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and says: “The larva is an internal feeder, boring in the younger 
stems which it completely hollows out, killing them. When the 
plant is in early flower, the young flower heads are often killed 
and webbed up into a foul mass by this larva. Spins a large 
webby cocoon in the ground.” 
Hulst’s description of coeligenalis does not exactly agree with 
the description of meticulosalis given by Hampson. My speci- 
mens do not quite agree with these, nor with the figure given 
by Hampson. Where a species has been described under four 
different names, it must have some variation. Hence, I think 
that my specimens, the three of which show quite a bit of varia- 
tion in color, come near enough to be considered this species. 
However, I shall endeavor to have it verified, either at the 
United States National Museum or by someone in India. 
It seems strange that no one should have noticed the work of 
this moth on this side of the island, and that this first record 
should come from a valley so far removed from the more 
densely settled portions, where we should expect a new immi- 
grant to be first noticed. 
On January 29, I made considerable search for evidence of 
this moth on wiliwili trees on the Ewa coral plain south of 
Sisal. In that region there are a good many of the trees, many 
of them being very large. Just at this time there are many ripe 
pods hanging on the trees with the seeds exposed. Seach among 
these finally revealed the presence of remains of eaten seeds 
containing the cocoons of a moth. Examination of the empty 
chrysalids showed them to belong to the Phycitid moth Mvyelovs 
ceratoniae, and gives us a new addition to the food plants of 
this moth. Six such seeds were found, but in all cases the moths 
had already issued. Search will be made in other localities as 
opportunities present. 
Apparently the insect has been here a long time, but has not 
increased abundantly and has thus escaped notice. It no doubt 
arrived some time in the past, when seeds of Erythrina Indica 
or some other species were imported. 
