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costa of forcwings more arched and ferroeu Jess oblique, and the 

 absence of dark markings on palpi is a quite peculiar feature. 

 With regard to the larval habit, there -were bied from the same 

 collection of refuse several other species of Lepidojittra, some of 

 ■which appear not to be refuse-feeders, but only to have entered the 

 refuse for pupation or to have been carried in with leaves ; but 

 whilst the known Ceylon larvae of this genus are lichen-feeders 

 the typical Hawaiian pi^^odes is a refuse-feeder, and it is therefore 

 quite probable that the present species may have similar habits. 



Autosticha petrotoma, n. sp. 



5 . 18 mm. Head and thorax grey-whitish speckled with dark 

 fuscous. Palpi ochreous-grey-whitish, with basal half and a sub- 

 a])ical ring of second joint, and two rings of terminal joint black. 

 Abdomen ochreous-whitish sprinkled with grey. Forewings 

 elongate, I'ather narrow, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; grey-whitish 

 speckled with black ; a black dot on base of costa, and a subcostal 

 one close beyond it; small black spots on costa at -l and before and 

 beyond middle ; stigmata black, plical and first discal small, plical 

 rather obliquely posterior, second discal larger, confluent with a 

 blackish spot lying above and beyond it ; three black dots on costa 

 posteriorly, from first of which a curved series of black dots runs 

 to toruus, closely adjacent to termen on lower half; some undefined 

 small black dots on termen : cilia pale whitish-ochreous, with faint 

 grey median line, and indistinctly barred with grey on basal half. 

 Hindwings light grey ; cilia ochreous-whitish, with faint greyish 

 autemedian shade. 



Ckylon, Nuwara Eliya, in September, "in a ditch" (Whittle); 

 one specimen. 



Autosticha flavescens, n. sp. 



J. 14-15 mm. Head pale ochreous-yellowish, sometimes tinged 

 with grey, sides marked with blackish. Palpi whitish-yellow, 

 second joint more or less strongly mixed with blackish, terminal 

 joint with blackish median band. Thorax pale ochreous-yellowish 

 more or less spotted with blackish dorsally, patagia blackish except 

 towards tips. Abdomen greyish, anal tuft pale yellowish. Fore- 

 wings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen obliquely rounded; light ochreous-yellowish, irregularly 

 clouded with coarse blackish irroration ; a strong blackish dot ou 

 base of costa ; stigmata represented by round cloudy blackish 

 spots, plical beneath first discal ; an irregular grey patch irrorated 

 with black occupying apical area except margins ; an almost 

 marginal series of small cloudy blackish spots round posterior half 

 of costa and termen : cilia pale ochreous-yellowish, basal half 

 somewhat sprinkled irregularly with blackish. Hindwings grey; 

 cilia pale greyish, base w^hitish. 



Cetlon, Pundaloya and Peradeniya, in February and March 

 (Green); three specimens. 



