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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. Antenna 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 ochre ous-yellowish, basal half deep ochreous- 

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

 variable in intensity, darker in $ ; 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). 



Auiosiicha tetrapeda, n. sp. 



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

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

 Antennfe 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-ocbreous, 

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

 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 (Uniot'ica, n. sp. 



^9" 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 3 of wing, plical beneath first discal ; an almost 

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

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



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

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

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

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