near costa at about five-sixths to hindmargin at four-fifths, 
straight, ochreous red, distally bordered by a macular blackish band, the spots which compose it darkest in 
their centres; beyond this, a cupreous shade. Hindwing with termen rounded, apex rather prominent; greyish 
white, darker distally (Lower). Founded on a $ from Uraidla, South Australia, in November. In general 
appearance resembling a Nearcha. 
E. cygnea Prout (1 i). Also founded on a single $. Face and palpus ferruginous, the latter less long cygnea. 
than in most Epidesmia. Further aberrant in the less acute apex of forewing. Forewing rather glossy, dark 
grey; the lines pale yellowish, conspicuous, the postmedian more oblique than termen, finely edged with fer¬ 
ruginous distally. Waroona, Swan River, in August. 
E. brachygrammella Loiver is said to be nearest to hypenaria ( 1 i), but distinct in having two black lines, brachygram- 
a thick black antemedian being developed in addition to the similar postmedian, though both become faint 
at hindmargin, colour clearer ochreous between the postmedian and the subterminal, which is represented by 
a row of black, paler-eclged dots from near apex to hinder angle. Croydon, Victoria. 
E. hypenaria Guen. (= inspersa Feld.) (1 i). Named by Guenee from the long beak-like palpus, ,,which hypenaria. 
recalls those of Hypena “. The ground-colour also is not unlike that of H. proboscidalis , sometimes paler, some¬ 
times rather more reddish. Antennal pectinations of <$ very long. Common from Tasmania to New South 
Wales, September to February. A specimen from ,,New Zealand“ in the British Museum, presented by a Mr. 
Sinclair, R. N.,* must have been an accidental importation, or he must have mistaken the locality. 
E. chilonaria H.-Sch. (= aurinaria Guen.) (1 i). Similar in size, shape and markings to the preceding chilonaria. 
but with less extremely long palpus and much less long pectinations. The bright reddish-brown forewing 
and orange hindwing render confusion with any other species impossible. Victoria to Queensland. (Mount 
Tambourine), November and December, flying readily in the sunshine. 
E. tricolor Westw. (1 i). A remarkably fine species, much larger than any of the others and recogni- tricolor. 
zable at a glance by its scheme of markings, which suggest a Milionia more than any other Oenochromine. 
Sydney, very uncertain in its appearance. 
E. replicataria Walk. (T k). This species and the following have been separated of as a different genus replicataria. 
under the name of Phrataria, but the distinctions, so far as yet investigated, seem to be. chiefly superficial. 
Antenna rather slender; hindwing more fully rounded than in most Epidesmia; the long dark mark on the disco- 
cellulars, encircled by a pale and then by a slender dark ring, is very distinctive, replicataria may be known 
by the pure white hindwing, which is almost entirely without markings above but elaborately marked on the 
underside, where it bears a strong celldot, fine postmedian line and more or less strong brown maculation in 
the distal area, always including a large patch in posterior half. New South Wales and Victoria in January 
and February, reaching considerable altitudes. It flies in Eucalyptus forests. 
E. transcissata Walk. (1 k) is evidently much scarcer. It differs in the pale grey (not white) hindwing transdssata. 
which bears a grey cell-ring, enclosing a smaller one, and an indistinct whitish postmedian line. The mar¬ 
kings of the forewing also differ, a white band from before middle of costa, a white line from two-thirds costa 
