oSB EXOTIC MICROLEPIUOPXERA. 



ochreous, somewhat sprinkled with fuscous aucl dark fuscous ; 

 base of costa blackish ; blackish subcostal and dorsal dots near 

 base ; stigmata large, blackish, plical rather obliquelj' before first 

 discal ; in § cloud j- spots of dark grey irroration on costa at | 

 and dorsum opposite ; an almost marginal series of cloudy blackish 

 dots round posterior part of costa and termen : cilia whitish- 

 ochreous sprinkled with fuscous, tending to form indistinct bars. 

 Hindwings pale grej' ; cilia grey-whitish. 



CETLOif, Rambukkhana, iu January (Alston) ; two specimens. 

 Eeadily distinguished from the very similar vicularis by the 

 subcostal and dorsal dark dots near base. 



Autosticha relaxata, n. sp. 



cJ . 11-12 mm. Head whitish-ochreous sometimes sprinkled 

 with fuscous. Palpi whitish-ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous, 

 second joint with basal | and a subapical ring suffused with dark 

 fuscous, terminal joint more or less suffused with dark fuscous 

 towards apex. Thorax pale ochreous, more or less sprinkled with 

 fuscous, shoulders suffused with dark fuscous irroration. Abdomen 

 light grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen ver}' obliquely 

 rounded; light greyish-ochreous suffusedly irrorated with fuscous ; 

 costa suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous towards base ; a cloudy 

 dark fuscous dot beneath costa near base ; stigmata blackish, plical 

 obliqueljr before first discal, second discal large ; apical area more 

 or less suffused with fuscous ; an almost marginal row of cloudy 

 blackish dots round posterior part of costa and termen : cilia 

 whitish-ochreous with two shades of fuscous irroration. Hindwings 

 with termen very obliquely and nearly evenly rounded throughout; 

 grey ; cilia pale grey, with darker subbasal shade. 



CErLON^, Bandarawela and Haputale, in April and July (Pole, 

 Alston) • three specimens. Verj- similar to authcema, but immedi- 

 ately separated by form of hindwings, which in authcema are 

 trapezoidal, with lower posterior angle well marked. 



Autosticha exemplaris, n. sp. 



cJ . 13 mm. Head and thorax pale greyish-ochreous mixed with 

 fuscous. Palpi ochreous-whitish somewhat sprinkled with light 

 fuscous. Abdomen light greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, 

 costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen somewhat rounded, 

 rather oblique ; pale greyish-ochreous irrorated with rather dark 

 fuscous ; a blackish dot on base of costa ; stigmata blackish, plical 

 beneath first discal, second discal rather large, a dark fuscous 

 streak from dorsum somewhat beyond this nearly or quite reaching 

 it ; au almost marginal row of cloudy dark fuscous dots round 

 posterior part of costa and termen : cilia pale greyish-ochreous. 

 Hindwings light grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 



S. India, Coimbatore, bred in October from refuse in fork of 

 tamarind-tree (Fletcher). More uniformly coloured than aiiihtpma, 



