T, BAINBRIGGE FLETCHER 87 
Described from specimens from Guindy, Madras(!). Also found by 
Dr. Gravely at Puri, Orissa. 
ONE GALA , 
HELCYSTOGRAMMA HIBISCI, STT. 
Gelechia ? hibisci, Stainton, T. E. 8. (n. s.) V, 117(4). 
Gelechia ? hibisci, Snell., Tijd. voor Ent., XLVI, 43-44, t. 5, ff. 3, 4(?). 
Strobisia hibisci, Meyr., B. J.. XX, 732 (1911)(8). 
Lo (Dec. '9'2} J 
Heleystogr hibisoi, Mey, T. Be 8., 1914, 270(4) Jere, Gre Gat buts ph-V9 0) EO 
ystogramma hibisci, Meyr., T. E. S., , 270(4), foe Tk IN bake eee 
Helcystogramma obseratella, Zeller, H. 8S. E. R., XIII, 371-373, t. 5, f. 127, ( Nw '7 
(1 ,77)(°). 
Larva small, green, with the head black; it feeds on the tops of the 
yellow Hibiscus(?) ; on Hibiscus(}). 
Widely distributed throughout India and Ceylon. We have it from 
Pusa, Nagpur, Pollibetta (Coorg) and Shillong. ; 
Outside of India it has been recorded from Java by Snellen(2), and ‘“ pro- (et 
bably from Cuba ” by Zeller(®), this latter record being perhaps in error. 
The larva was found at Pusa on 17th September 1907, rolling leaves of 
Hibiscus esculentus. The larva was described as about 12 mm. long, cylindrical, 
slightly tapering posteriorly, yellowish-green ; head shiny black, with scattered 
minute whitish hairs, labrum greyish-red, antenne prominent ; prothoracic 
shield black, shiny ; body segments distinct ; warts small, dark, emitting a 
sho.t whitish hair, five pairs of prolegs. 
Pupation takes place in a cocoon spun amongst loose leaves. The pupa 
is brown, cylindrical, broad apically, tapering posteriorly, dorsal and lateral 
areas with short hairs; anal segment with four cremastral hooks which are 
entangled in the silken threads of the cocoon and which retain the pupa-case 
inside the pupal shelter on emergence of the moth. The pupal period is five 
or six days. (Pusa Insectary Cage-slip 601.) 
AUTOSTICHA AUTHAIMA, MEYR. ” 
Epicenia authema, Meyr., B. J., XVII, 141 (1906)(?). 
_ Described from Peradeniya, where the larva, in a heliciform case, teeds 
on moss-covered rocks(}). 
This is a Ceylonese species, not yet found in India. 
AUTOSTICHA CHERNETIS, MEYR.’ 
Epicenia chernetis, Meyr., B. J., XVII, 141 (1906)(}). 
Autosticha chernetis, Meyr., B. J., XVII, 459(?). 
Recorded from Peradeniya, where the larva lives in galleries on moss- 
covered rocks(}), 
