LEPIDOPTERA. 



421 



296.- Stenachroia elon- 

 gella. The outlim •■ ■ 

 the natural maU 



PYRALID 1 

 STENACHROIA ELONGELLA, Hmpsn. 



Stenachroia elongella, Hmpsn., B.J., 

 XII. 04. fig. : Lefroy, Ind. [ns. Life, 

 p. 510. 



Distribution. — Bellary. 

 Lifehistory. Not known. Cater- 

 pillar webs over earheads on which 

 it feeds. 



Foodplants. — Earheads of cholam. 

 Si, tins. An occasional but verj 

 local pest of cholam, doing con- 

 siderable damage when in large 

 numbers. 



Control. — Destruction of first- 

 attacked heads. 



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GALLERIA MELLONELLA, Linn. [PLATE XXVUI.] 



Phalami mellonella, Linn. Syst. Nat. (ed. X), p. 537 1758). 

 Gallcria mellonella, Hmpsn., Faun. Ind. Moths. IV. <). f. 8; Lefroy, 



lnd. Ins. Life. pp. 500 501, f. 338; Fletcher, A. J.. I. Oct. 1911. tab. 



1 with silk by 

 mellonella. 'After Li I 



• (•,ilU 



Distribution. — Throughout Southern India. 



Lifehistory.— Eggs are laid singly or in small clusters on wax 

 combs of Bees' nests. The larva- tunnel through the wax. on which 



