588 EXOTIC MICROI.EPIDOPTEKA. 



Autosticha crocothicta, n. sp. 



(5" . 16 mm. Head violefc-fuscous, sides suffused with yellowish. 

 Palpi pale yellowish, second joint fuscous except apex, terminal 

 joint with anterior edge dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations 1. 

 Thorax violet-fuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa gentl}^ arched, apex pointed, termeu slightly 

 sinuate, rather strongly oblique ; violet-fuscous ; extreme costal 

 edge pale ochreous-yellowish from | lo | ; stigmata blackish, plical 

 slightly before first discal ; a blackish dot on dorsum beneath second 

 discal, edged posteriorly with pale yellowish ; an almost marginal 

 row of cloudy blackish dots round apical fifth of costa and termen : 

 cilia light fuscous, paler towards tips on termen, suffused with 

 grey round apex, pale ochreous-yellowish on costa from origin to |. 

 Hindwings grey, darker on veins and posteriorly ; cilia grey. 



Ceylon, jS"amunukuli, 6000 feet, in February (Gretn); one 

 specimen. 



Autosticha spilocliorda, n. sp. 



J . 20 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, sidetufts whitish. Palpi 

 white, second joint fuscous except apex. Antennal ciliations 1. 

 Thorax brownish. Abdomen ochreous-fuscous. Forewings elon- 

 gate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, 

 termen obliciuely rounded ; light brown, sprinkled with whitish, 

 except on a broad median longitudinal streak ; costal edge blackish 

 towards base ; a blackish line along fold from near base to beneath 

 first discal stigma ; discal stigmata moderately large, blackish, 

 connected by a slender undefined dark fuscous line ; between second 

 discal and upper part of termen are dark fuscous scales scattered 

 along veins ; an almost marginal series of indistinct cloudy dark 

 fuscous dots round posterior part of costa and termen : cilia pale 

 brownish, with indistinct anteraedian shade of dark fuscous irrora- 

 tion. Hindwings rather light grey ; cilia pale brownish. 



S. Inbia, Nilgiris, 6000 feet, in May {Andrewes) ; two specimens. 



Autosticha xanthograpta, n. sp. 



(^ . 15 mm. Head and thorax orange tinged with fuscous. 

 Palpi orange, second joint with fuscous streak on basal | and sub- 

 apical ring, terminal joint with fuscous median band. Antennal 

 ciliations 2. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen nearly straight, oblique ; dark 

 fusco^ls ; a small basal spot of ochreous-orauge suffusion ; stigmata 

 represented bj'' small cloudy pale ochreous-yellowish spots, plical 

 beneath first discal ; a similar cloudy dot on dorsum beneath 

 second discal ; some pale ochreous-yellowish suffusion towards costa 

 before apex, in which are two dark fuscous praemarginal dots ; 

 three pale yellowish dots on termen : cilia fuscous, towards middle 

 of termen and on costa before apex suffused with pale ochreous. 

 Hindwings dark grey; cilia grey. 



Ceylon, Madulsima, in March (Green); one specimen. 



