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suffused with dark fuscous, terminal joint with anterior edge or a median band 

 more or less dark fuscous, variable in development. Antennae yellow-ochreous 

 ringed with fuscous . Abdomen ochreous, sides and segmental margins greyish. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, 

 oblique ; deep yellow-ochreous or light ochreous-brownish, sometimes sprinkled 

 with dark fuscous ; a blackish dot on base of costa ; stigmata rather small, 

 blackish, plical almost beneath first discal ; a short inwardly oblique streak of 

 fuscous suffusion from dorsum just beyond second discal ; an almost marginal 

 row of rather small blackish dots along posterior half of costa and termen to 

 dorsum before tornus : cilia ochreous-yellowish, basal half deep ochreous- 

 yellow, sometimes sprinkled with dark fuscous specks. Hindwings grey, 

 variable in intensity, darker in 9 ; cilia whitish-yellowish with two faint 

 greyish shades. 



Maskeliya, Peradeniya, and Maturatta, Ceylon, in September and from 

 January to April (Pole, Green). Larva feeding in galleries of silk and refuse 

 on lichens on mossy rocks (Green). 



Autosticha tetrapeda, n. sp. 



$. 13 mm. Head and thorax pale brownish-ochreous. Palpi whitish- 

 ochreous, second joint and middle of terminal joint tinged with brownish. 

 Antennae whitish-ochreous ringed with fuscous, towards apex suffused with 

 dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; pale brownish-ochreous, 

 sprinkled with fuscous ; blackish dots on base of costa and dorsum ; stigmata 

 large, blackish, plical beneath first discal ; a similar blackish spot on dorsum 

 beneath second discal ; an almost marginal row of blackish dots along posterior 

 part of costa and termen : cilia whitish-ochreous, basal half sprinkled with 

 fuscous. Hindwings light grey, paler and thinly scaled towards base ; cilia 

 whitish-ochreous. 



Palni Hills ; one specimen (Campbell"). 



Autosticha demotica, n. sp. 



$$. 13-18 mm. Head and thorax light fuscous. Palpi fuscous, apex of 

 second joint ochreous- whitish, terminal joint as long as second, ochreous- 

 whitish, more or less suffusedly banded with fuscous in middle. Antennae 

 whitish-ochreous obscurely ringed with fuscous. Abdomen light greyish- 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 obliquely rounded ; light fuscous or greyish-ochreous ; a dark fuscous 

 dot on base of costa ; stigmata very small, dark fuscous, discal stigmata 

 approximated, separated by | of wing, plical beneath first discal ; an almost 

 marginal series of indistinct dark fuscous dots along posterior part of costa and 

 tornus : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale ochreous-greyish. 



Peradeniya, Madulsima, and Ambulangoda, Ceylon, in February, April, June, 

 and August ; five specimens (Green, Vaughan, Pole). Very similar to A. stre- 

 nuella, but broader-winged, and discal stigmata obviously closer together. 



