EPIPLEMA. By M. Gaede. 
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E. funesta Warr. Dark grey, dusted with brown. A fine curved black line from 1 / 3 costal margin, almost funesta. 
touching the black cellular spot. Exterior line broad, from 3 / 5 costal margin, excurved in the middle, distally 
black-edged. Hindwing blackish. A black basal line; exterior line obtuse-angled at vein 4. — subrufa Warr. subrufa. 
spotted reddish-brown, the lines very indistinct. On the hindwing also a small dent at vein 6. 25—28 mm. 
New Guinea. 
E. falcigera Warr. Lilac grey, spotted black. First line of forewing represented by a brown oblique falcigera. 
streak at 1 / 3 costal margin. The second by a brown cloud on %. Before the centre of the distal margin and 
at % inner margin blackish. Cross-vein black. Hindwing wood-brown at the costal margin. Near the anal 
angle a black spot. Hindwing undulate with 2 dents at veins 4 and 7. 30 mm. New Guinea. 
Forewing with a dent at vein 4, above it hollow, below it excised. 
Hindwing with a dent at veins 4 and 7. 
E. warreniana dalla Torre (= lignicolor Warr.) (59 1). Wood-brown, dusted blackish-brown. Lines warreniana. 
marked by brown scales. The first on x / 3 costal margin, angled in the middle, to 1 / 3 inner margin. The second 
from % costal margin from a black subcostal spot, incurved below vein 4. Behind it at the inner margin and 
anal angle a blackish-brown spot. Before the excision a brown line. Hindwing darker brown. Exterior line 
blackish-brown, angled at vein 4, then undulate to the inner margin. 25—27 mm Salomons Is. 
E. bicolor Warr. (58 h). Similar to ivarreniana (59 1). Grey with a pink hue. First line on 1 / 3 , angled bicolor. 
in the middle. Exterior line from a broad spot at % costal margin, angled at vein 5, then parallel to the distal 
margin. Both lines in front black, behind red-brown, composed of spots. Margin with black dots. Hind wing 
reddish-grey, costal margin violettish-brown. Exterior line red-brown, parallel to the distal margin. Traces 
of a basal and median line. At the anal angle violettish-brown. 22 mm. Ross I. 
E. umbrimargo Warr. (59 a). Ochreous brown, at the costal margin darker; lines rusty brown, inter- umbri- 
rupted. The first on 1 / 3 costal margin, strongly excurved to an oblique rusty brown cellular spot. The second margo. 
from a brown spot at 1 / 3 costal margin, twice angled, to a brown spot behind the middle of the inner margin. 
A brown line from the apex to vein 2, and 3 brown apical spots. Hindwing browner. Exterior line obtusely 
bent, between the dents a dark shadow. 22 mm. Salomons Is. 
Forewing uniformly bent at the distal margin Hindwing with small 
tails at veins 4 and 7. 
E. multistrigaria Mr. Greyish-yellow, densely dusted dark brown. Forewing with 2 black apical spots, multistri- 
hindwing with spots near the inner margin. 22 mm. North India. gana. 
E. latifasciata Mr. (59 a). Fore wing brownish-grey with a broad brown median band, the inner edge latifasciata. 
of which is twice angled, its outer edge strongly excurved at vein 4. A brown band at the centre of the distal 
margin of the Tore wing. On the hindwing the band does not extend to the inner margin. 20—26 mm. Ceylon. 
E. rhagavata Wkr. (59 a). Greyish-brown, dusted with brown. Interior line bent, indistinct. Of the rhagavata. 
exterior line only the lower portion is preserved, rusty brown. Before the centre of the distal margin black dots. 
Hindwing similar. A brown line on the cross-vein. Exterior line double, brown, strongly angled at vein 4. 
before and behind it some other brown lines. — palaca Wkr. (= bidens Fldr.) shows on the forewing a complete palaca. 
exterior line which is twice angled like the interior line. 28 mm. India. Ceylon. 
E. pseudobidens Strd. Similar to bidens. Both wings brownish, lines as in bidens. Hindwing dusted pseudo- 
bluish. 35 mm. Amboina. bidens. 
E. quadricaudata Wkr. Pale brown. Forewing with a blackish-brown exterior line, angled at veins quadri- 
6 and 4, then interrupted, ending at the inner margin as an intense spot. On the hindwing the exterior line is 
fine, uniformly undulate. Distal margin black. 26 mm. India, Ceylon. Palo Laut, New Guinea. — supproximans supproxi- 
Warr. The exterior line of the hind wing does not extend into the anal angle, but into the distal margin halfway 
to the lower dent. Fergusson I. 
mans. 
E. tenebrosa Hmps. (59 a). Dark greyish-violet. Middle and exterior lines dark red-brown, excurved. tenebrosa. 
A black submarginal line from the apex to vein 4. On the hindwing a subbasal and median line, both strongly 
angled, especially the interior line. 16 mm. Ceylon. 
E. obscuraria Mr. (59 a). Pale brown, dusted darker. Forewing: a rusty brown interior line straight, obscuraria 
obliquely outwards to vein 2. Exterior line as in quadricaudata. Some black submarginal dots. On the hincl- 
wing a subbasal line and a Y-shaped streak at the cell-end blackish. Exterior line rusty brown, at vein 4 strongly 
angled. 22 mm. Ceylon. 
E. retracta Hmps. Similar to tenebrosa (59 a). Costa and distal margin with ochreous brown spots, retrada. 
Interior line nearer at the base, strongly angled in the middle. Exterior line ochreous brown, strongly incurved 
at the costal margin. 18 mm. Sikkim, 
