116 LIFE-HISTORIES OF ORNEODIDZ 
‘Larva feeding between spun leaves, or a broken portion spun on surface 
of a whole leaf, of Symplocos spicata; pupa very obese, making a constant 
clicking sound when disturbed (Mazwell)('). : 
ORNEODID. 
Twenty-two species of Orneodes and one of Trisccedecia are known from 
the Indian region, but the life-histories of no species have been discovered in 
India or Ceylon. The only Indian species of whose early stages anything 
is known is O. hubneri, Wlgn., which is widely distributed in Europe, South 
Africa and Canada and which has been recorded from Kashmir also. The 
larva of O. hubneri, according to Hofmann (/7is, XI, 350-351 (1898) ), feeds 
in Europe in the flowers and seeds of Centaurea jacea and Scabiosa (Knautia) 
arvensis, forsaking the Scabiosa flowers when full-fed and pupating in little 
cocoons made of petals of the dried flowers. In India the larve may be 
looked for in flowers, and perhaps also in galls in stems, of Lonicera, Scabiosa, 
Stachys and Colquhounia coccinea. 
COPROMORPHID. 
Four species have been described from Ceylon and Assam. The early 
stages of no Indian species are known as yet. 
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