64 LIFE-HISTORIES OF EUCOSMID 
(Yea LASPEYRESIA PYCNOCHRA, MEYR. MS, 
Exo. In a. a 3Sa | Dee. (qr 
Oe 
Bred at Coimbatore on 20th March 1916, Bean a larva found in pods of 
agathy (Sesbania grandiflora). 
ss Cve a ee , MA LESANS MEYR. MS. 
lexot- rm aS! ber. \ 920 ) 
Bred at Coimbatore on 20th March 1916, on a larva in Parkinsonta 
pede Ng reared at Coimbatore from Cassia corymbosa pods, a2 Aq 
Arr as J] Cow ean nr PAC LiKe 
de ya LASPEYRESIA DAZDALOTA, MEYR. 
Laspeyresia dedalota, Meyr., Exot. Micr., I, 23 (October 1916)('). 
Bred at Pusa “in July from flowers of Cassia fistula (Leguminose)(!).” 
Larve were found on 27th June 1915, damaging unopened flowers of Cassia 
fistula and moths emerged between 8th and 15th July. No description of the 
early stages was made. (Tahl Ram’s Cage-slip 22.) 
(,0c4 LASPEYRESIA JACULATRIX, MEYR. 
Laspeyresia jaculatriz, Meyr., Rec. Ind. Mus. V, 219(!); Lefroy, Ind. Ins. 
Life, pp. 530-531 (1909)(?). 
Described from Calcutta and Pusa, where the larvee were found beneath 
bark of Dalbergia sissu('!). The Pusa collection contains specimens from 
Pusa, Palamau and the Shevaroys. 
“The larvee are found in the bark of the sissu tree (Dalbergia sissu) and 
Oe & tyro Ai occur there abundantly. Pupation takes place in a fine silken cocoon. 
tH ‘pun? 5 
BG foun rere cq) Apparently these larve are the hosts of a small Bombylid fly, which has been 
a e — ae K “ reared, from a batch of larve in sissu bark ; the food of the ee is not known 
Lue het pone but it probably is the bark of the tree. 
see ean were “The caterpillars spend the winter in the bark of the tree and have a 
~ a Dae Rom a- curious habit of coming out at night during a few days in March, crawling 
| G@ I= 5 ae about on the bark and, soon after daylight, retreating into the bark again ; 
immense numbers of them can be seen in the early morning on these days and 
the phenomenon is apparently so regular that the crows know it, and we have 
in four successive years (1906-1909) seen crows collected round trees on which 
these caterpillars were walking and feeding on them. Apparently this proceed- 
ing is preliminary to pupating and is probably the search for a good sheltered 
nook in which pupation can be accomplished in such a way as to enable the 
moth to emerge. The moths emerge at various dates during May and June 
and there are probably two broods, before the hibernation brood referred to 
above. The moths are found flying about gregariously and this species is quite 
commonly captured where the sissu grows abundantly(?).” 
