Publ. 10. III. 1928. EPIPLEMA; DIRADES; GATHYNIA; HETEROPLEMA. By M. Gaede. 
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E. melanosticta de Joannis. Ochreous, finely dusted with black. Lines of forewing only traceable; melanostic- 
interior line indicated by black dots at the costal margin, cell, and inner margin. At the cell-end some dark la - 
spots. Exterior line almost straight, indicated by the absence of the black dusting. A black apical spot and an 
oblique subterminal row of dots. On the cross-vein of the hindwing a black angular streak, spots at the inner 
margin indicating the interior line. 18 mm. Mauritius. 
E. carbo Warr. (67 g). Forewing reddish-brown, at the base paler. Interior line indistinct, blackish, carlo. 
from y 3 of the costal margin to y 3 of the inner margin, outwardly angled below the costa. Exterior line strongly 
curved from behind the centre of the costal margin to vein 4, then introcurved to 4 / 5 of the inner margin. An 
oblique, irregularly curved streak near the margin from the apex to vein 4. Fringe dark with a light base-line. 
On the hindwing the interior line is composed of black dots, indistinct. E'xterior line ochreous, angular at vein 4, 
on each side bordered by blackish, particularly inside at the costal and anal margins. A black spot at the 
margin below the lower dent. Distal margin of fore wing slightly angular (d). 20—22 mm. Cameroon, Fernando- 
Po, Spanish Guinea, Sierra Leone, Uganda. 
E. negro Warr. (67 g). Similar to carbo. Forewing brownish ochreous. Interior line absent. Exterior negro. 
line blackish, from behind *4 of the costal margin to 2 / 3 of the inner margin, obliquely distad to vein 4 where 
it forms an obtuse beak, then inwards, above vein 1 another small dent, where it is inside bordered with dark. 
Hind wing with a brown double line from % of the costal margin to the anal angle, obtusely angled on vein 4. 
On the fore wing a dark submarginal lunar spot near the apex. Hindwing beneath yellowish-grey with a dark 
line from the costal margin near the apex to the centre of the anal margin. 22—26 mm. East Africa, Cameroon, 
Togo. 
E. costilinea Joicey. Above grey, dusted with brown, forewing at the apex paler. A yellow exterior costilinea. 
line, inside edged with black, rectangular from the costal margin, at vein 4 sharply angled, then indistinct to 
the inner margin. A dark submarginal spot at vein 5. Discal and anal spots dark. Hind wing with 4 fine lines, 
the postmedian one vertical from the costal margin to vein 4, submarginal line black, subapical line yellow. 
Length of fore wing 15 mm. Udjidji. 
E. truncataria Wkr. is presumably no species of Epiplema. 
2. Genus: Dirades Gn. 
Palpi bent upward, antennae of d thickened. Forewing broad. Distal margin uniformly curved. Vein 5 
a little below the cell-angle, veins 6 + 7 and 8+9 stalked. Hindwing mostly with small dents at veins 4 and 7. 
Vein 3 a little before 4, 6 + 7 sometimes stalked. Type: theclata Gn. 
D. theclata Gn. (67 h). Pale brown. On the forewing behind the centre of the inner margin a semi- theclata. 
circular blackish-brown spot from the outside of which a dark double line extends, parallel with the distal 
margin, to the costal margin. Marginal line dark. On the hindwing the two lines are brown, edged with light, 
curved, the interior line slightly notched. 20 mm. West Africa. 
D. anguiifera Warr. Forewing dingy olive-grey, dotted dark. The inner edge of the indistinct dark angulifcra. 
median band in the cell strongly incurved, the exterior border angular at vein 6, incurved behind the cell, at 
the inner margin marked black. Submarginal area with an ochreous centre-spot, apex nut-brown, anal angle 
blackish. Hindwing with a curved median band, behind it a pale band, apex brown. In the $ the band of 
the hindwing is strongly angled outside at vein 2. 26—30 mm. East Africa. 
D. lactea Warr. Forewing milky white with some greyish ochreous scales. Lines greyish ochreous. laciea. 
The first line from x / 3 of the costal margin to % of the inner margin, with an obtuse angle in the cell. The second 
from 2 / 3 of the costal margin, for a short distance obliquely distad, then nearing the first in the centre. Between 
them, in the centre and at the inner margin, pale brown. Before the centre of the distal margin 4 small black 
dots. Hindwing with 2 brownish-ochreous lines, curved in the cell. Cellular spot and base at the anal margin 
black. 16 mm. South-West Africa. 
3. Genus: Cni&thyiiiii Wkr. 
Palpi feeble, upturned, antennae in both sexes thickened. In the forewing veins 8 + 9 and 10 + 11 
stalked. Hindwing cut out at the costal margin, d with a pencil in the anal-marginal fold. Type: miraria Wkr. 
G. auratiplaga Warr. Forewing ash-grey with an indistinct dark interior and exterior line, behind them aurat'vplaga. 
an indistinct double submarginal line, marginal line blackish. All the lines interrupted in the centre of the wing. 
Hindwing grey, a stripe on the centre of the wing and near the anal margin without any marking, besides 3 
fine black lines. Before the anal angle somewhat reddish. 23 mm. Nyassa Land. 
4. Genus: Hetcroplenui Warr. 
Forewing short and broad, costal margin curved, distal margin cut out between veins 7 and 4, anal 
angle sharp. Inner margin straight. Hindwing with an obtuse dent at vein 7 and a hair-pencil in the anal- 
marginal fold (G) or at veins 7, 6, 4 dentate ($). Veins similar as in Epiplema. Differences: in the hindwing 
8+9 + 10 stalked, in the hindwing vein 2 from near the base. 
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