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foodcr. T. ahusa Wiilsin. — I.arvu' on Imrk mid in dead twii^s on 

 many species of plants as laniana, i(de vine, (! ijrlandra, J poiiioca, 

 Jiiclxus, guava, koa; also often feeding on the living twigs; 

 always protected by silken web oi' tnnnel. 



Oecopiioimdae. 



Elhm'ia coJonclla Walsm. — The ]arva> protected by webs on 

 the leaves of the Kon tree {Coniia siihcordaht), which they keep 

 in a constant state of defoliation. 



HYrONOMETTTTDAE. 



Batvacliedva soplironlella Walsm. — Larva; very abnndant on 

 a fern (Aspldlinn, cuaiheoides), feeding on nnder snrfaco of 

 frond, each covered by a wdiite silken w^eb. B. rilcyi Walsm. — 

 Larvffi are general feeders amongst dry decaying plant sub- 

 stances, and often feeding on living plant tissues also. They 

 are usually to be found where plants have been infested with 

 Aphids or mealy bugs, and often associated with other lepi- 

 dopterous larva;, as in pods, capsules or other fruits of various 

 plants, viz. : pods of gluedmsh, cottondDolls, ears of corn, bunches 

 of bananas, tamarind and many leguminous pods, castor-oil 

 seeds and capsules. 



Stagmatophora incertideUa Walk. — Larvae feed in large num- 

 bers in the male infloresence of Pandanus. S. quadvlfasclata 

 Walsm. — Larva feeds inside dead leaves of Pandanus, cutting 

 out regularly oblong oval pieces of the epidermis between which 

 it pupates. 



Aphtlionetus is quite a large genus of which I have reared 

 but one species (liauaiensis Walsm.), which feeds on koa leaves. 

 The larva feeds at apex of leaf on upper surface wdiere it is 

 hidden by a sort of median fold wliich it has produced on the 

 leaf. 



Neelysia is another large genus of wdiich but few of the larvtc 

 are known. Mr. Fullaw^ay has reared i\^ dcodorella Walsm., 

 from Cyrtandra. N. argyresihidla Walsm. — Larva? in silken 

 tunnels in moss. 



Hyposynocoma is the largest genus of all Hawaiian Lepido]> 

 tera. Walsingham reconizes 177 species and several varieties. 

 The larvae presumably live in cases (many are known to do so) ; 



