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Autosticha phaulodes, n. sp. 



£9- 12 — 15 mm. Head and thorax brownish-ochreous sprinkled with 

 dark fuscous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint irrorated with dark fuscous, 

 terminal joint as long as second, with dark fuscous median band. Antennae 

 fuscous, obscurely pale-ringed. Abdomen fuscous, apex whitish-ochreous. 

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

 oblique ; brownish-ochreous, irrorated with fuscous and dark fuscous ; stigmata 

 moderate or large, dark fuscous, plical somewhat before first discal ; a small 

 praetornal spot of dark fuscous suffusion ; an almost marginal series of dark 

 fuscous dots along posterior portion of costa and termen : cilia very pale 

 greyish-ochreous, basal half light brownish-ochreous, with some basal dots and 

 a median line of scattered dark fuscous specks. Hindwings grey ; cilia 

 ochreous-grey- whitish. 



Madulsima, Ceylon, in April and May ; nine specimens (Vaughan). Hitherto 

 confused with chernetis, and included under it in my description : smaller than 

 chernetis, forewings narrower and termen more oblique, yet broader and less 

 oblique than in authccma ; duller and more uniformly coloured than either, 

 with plical stigma rather before first discal instead of beneath it : basal half of 

 cilia not yellowish-tinged as in both these. 



Autosticha chernetis, Meyr. 



As indicated above, my description of this species includes phaulodes as well ; 

 T restrict the name to the species bred by Mr. Green from larva? found at 

 Peradeniya, with habits as described. The description as published only needs 

 to be altered in the following particulars, viz. : — 



$$. 16 — 17 mm. Forewings with discal stigmata large, plical beneath 

 first discal. Bred in February and March. 



Apethistis, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, side-tufts somewhat raised ; ocelli absent ; 

 tongue developed. Antennas ±, i n g serrulate, shortly ciliated, basal joint 

 moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint with 

 appressed scales, terminal joint nearly or quite as long as second, slender, acute. 

 Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Posterior tibiae clothed with rough scales. 

 Forewings with lb furcate, 2 and 3 stalked from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to 

 termen, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, trapezoidal, termen sinuate, cilia f — 1 ; 

 3 and 4 connate, 5 approximated, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Type A. metoeca, Meyr. Closely allied to the preceding genus, from 

 which it only differs in the presence of vein 8 of forewings. To this genus is 

 also referable Gelechia alienella, Walk. 634. 



Apethistis carphocles, n. sp. 



$ $. 15 — 16 mm. Head pale ocbreous-yellowish, sides deeper. Palpi light 

 ochreous-yellowish, second joint sprinkled and lower half suffused with fuscous. 

 Antennae light yellowish, obscurely ringed with fuscous. Thorax ochreous-yellow- 

 ish, sprinkled with fuscous. Abdomen light ochreous-yellowish. Forewings 

 elongate, costa moderately arched apex obtuse, termen sinuate, oblique ; 

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