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EPIPLEMA. By M. Gaede. 
fucina. 
configurata. 
vialactea. 
angulata. 
illiturata. 
leucosema. 
planilinea. 
ochreo- 
fumosa. 
diversi- 
pennis. 
simplex. 
particolor. 
quadristri- 
gata. 
nan a. 
E. fucina Swh. Violettish-brown, dusted with pink. Interior line of forewing indistinct, exterior line 
blackish, edged with pink, similar as in quadricaudata. Submarginal line pale pink. Hindwing with a blackish 
spot on the cross-vein. Exterior line undulate, white, inside edged with black. A black spot at the lower small 
tail with a white streak. 20 mm. Pulo Laut. 
E. configurata Warr. Pinkish ochreous brown. At the base of the forewing dusted with grey. Central 
band and inner margin blackish. Interior line velvety black on 1 / 3 , in the middle sharply angled, inside edged 
with rusty brown. Exterior line from 3 / 5 costal margin to 4 / 5 inner margin, twice angled, outside finely rusty 
brown. Distal margin anteriorly black. Hindwing black, lines edged with rusty brown. Interior line twice 
angled; exterior line at vein 4, with white dots. In the submedian fold and near the anal angle whitish. Also 
a short dent at vein (>. 25 mm. New Guinea. 
E. vialactea Warr. (59 a). F ore wing liver-brown with 2 darker shades on 1 / 3 and from % costal margin 
to % inner margin. Costal margin and veins spotted white. A large white submarginal lunar spot in the centre 
of the margin, beside some white dots. Hindwing similar. The spots behind the cell and near the anal angle 
larger. A complete row of white marginal spots. Only feeble dents at veins 4 and 7. 24 mm. New Guinea. 
E. angulata Warr. Greyish-brown, dusted dark. Interior line of forewing indistinctly curved on 1 / 3 , 
exterior line at %. Below the costal margin obtusely angled outward, behind the cell more sharply inward, 
then almost vertical to the inner margin near the anal angle where it is double. Before the middle of the distal 
margin a dark lunar spot. Hindwing with an angled basal line and streak on the cross-vein. Exterior line double 
from the costal margin near the apex to the inner margin near the anal angle, before the latter angular. — In 
illiturata Warr. the ground-colour is a pale grey. Exterior line of both wings more indistinct, rusty brown. 
22 mm. Fergusson, Trobriand Is. 
E. leucosema Trnr. Whitish-brown, dusted dark. Exterior line of forewing from 3 / 5 costal margin 
to 3 / 5 inner margin, in the middle sharply angled outward. Marginal band blackish-brown, irregular. On the 
hindwing near the base a white streak in the centre of the wing. Exterior line double, very strongly angled. 
A white undulate subterminal line. 15 mm. Queensland. 
E. planilinea Swh. (59 a). Whitish-brown, dusted dark. On the forewing a faded dark streak on the 
cross-vein. Exterior line white, in the middle sharply angled, edged with dark. Marginal band dark brown, 
bordered with yellowish. On the hindwing a dark streak at the base and in the cell. Exterior line yellowish- 
white, angled at vein 4, then undulate, bordered with a darker colour. 30 mm. Philippines. 
E. ochreofumosa Warr. (59 b). Forewing pale violettish brown with a rusty brown spot on the cross¬ 
vein. Exterior line dark, bordered with rusty brown, angled on vein 4. Submarginal brown streaks. Hindwing 
yellowish-white, at the base brown. Exterior line red-brown, terminating at vein 4 near the margin into a 
rusty brown spot. 26 mm. Khasis. 
E. diversipennis Warr. Forewing bluish-white, dusted with greyish-brown. The base of the costal 
margin, a broad curved postmedian band and the marginal band greyish-brown. Hindwing at the base and 
apex whitish. Exterior line pale, strongly projecting at vein 4, inside and outside of it dark brown. Interior 
line dark, double and indistinct. In the middle of the inner margin yellowish. 22 mm. Jobi I. 
E. simplex Warr. Forewing grevish-brown. Median line brown, strongly bent, exterior line angled 
at veins 6 and 4, before and behind it incurved. A subterminal lunar spot above the middle. Hindwing with 
an oblique brown interior line, angled at vein 2. Exterior line outside white-edged, obliquely distad to vein 3. 
28 mm. North India. 
E. particolor Warr. (59 b). Similar to ochreofumosa.. Dusted with greyish brown. Lines rusty brown 
and blackish. The first on x / 3 , in the middle sharply angled outward, with a black spot in the submedian fold. 
The second from a dark spot at % costal margin, obliquely outward to the centre of the wing, then to a blackish- 
brown spot at % inner margin. Submarginal line rusty brown as far as vein 4. Hindwing pale straw-coloured, 
with 2 dark basal lines. Cross-vein rusty brown, before it straw-coloured. In the cell a nut-browm streak. 
Exterior line undulate, brown, outside edged with grey. 20 mm. New Guinea. 
E. quadristrigata Wkr. (= oxytypa Trnr., pulverea Hmps.) (59 b). Forewing whitish ochreous brown, 
dusted with dark. Interior line very oblique to the centre of the wing, black. Exterior line blackish brown, 
outside edged with white, curved in the centre of the wing, then parallel to the distal margin. Black submarginal 
dots and streaks near the inner margin. Hindwing with a dark interior and exterior line, bent on vein 4. 18 mm. 
Ceylon. 
E. nana Warr. Whitish, dusted with grey and brown. Forewing with a violettish-grey median band, 
margined similarly as in quadristrigata (59 b), outside bordered by a white and grey line. A dark brown spot 
before the middle of the distal margin. Hindwing as far as % dusted dark brown, bordered by a curved shadow, 
10 mm. Tenimber. 
