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EPIPLEMA. By M. Gaede. 
unangulata. 
facilis. 
niveip unc- 
tata. 
sparsi- 
punctata. 
innocens. 
dealbcita. 
despecta. 
detecta. 
albida. 
stereo- 
gramma. 
ruptaria. 
amoena. 
nivosaria 
hyperbolica. 
E. unangulata Warr. Greyish-brown, dusted darker. The first line on the forewing almost vertical 
from the centre of the costal margin to the centre of the inner margin, rusty brown. The second from % costal 
margin, angled in the middle, above and below it incurved. A submarginal row of black dots as far as below 
the centre of the wing. Exterior line of hindwing bent, undulate, rusty brown. A fine black submarginal line. 
Hindwing with a dent at vein 3, the margin above it excised. 22 mm. Batjan. 
E. facilis Warr. (59 c). Brownish grey, dusted dark. First line of forewing almost straight from % 
costal margin. Exterior line from % costal margin excurved to vein 2, then straight to % inner margin. Lines 
dark brown, outside edged with rusty brown. Cellular spot and 3 subapical dots black. Hindwing similar. 
Exterior line obtusely bent at vein 4. 27 mm. New Guinea. 
E. niveipunctata Warr. Forewing grey with dense vertical lines of dark scales. First line on 1 / 3 black, 
inside rusty brown, the second behind the centre, outside rusty brown, excurved towards the middle. Sub¬ 
marginal line indistinct, blackish. On the hindwing the lines are more distinct. A rusty yellow spot above 
the anal angle, a triangular snow-white spot before the upper dent. 14 mm. Manila. 
E. sparsipunctata Warr. Ochreous grey, dusted dark. The lines of the forewmg only marked by a few 
black dots from 1 / 3 and % of the wing; 2 black marginal dots between veins 7 and 5. On the hindwing only the 
exterior row of dots. 20 mm. Isabel Is. 
E. innocens Warr. Whitish lilac grey. Lines of forewing somewhat darker, indistinct. The first on 2 / s 
uniformly bent. The second from 3 / 5 costal margin to % inner margin, excurved below the costal margin. 
Distal margin somewhat darker, sharply edged. On the hindwing the first line near the base, the second 
projecting far at vein 4. Black marginal lunae between the obtuse dents. 16 mm. New Guinea. 
E. dealbata Warr. (59 c). Stone-grey, dusted dark. Lines of forewing placed as in innocens. The first 
indistinct, extending across a brown streak on the cross-vein. The second reddish-grev, lighter edged and ending 
at a nut-brown flattened spot in the centre of the inner margin. Submarginal area in front brownish, towards 
the anal angle grey. On the hindwing the interior line nut-brown, straight. Exterior line brown, light-edged, 
undulate, bent at vein 4, ending on vein 3. Submedian fold creamy white. 25 mm. New Guinea. 
E. despecta Warr. (59 c). Pale grey, dusted with greyish-brown. Lines of forewing dark brown, distinct. 
The first on 1 / 3 uniformly bent. The second from behind the middle of the costal margin to % inner margin, 
twice angled. At the margin greyish-brown with a few black spots. On the hindwing a brown basal line; 
exterior line undulate, lighter edged, bent on vein 4. Median vein ochreous brown. Hindwing besides with 
a blunt dent at vein 6. 22 mm. New Guinea. 
E. detecta Warr. Coloured as des-pecta. Instead of the lines olive brown shadows. Marginal area dark, 
bordered by a plain black line. On the hindwing a double spot at the median vein and a streak on the cross¬ 
vein brown. Exterior line fine, sharply angled on vein 4. Submedian fold whitish. 21 mm. New Guinea. 
E. albida Hmps. (59 c). Violettish-grey, dusted with brown. Lines of forewing indistinct, brown. 
Interior line strongly angled. Exterior line excurved below the costal margin, nearing the interior line below 
the cell. Hindwing more densely dusted. Both lines angled at vein 4. 24 mm. India, Ceylon. 
E. stereogramma Trnr. Greyish-white, dusted with brown. Forewing with a brown median band. 
Its interior edge from 1 / 3 costal margin to 2 / 5 inner margin, strongly angled. Its exterior edge from behind the 
centre of the costal margin to % inner margin, slightly incurved, outside edged with white. On the hindwing 
the exterior line is whitish, inside edged with brown, strongly excurved. A dark sub marginal line, inside white 
and interrupted by 2 white streaks. 16 mm. Queensland. 
E. ruptaria Mr. White. On the forewing traces of an interior and exterior yellowish-brown band. 
Marginal band from the apex to vein 4 brown, before it a black dot. Hindwing marked just as indistinctly. 
16 mm. Calcutta. 
E. amoena Swh. White with a chocolate marking. On the forewing 2 short streaks on the cross-vein. 
Exterior line double, excurved. A spot at the costal margin before the apex, one each in the middle of the 
distal margin and at the anal angle. Hindwing with a spot at the cell-end. Exterior band double, strongly 
angled at vein 4, then vanishing in the black dusting near the anal angle, where we notice 2 black spots. 18 mm. 
New Guinea. 
E. nivosaria Wkr. (^ paucifera Wkr.) (59 c). White. On the forewing a black spot on 1 / 3 costal margin. 
Median band in front black, interrupted below the cell, then orange. Exterior line composed of orange spots. 
Margin similarly coloured. On the hindwing traces of 2 yellow bands. The marking may also be almost absent. 
20 mm. Mysol, Sula. 
E. hyperbolica Swh. (59 c). Both wings inside reddish-grey, outside yellow'. Forewing with a double 
interior and median line, and a single exterior line, all of which are reddish-brown. In the median line a white 
transparent spot. Hindwing with a double brown median line, filled wdth white. 25 mm. Karrachi, 
