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mefasema Meyr. — On J'hyllostegia glabra, a mint; oinmallas 

 Meyr. — On Duhauiia laxa and plantaginia; stellala (Butl.) — 

 On Plpturus alhidus; despeda (J^ntl.) — On Jpomoea bona-nox, 

 sweet potato and also other species of Ipo)))oea; ennyr/iioidcs 

 (Entl.) — On a tree which I have not poistively i(h^ntitied, hut 

 may he Bobea; pyranthes Meyr. — On Vacciniiim pendnlifJoniin. 

 I have also reared moths from caterpillars fonnd cm Caitipylo- 

 fJieca, Lipochacta and Adenosicnia, which T have not been able 

 to se})arate from despccta thongli the caterpillars are differ- 

 ent, and also different from each other according to their food 

 plant. 



Pyrausla dry ado pa JMeyr.- — I have reared from larvic in 

 spnn leaves of iScaevola glabra. P. constricia (Butl.) — Very 

 abnndant nsnally on Scaevola chamisoniana. 



Mecyna aurora (Bntl.) — Larvse feed in spnn leaves on Cam- 

 pylotheca and Bidens. j\f. virescens Bntl. — On ''mamani" trees 

 (Sophora clirysophylla) (Perkins). 



Evergestis anastamosalis (Gnen.) — Larva:' bore in sweet po- 

 tato vines also into the tnbers ; and I have fonnd them boring in 

 the stems of an ornamented I pomoea.N omo phUa noctuella Schiff. 

 — Feeds on clover and grass (Felt) ; Polygojium aviculare 

 (Leach). Hellula undalis (Fab.) — Feeds on cabbage and other 

 crnciferous plants. The larvae mine the leaves, bore the stems, 

 and also feed on the snrface more or less, well protected by a 

 silken tnnnel. They often penetrate to the terminal bud of the 

 yonng cabbage plant and thus destroy it for heading. 



ProDiylca pyropa Meyr. — Mines the leaves of Peperomia. 

 One larva requires several leaves. After eating out all the 

 mesophyll of one leaf it migrates to another, and so on. 



Mesiolobcs is a large genus of which no one has yet discovered 

 the larva?, although some of the species are very common. The 

 same may be said for Orthomecyna. 



Scoparia is a large genus, the larvse of which are said to 

 feed in silken tunnels in mosses. I have often found them ; but 

 melichlora Meyr., is the only species I have succeeded in rear- 

 ing from moss. Mr. Fullaway has reared merisfis Meyr., and 

 siderina from larvre found in moss. f>. lycopodiae Sw., which 

 I have recently described, bores in the stems of Lyro podium, 

 cerniium. 



