LIFE-HISTORIES OF INDIAN INSECTS. 
MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
II. CARPOSINIDA, PHALONIADA, TORTRICIDA AND 
EUCOSMID. 
BY 
T. BAINBRIGGE FLETCHER, RN., F.LS., FES, F.ZS., 
Imperial Entomologist. 
[Received for publication on 27th June, 1919.] 
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MERIDARCHIS SCYRODES, MEYR. 
Meridarchis scyrodes, Meyrick, Exot. Micr., I, 30 (Oct., 1916) (') ; Fletcher, 
Entl. Note No. 74 (1916)(?) ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 254 (1917)(*). 
Reared at Coimbatore “ in February from larve living in fruits of Zizyphus 
jujuba (Rhamnacee) ” (!) and has also been bred from Zizyphus jujuba fruit 
at Pusa in March and April(?). Also reared at Nagpur and Surat from 
Zizyphus fruits. 
MERIDARCHIS REPROBATA, MEYR. MS. (PLATE VIII, FIG. 1.) 
This species has been reared at Nagpur and Surat from larve in fruits 
of Eugenia jambolana. We have also reared it from olive fruits sent to us 
from Kashmir by Messrs. Mitchell & Co., in October 1917. The larva is about 
10 mm. long and about 1:5 mm. across fifth abdominal segment, thence tapering 
towards either extremity (when the larva is at rest the hinder part of the 
abdomen appears very stout—-see figure), dorsally pink, ventrally pale 
yellow ; head yellow-brown, glossy ; prothoracic shield large, longitudinally 
divided in middle, slightly darker than head ; skin of bedy soft, glossy ; tubercles 
brown chitinized spots bearing single rather long thin hairs; five pairs of 
equally developed prolegs.. Moths emerged from these larve (at Pusa) between 
19th November and 3rd December. (Pusa Insectary Cage-slip 1724.) 
