Publ. 16. XI. 1929. 
EPIPLEMA. By M. Gaede. 
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E. himala Btlr. (= auroguttata Pouj.). White. Forewing with 3 brown lines extending obliquely himala. 
distad, and a fine submarginal line. Hindwing with a line parallel to the inner margin, angled before the anal 
angle. Below the angle a large black marginal spot, above it a yellow stripe. 30 mm. Sikkim, Khasia Mis. 
E. nivea Hmps. (59 e). Similar to himala. Lines of forewing steeper. On the hindwing the anal spot nivea. 
is rusty yellow, the patch above it narrower, brownish. 26 mm. Tibet. 
E. aurata Pag. White. On the forewing at the costal margin and in the centre of the wing a black aurata. 
dot. Two golden yellow curved, somewhat interrupted lines and 2 similar ones on the hindwing which shows 
sharp dents. 17 mm. Amboina. 
Distal margin of forewing undulate. 
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E. argentisparsa Hmps. Leaden grey, dusted with silvery grey. Forewing with a curved interior and argent i- 
undulate exterior and submarginal line. Lines red-brown and black. Hindwing: interior line composed of 
spots, exterior line angled at vein 4, with black and brown spots. 26 mm. Bhutan. 
E. adornata Warr. (59 e). Chalky grey, marking dark brown, composed of a median band and a subapical adornata. 
spot at the distal margin. Interior edge of the band curved from below 1 4 costal margin to 1 / 3 inner margin. 
Distal margin from below the middle oblique to vein 4, then incurved, undulate to % inner margin. Behind 
it a brown line. Hindwing whitish between veins 1 and 4, the rest as on forewing. 20—23 mm. New Guinea. 
E. nictitans Warr. Whitish, dusted with ochreous brown. Basal area of forewing dark grey, behind nictitans. 
it paler. From %> costal margin an oblique dark line to vein 4, where it is sharply angled, then curved to % 
inner margin. Before the angle a black patch with a white dot. Behind the line at the inner margin whitish. 
Before the apex and before the distal margin black dots. On the hindwing the lines are the same. A white 
spot at the base of the costal margin. Dents blunt. 16 mm. Malacca. 
E„ thiocosma Trnr. Distal margin of forewing undulate and slightly excised below the apex and above thiocosma. 
the anal angle. Forewing of <$ grey, of $ ochreous grey. Marking rusty brown. Interior line only composed 
of 2 spots. Exterior line, more distinct in the $, from % costal margin to % inner margin, in the middle 
outwardly angled. Subterminal line at the anal angle indistinct. Hindwing dark greyish-brown, with a dark 
basal spot, behind it paler yellow. Exterior line pale yellow, strongly angled. Hindwing of $ darker grey, 
before the centre of the inner margin yellowish, a triangular white spot before the centre of the distal margin. 
18 mm. Queensland. 
Distal margin of forewing projecting below the apex and below the 
centre, inner margin excised near the anal angle, anal angle 1 o b a t e. 
E. ustanalis Warr. (59 e). Chalky white, dusted grey, costal margin of forewing brownish. Lines usianalis. 
indistinct, interrupted. The first marked by 3 notched spots. The second from a subcostal spot at 2 3 costal 
margin to vein 5 outwards and to % inner margin inwards. Before the excision a brown line. At the anal 
angle a greyish-brown spot. Hindwing white, with greyish-brown spots on 1 / g 
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% costal margin. Basal 
line and exterior line brown, angled at vein 4. Anal angle brown. A rusty brown radial streak in the cell. 
30—35 mm. New Guinea. 
E. coeruleodisca Warr. $ blackish-brown, $ greyish-brown. Lines curved, rusty brown edged with coeruleodis- 
black. The first regularly curved on 1 / 3 . The second from before % costal margin excurved to the middle, then 
vertical to % inner margin where a black spot is before it. Margin of red-brown, submarginal line of $ black. 
Discal spot small, white. Hindwing with an angled basal line and a curved exterior line, rusty brown. A large 
oval cellular spot rusty brown. In the cell and in the marginal area blue scales. 24—26 mm. New Guinea. 
E. coeruleotincta Warr. Forewing dingy greyish brown, dusted dark. Above the middle of the inner coeruleo- 
margin paler brown, behind it smoke-brown, neither of them reaching the costal margin. Distal margin narrow 
blackish-brown. On % costal margin a triangular blackish-brown spot and behind it 3 smaller ones. Anterior 
half of hindwing dark brown with numerous blue-white dots, and 2 yellowish-white spots in the middle. 
Posterior half paler brown. Distal margin narrow dark. 25 mm. Queensland. 
E. formosibia Strd. (59 e). Forewing blackish-brown. Interior and median bands almost black, uni- formosibia. 
formly bent. A marginal luna and some dots below the apex black. On the hindwing both lines rusty brown 
and black. Interior line bent, median line obtuse-angular at vein 4, then undulate. A light radial stripe in the 
cell and whitish blue spots before the anal angle. 19 mm. Formosa. 
E. schematica Trnr. Distal margin of forewing projecting at veins 7—6 and 4—3, 4 — 6 hollow. Forewing schematica. 
pale, brownish-grey, dusted brown. Interior line absent. Exterior line fine dark brown from % costal margin, 
introangular in the middle, to 4 / 5 inner margin, where it is thicker. A blackish-brown spot at the centre of the 
distal margin. Hindwing somewhat darker. A fine basal line, 3 blackish-brown spots in the centre of the wing. 
Exterior line on 4 / 5 , outside edged pale, slightly angled. 22 mm. Queensland. 
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