Thin ey ma, Cntug db fats , Der Ay. Drs Det. 36 p-% (26) | Remo 
oom Jolene cae 2a orev Si Yerbares fils we 
T. BAINBRIGGE FLETCHER Ti 
whence it tapers prominently anteriorly and slightly posteriorly, rather flattened, 
segments distinct, yellowish with reddish dorsal and lateral stripes ; head 
flattened, smaller than prothorax, dark brown, shiny; prothorax smaller 
than mesothorax, dark brown, with a shiny dark-brown medially-divided 
plate ; mesothorax slightly smaller than metathorax, with reddish markings 
dorsally ; metathorax entirely yellow ; five pairs of small, equally developed 
prolegs. Pupation takes place either inside the mine or under the shelter of a 
leaf fastened down with silk. The pupal period is about seven days in July 
and eleven days in February. (Pusa Insectary Cage-slips 952, 1328 and 
es Prasad Singh’s Cage-slip dated 18th February 1916.) 
Mice Eo wnniy Wimfel Rawe,  Mesilamsa 
PHTHORIMAA OCELLATELLA, BOYD. 
Gelechia ocellatella, Boyd., Entom. Weekly Intell., IV, 143 (1858) (4) ; Stainton, 
Manual IT, 340 (1859)(?) ; Meyr., Handbk., p. 593 (1895)(°). 
Phthorimea ocellatella, Meyr., Exot. ee II, 135 (1918)(4). 
This is a European species recorded from Western and Southern Europe, 
Madeira, Asia Minor and, within our limits, from Galle (Ceylon)(}). 
The larva is described by Stainton (2) as “‘ pale greyish-white, with four 
dull reddish interrupted lines along the back; head pale yellowish-brown. 
On the flowers of Beta maritima.” 
In Italy this species has recently been recorded by Del Guercio as 
injurious to beet, feeding on the tender leaves and then tunnelling into the 
root. (See Review Appl. Entom., Ser. A, Vol. VII, page 193; May 1919.) 
supe BCAVELL AS Zien; 
STOMOPTERYX NERTFERTA,-MEYR: 
Anacampsis nerteria, Meyr., B. J., XVI, 139 (1906)(1), Ree. Ind. Mus., V, 220 
(2), Ann. Transvaal Mus., I, 11 (1909)(3); Lefroy, Ent. Mem., I, 226 (4), 
Ind. Ins. Life, p. 534(5). 
Aproerema nerteria, Fletcher, South Ind. Ins., pp. 457-458, f. 333 (1914)(6), 
Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 43, 47, 92 (1917)(7). 
Stomopteryx nerteria, Meyr., Exot. Micr., II, 138 (1918)(8), Vf tn, ise Ths Butt. en nyt 
Originally described from Maskeliya (Ceylon)(}), Sih species has since 
been recorded from India (2) and Pretoria (South Africa)(’). In India it is 
widely distributed in the Plains. Our records include moths reared at Coim- 
batore on Cajanus indicus, mining and folding the leaves ; at Pusa and Nagpur 
on soybean, on the young leaves and shoots; on groundnut at Peradeniya, 
Coimbatore, Hagari, Dharwar and Fraserganj (Sundarbans) ; and on Psorulea 
corylifolia at Pusa and Nagpur. We also have moths from Peshawar and 
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