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BATRACHEDRA SILVATICA, MEYR, 
Batrachedra silvatica, Meyr., Exot. Micr., II, 35 (1917)(}). 
“Bred at Kumaon (6,000 feet) from twigs of Pinus longifolia (Beeson). 
I think the larve probably fed on dry refuse, as usual in the genus ’’(!). 
This species was bred in large numbers at Dehra Dun by Mr. C. Beeson 
in September 1915 from chir pine twigs attacked by a Ripersia scale, and 
collected before 20th August 1915 at Almora (6,000 feet). Mr. Beeson con- 
siders that this insect is probably predaceous on the Rzpersva. 
The larvee of Batrachedra seem to be feeders on dry refuse. The genus 
is noteworthy as containing a species (B. stegodyphobius) whose larva inhabits 
the nests of a social spider (Stegodyphus) in South Africa. 
(ECOPHORIDAL. 
ENDROSIS LACTEELLA, SCHIFF. é 
Tinea lacteella, Schiff., Syst. Verz. Schm. Wien, p. 119 (1776)(}). 
Endrosis_ lacteella, Meyr., Handbk., pp. 688-689 (1895)(7), Rec. Ind. Mus., 
V., 224(3); Wlsm., Fauna Hawaii, p. 649 (1907)(4). 
Endrosis fenestrella, Staint., Buckler, Larvee, [X, 334-335, t. 162, f. 12 (1899)(°). 
A cosmopolitan species, recorded from Kurseong(*) and Darjiling(*). We 
have it from Darjiling and Ootacamund. 
The larva feeds on seeds, flour dust and dry refuse generally. Buckler 
describes the full-grown larva as “ about half an inch in length, slender, with 
reddish-brown head and darker mouth; a plate of similar colour is on the 
second segment, but divided dorsally by the creamy-white ground colour of 
the body, and having a margin of this next the head ; the anal plate is faintly 
tinged with yellowish-brown; the segmental folds at the divisions show 
white” (®). The general colour is whitish or pale flesh-colour. 
BORKHAUSENIA PSEUDOSPRETELLA, STT. 
(Ecophora pseudospretella, Stainton, Syst. Cat. Brit. Tin., p. 14 (1849)(4) ; 
Buckler, Larve, IX, t. 162, ff. 13, 13a, 136 (1899)(?). 
Acompsia pseudospretella, Meyr., Handbk., p. 637, p. 634, fig. (1895)(°). 
Borkhausenia pseudospretella, Meyr., B. J.. XX, 148 (1910)(4), Rec. Ind. 
Mus., V, 224(5). 
Recorded from Nuwara Eliya in Ceylon(‘), the Khasi Hills(*) and Darji- 
ling(5). Probably originally American, it is now practically cosmopolitan, but 
probably confined to the Hills within Indian limits, We have it from Qotaca- 
mund and the Palni Hills, 
