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of cocoon on exit of moth.” (A. Mujtaba’s Cage-slip 22.) It appears to me 
doubtful whether the above larva was really that of P. promacha. It is 
possible that the description refers to a Gracillariad leaf-miner, perhaps 
Cyphosticha coerulea. 
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PYRODERCES CALLISTREPTA, MEYR, (PLATE XXII.) 
Pyroderces callistrepta, Meyr., Exot. Micr., II, 38-39 (1917)(). 
‘ Bred at Pusa from larve mining in leaves of teak (T'ectona grandis) ’’(4). 
We have this from Pusa and Chapra. 
This species mines teak (Tectona grandis) leaves at Pusa at the end of 
February. The larva burrows under the epidermis on the upper surface of 
the leaf and produces large brown blisters, which are quite prominent on the 
green leaves and which are also visible from.beneath. Several larvee feed in 
one leaf and the entire surface of a leaf may show these brown blister-like 
patches, and practically all the leaves of large trees may be affected. Larve 
were found abundantly on 20th February 1915 and moths emerged between 
25th February and 7th April. A large proportion of the larve are parasitized 
by a Chalcidid; from one lot of larve collected twelve moths and sixty 
parasites emerged. If a leaf dries up, the larve leave it and are capable of 
- entering fresh leaves and forming new mines therein. 
The larva is about 5 mm. long, rather stout, flattened, tapering posteriorly, 
segments distinct, dirty white; head flattened, narrower than prothorax, 
shiny brown ; prothoracic shield large, shiny brown ; legs dark brown ; prolegs 
minute. 
Pupation takes place within the larval mine, usually at one side of the 
mine and alongside a leaf-vein, in a white silken cocoon which is covered with 
a mass of pellets of frass. The cocoon may easily be located on inspection 
of the under-surface of the leaf, as the place where it is situated swells up a 
little and feels hard to the touch. (Pusa Insectary Cage-slip 1161.) 
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LIMNCCIA METACYPHA, MEYR. 
Limnecia metacypha, Meyr., Exot. Micr., I, 203-204 (1914)(}). 
Described from Peradeniya in October(}). “Cocoon firm, oval, white, 
with attached excrement, placed between spun leaves where the larva has 
apparently fed ’’(). / 
LIMN@CIA PERONODES, MEYR. 
Limnecia peronodes, Meyr., Exot. Micr., I, 318 (1915)(?). 
Reared at Pusa in May from larve feeding in leaf-sheaths of bamboos(!). 9 ses ee 
Our specimens are all from Pusa and have been bred from pupa found 4,> 
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on bamboo, from larva on unnoted foodplant, and from larva “on Coccide 
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