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34 LIFE-HISTORIES OF PHALONIADZ 
PHALONIADA. | 
CLYSIA AMBIGUELLA, (HB. 
Tinea ambiguella, Hubner, Tin., 153 (1801)('). 
Clysia ambiguella, Meyr., Handbk., pp. 556-557 (1895)(?) ; Wlsm., A. M. N. 
H. (7) V, 488 (1900)(3) ; Kennel, Pal. Tortric, iii, 240, t. 11 f. 45 (1918)(4). 
Larva “pale brownish-yellow ; head and plate of 2 black ’’(?). A well- 
known and very injurious pest of the vine in Europe, the larva feeding in the 
flower-buds. Not yet noted as a pest in India, though it is known to occur 
in Assam (Cherrapunji ; Naga Hills), N. Manipur, and Pegu (Karen Hills). 
PHALONIA HYBRIDELLA, HB. 
Tinea hybridella, Hubner, Tin., 351('). 
Phalonia hybridella, Meyr., Handbk., p. 553 (1895)(?) ; Wlsm., A. M. N. H. 
(7) V, 486 (1900)(3) ; Kennel, Spuler’s Schmett. Eur., II, 258, t. 84 f. 
30(4). 
Larva “pale pink; head hght brown; plate of 2 yellowish, with four 
black dots ; in seed heads of Picris hieraciordes ”’(?). 
A palearctic species, recorded from Dharmsala(?). It is doubtful whether 
it is really Indian. 
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| pitanonta MANNIANA, F.R. 
Cochylis manmiana, Fischer v. Rosl., Abbild., p. 134, t. 51 f. 2(1). 
Phalonia manmana, Meyr., Handbk., p. 549 (1895)(?), Rec. Ind. Mus., V, 
217(3), P. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W., XXXVI, 297 (1911) (*) ; Spuler, Schmett. 
Hur., 11, 258, t. 84 f. 32.(5). 
Larva in Mentha and Lycopus(°) in Europe. 
This species has been recorded from India and Ceylon, extending to 
__N. Australia(*), but in a later note Mr. Meyrick (Ent. Mo. Mag., 1916, 277-278) 
notes that the above record(*) is incorrect, the species in question being P. 
mellita, Meyr., whose early stages are as yet unknown.] 
e TORTRICIDA. 
Ip 499S% AREA INVALIDANA, WLK. 
Tortriz tnvalidana, Wlk., Cat., XXVIII, 327 (1863)('); Moore, Lep. Ceylon, 
III, 498 (1887)(2) . 3 
Epagoge wnvalidana, Meyr., B. J., XVIII, 617 (1908) (3). 
Capua mvalidana, Fletcher, Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 300 (1917)(*). 
Originally described from Ceylon('), this species has since been recorded 
from Coorg and the Khasi Hills(), and was reared at Nagpur in December 
1915 from larvee feeding on betel-vine leaves. 
