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second joint more or less irrorated with blackish, with a black suDapical ring, 

 terminal joint with a black median band. Antennae fuscous, obscurely paler- 

 ringed. Abdomen grey, apex ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely 

 rounded ; deep ochreous yellow, with a few scattered black scales ; small 

 blackish dots at base of costa and dorsum ; elongate blackish spots on costa 

 about i and middle ; stigmata large, blackish, plical rather obliquely before 

 first discal, preceded by more or less black suffusion on fold ; an almost 

 marginal row of blackish dots round posterior part of costa and termen to 

 dorsum before tornus : cilia ochreous-yellow, basal half with a few blackish 

 specks. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale grey. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, in March and April ; three specimens (Pole). 



Autosticha aspasta, n. sp. 



$Q. 14 — 16 mm. Head and thorax deep ochreous-yellow. Palpi ochreous- 

 yellow, a subapical ring of second joint and median band of terminal joint dark 

 fuscous. Antennae ochreous-yellow spotted with fuscous Abdomen greyish- 

 ochreous, margins of segments grey, apex whitish-ochreous. Forewings 

 elongate, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen faintly sinuate, 

 rather strongly oblique ; clear deep ochreous-yellow ; blackish dots on base of 

 costa and dorsum ; stigmata large, black, plical rather obliquely before first 

 discal ; an almost marginal row of large black dots along posterior third of 

 costa and termen to dorsum before tornus : cilia ochreous-yellow. Hindwings 

 grey ; cilia light grey, round apex tinged with yellow-whitish on outer half. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, in August ; two specimens (de Mowbray, Pole). 



Autosticha demetrias, n. sp. 



$ 9 • 13 — 16 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-yellow or yellow-ochreous, 

 sometimes tinged with fuscous or sprinkled with dark fuscous above. Palpi 

 ochreous-yellowish, second joint more or less suffused with dark fuscous, 

 sometimes on subapical ring only, terminal joint with dark fuscous median band 

 Antennae yellowish ringed with fuscous. Abdomen grey, segmental margins 

 whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen faintly sinuate, oblique ; deep ochreous-yellow or yellow-ochreous, 

 with some scattered blackish scales, sometimes considerably mixed and suffused 

 with brown ; a blackish dot on base of costa ; stigmata moderate, blackish, pli- 

 cal somewhat obliquely before first discal ; a short rather inwardly oblique black- 

 ish streak from dorsum beneath second discal ; an almost marginal row of 

 blackish dots, sometimes rather large, along posterior half of costa and termen : 

 cilia ochreous-yellow, sometimes with some dark fuscous specks on basal half. 

 Hindwings grey, varying in intensity ; cilia whitish-grey, sometimes yellow- 

 ish-tinged, with darker subbasal shade. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, from October to April ; twelve specimens (Pole, AlstonX 



Autosticha proty pa, n. sp. 



$ 9 • 17 — 20 mm. Head and thorax varying from deep ochreous-yellowish 

 to brownish. Palpi ochreous-yellowish, second joint more or less irrorated and 



