Pull. 15. XI. 1929. 
EPIPLEMA. By M. Gaede. 
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E. atrifasciata Warr. (58 h). Forewing greyish-brown. Interior line indistinct, bent. Exterior line atrifasciaia. 
oblique, inside with a broad black shadow a far as vein 4 where it is obtusely angular. Traces of an undulate 
subterminal line. Hindwing with an angular streak at the lower cell-angle. Broadly dusted black before the 
whitish exterior line which is distally angled in the middle. 24 mm. Khasias. 
E. holosticta Hmps. (58 h). Reddish-brown, costal margin of forewing yellowish-brown, lines black, holosticta. 
Interior line curved, interrupted. Exterior line strongly angled at vein 3. A black spot at the lower cell-angle. 
Subterminal line white, introangular at vein 5, strongly notched. Hinclwing with a black line from the centre 
of the costal margin, strongly angled at vein 4. On the cross-vein a black line. A black subapical V-shaped 
spot. 14 mm. Ceylon. 
E. falcata Hmps. (58 h). Apex of forewing very much produced, hindwing more uniformly rounded falcata. 
Forewing at the base chocolate. Median area pale brown. A dark discoidal spot and subterminal band. Hindwing 
with a yellow spot at the centre of the inner margin. Distal margin broad dark. 26 mm. Ceylon. 
E. caligata Warr. Forewing flattened at the apex, dusted dark with grey. A curved median band with caligata. 
dark edges. Inner margin of the band dark brown, sharply angled at vein 4, then to j/ 3 of the inner margin, 
the anterior portion indistinct. Outside undulate from % costal margin to % inner margin; anteriorly convex, 
posteriorly concave; in front inside broad brown. On the hindwing both the edges of the band obtusely angled 
at vein 4. Fine lunae between the dents. 28 mm. New Guinea. 
E. aequisecta Warr. (59 k). Forewing rounded at the apex, distal margin from there to vein 6 straight, aequisecta. 
then incurved. Forewing dark brown. First line indistinct in the black and excurved in the §. Basal a,rea 
blackish-brown. Exterior line blackish-brown, straight, from behind the centre of the costal margin to 3 / 5 inner 
margin. Interior line of hindwing twice angled, black. Discal spot black, with a ray at vein 5. Exterior line 
orange dark, margined, obtuse-angled at vein 4. Below the submedian fold ochreous. — flavicata Warr. has flavicata. 
the same marking, but the colour is a dingy yellow. 18—20 mm. New Guinea. 
Distal margin of forewing behind the cell slightly concave. Hind¬ 
wing with small tails at veins 4 and 7. 
E. foedicosta Warr. (59 k). Forewing whitish, slightly dusted grey, costal margin with black dots, foedicosta. 
lines blurred. The first bent near the base. The exterior line vertical, undulate, to a brownish spot at the 
inner margin. Submarginal line indistinct. A black spot at the centre of the distal margin. Hindwing with a 
black basal and cellular sjjot. Exterior line obtuse-angled at vein 4. At the apex and inner margin clouded 
dark. 20 mm. New Guinea. 
E. sordida Warr. (59 1). Dingy white, dusted with brown, some brown spots near the apex. The first line sordida. 
on the forewing indicated by brown dots. The second by an oblique shadow from the costal margin. Some 
spots before the excision at the distal margin. Exterior line of hindwing pale brown, only the posterior portion 
present, angled in the middle, then double. Distally to it dusted with brown. 22 mm. Fergusson Is. 
E. taminata Warr. (59 k). Dingy white with a bluish reflection. Lower half of forewing pale brown, taminata. 
Lines violettish-black, interrupted. The first on l / 3 , in the middle obtuse-angled. The second from a dark 
costal spot on %, incurved below vein 4. Submarginal area dusted with brown below vein 6, with black dots. 
Hindwing dusted with brown. The two lines black, curved, interrupted. The exterior line angled on vein 4. 
On the cross-vein 2 black dots. Margin blackish-brown, with a white line at the lower dent. 14 mm. New Guinea. 
E. flexifascia Warr. (59 1). Pale grey, dusted darker. Lines of forewing thick, blackish. The first on 1 / 5 flexifascia. 
| bent in the middle, in front faded. The second from % costal margin obliquely inward to the median vein, 
then bent to % inner margin. From the base to this place dusted dark. A bent line from the apex to the sub¬ 
median fold, enclosing an oval dark marginal spot. Hindwing brown, with a darker brown, light-edged exterior 
line, not angled, only bent near the inner margin. Basal line only distinct at the costal margin. A thick brown 
radial streak from the base on vein 4, with a white central spot. Below' vein 6 a white marginal spot. 20—22 mm. 
New Guinea. 
E. guttata Warr. Fore wing drab, dusted dark. Cellular spot and a small one below it dark. Exterior guttata. 
line brown from % costal margin, excurved at vein 4, with 3 black spots. Margin brownish, with 3 black dots. 
On the hindwing a similar exterior line, 2 black spots between the dents. 22—24 mm. Salomons Is. 
E. ciliereella. Warr. Forewing ash-grey, dusted dark. Lines darker, indistinct, interrupted. The cinereella. 
first on %, bent in the middle. The second from % costal margin to % inner margin, incurved below the 
middle. A black marginal spot from the apex to vein 3, projecting inward on vein 5. Hindwing with indistinct 
bent lines. 15 mm. New Guinea. 
E. fulvihamata Hmps. (59 1). Fore wing pale brown. Interior line composed of a few spots. Exterior fulviha- 
line dark brown, strongly excurved from the costal margin to vein 5, then indistinct; at the inner margin marked maia. 
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