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whitish-ochreous. Thorax fuscous mixed with darker. Abdomen grey- 

 whitish, laterally suffused with blackish on posterior half. Forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa slightly arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen straight, oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; 

 fuscous mixed with dark fuscous ; all veins indicated by cloudy whitish- 

 fuscous streaks ; costal edge whitish-fuscous except towards base ; discal 

 stigmata cloudy, dark fuscous : cilia whitish-fuscous mixed with darker 

 fuscous. Hindwings pale grey, darker towards apex ; cilia ochreous-grey- 

 whitish. 



Nilgiris, 6,000 feet, in May (Andrewes) ; one specimen. 



Lecithocera proclivis, n. sp. 



$ . 16-17 mm. Head brownish, sides of crown ochreous. Palpi pale 

 ochreous, terminal joint whitish-ochreous with dark fuscous anterior edge. 

 Antennse whitish-ochreous. Thorax brownish. Abdomen pale fuscous. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen rounded, rather strongly oblique ; 3 absent (coincident with 2), 8 

 and 9 out of 7 ; brown sprinkled with dark fuscous ; discal stigmata dark 

 fuscous, second connected with dorsum by a small patch of dark fuscous 

 irroration : cilia pale brownish, with two indistinct fuscous lines. Hind- 

 wings grey ; cilia ochreous-whitish, sometimes tinged with brownish. 



Nilgiris, 6,000 feet, in May (Andrewes) ; two specimens. 



Lecithocera autologa, n. sp. 



5 . 14 mm. Head, palpi, antennse, thorax, and abdomen fuscous ; 

 antennae suffused above with dark fuscous towards base. Forewings 

 elongate, costa anteriorly gently arched, apex obtuse, termen faintly 

 sinuate, oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; fuscous, irrorated with 

 dark fuscous ; discal stigmata dark fuscous : cilia pale fuscous, with traces 

 of darker shades. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale fuscous. 



Madulsima, Ceylon, in May (Vaughan) ; one specimen. 



Lecithocera metacausta, n. sp. 



<5 $ . 13-15 mm. Head and thorax brownish with prismatic-violet 

 reflections, sides of crown yellow-ochreous. Palpi ochreous-yellowish, 

 anterior edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennse ochreous-yellowish 

 spotted with fuscous, in $ roughened towards base. Abdomen pale ochre- 

 ous, in 5 sometimes infuscated. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen hardly sinuate, oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 

 7 ; yellow-ochreous, suffusedly sprinkled with brown or dark fuscous ; base of 

 costa more or less suffused with dark fuscous ; discal stigmata dark fuscous ; 

 sometimes a transverse mark of dark fuscous suffusion between second 

 discal and dorsum ; a dark fuscous patch along termen from apex, more 

 or less narrowed downwards and not reaching tornus : cilia fuscous mixed 

 with dark fuscous, above apex ochreous-yellowish. Hindwings pale grey or 

 in 5 sometimes grey; cilia ochreous-whitish, more or less tinged with grey. 



