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Pyealididae. 



Pi/falis Hiaiurdalls Boisd. — Larva:' feed in <>1<1 J^olisfcs nests. 



Ptekophokidae. 



TrrcliopiUu!^ oxydaeii/his ( Walk. )— Larvjie on Boerhaavia 

 diffusa. A species of I'Utlijplilla purposely introdnced from 

 Mexico, feeds on flower elnsters of Ian tana. 

 1 G — Entomological. 



Orneodidae. 



Orneodes nl)}u)rjafe]la Walsm. — "P^red from seeds of forest 

 trees" (Perkins). 



Geeecittadae. 



Arisf.olelia nigriciliella Walsm. — Mines the leaves of Gonldia 

 macrocarpa. A. ichthyocliroa Walsm. — Produces galls on stems 

 of Goiddia macrocarpa. A. elegantior Walsm. — Feeds in fruits 

 of Gouldia macrocarpa. 



PhtJiorimaea operculella Z. — Mines leaves, and bores in stems 

 and fruits of tomato, potato, tobacco, Datura and Nicandra; in 

 potato it bores into tubers also. 



Gelechia gossypiella (Sand.) — In seeds of cotton and Trespe- 

 sia populnca. Sitotroga cerealella (OliV.) — A pest on corn, tlie 

 larva? feeding inside the kernels, especially in bins, cribs or 

 warehouses ; also in rice standing in the field and in stored rice 

 in the paddy. 



Stoeberliiiius testaceous Butl. — Larva feeds in silken tunnel 

 amongst dead leaves of grass in turf. Autosticha pelodes (Meyr.) 

 ■ — Larvffi in dead sticks of lantana, castor oil plant, etc., amongst 

 fibrous matter at base of palm leaves, on dead or partially 

 dead twigs of Araucarian pine, and beneath dead leaf sheaths 

 of sugar cane. 



Tliywcopa alhonnhila Walsm. — Larvje in dead branch of koa. 

 T. arqcjdea (Jjutl.) — On leaves of Sapindus, when nearly full- 

 grown hiding in a webbed together mass of two or three leaves. 

 T. Inderora (Butl.) — "Larvjie in rotten wood" (Pdaekburn). T. 

 pidrendcnta Walsm. — Larva:^ in base of grass tufts, also in rot- 

 ten wood. T. fraudulenfella Walsm. — T^arvse in silken tunnels in 

 and beneath dried cow duui;'. Proliablv nornudly a dead-Avood 



