T, BAINBRIGGE FLETCHER 129 
Bred in the Wainaad from tea-seed and at Port Darwin, North Australia, 
from dried smoked garlic imported from Hongkong('). 
We have this from Pusa, where it was bred in January 1916 from larva 
in fallen gular (Ficus glomerata) fruits. 
BLASTOBASIS DECOLOR, MEYR. 
Blastobasis decolor, Meyr., B. J., XVII, 150-151 (1907)(1), Exot. Micr., 
IT, 596 (1916)(2). 
Originally described from Puttalam in Ceylon(!). Bred at Coimbatore 
in October from refuse in fork of tamarind tree(?), and at Pusa in July 1914 
from larva in ripe fallen gular (Ficus glomerata) fruit. 
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BLASTOBASIS CRASSIFICA, MEYR, 
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Blastobasis crassifica, Meyr., Exot. Micr., 1, 595-596 (June 1916)(!)3 lWAn, Coe TH agi ate: 
Described from. Madulsima and Pusa('). We have it from Pusa and Oe Oe 
Coimbatore. 
Bred at Pusa in March from pods of Crotalaria juncea('!). Larvee of this 
genus appear usually to feed on seeds and dry refuse rather mdiscriminately 
without bemg confined to particular plants(!). 
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BLASTOBASIS TRANSCRIPTA, MEYR. 
Blastobasis transcripta, Meyr., Exot. Micr., Hf, 158 (1918)('). 
“ Bred at Almora, 6,000 feet, from twigs of Pinus longifolia (Beeson). 
Probably the larva feeds on refuse or in the cones’’(!). 
This species was bred at Dehra Dun by Mr. C. Beeson between 8th and 
19th September 1915, from chir pine twigs attacked by a Ripersia scale and 
collected before 20th August 1915 at Almora (6,000 feet). Mr. Beeson 
considers that this insect is probably predaceous on the Iipersia. 
EXINOTIS CATACHLORA, MEYR. 
Exinotis catachlora, Meyr., Exot. Micr., I, 599 (June 1916)('). 
Described from Ceylon (Madulsima and Kalutara) and from Southern 
India (Nilgiris, 3,500 feet)(‘). 
This species has been bred at Pusa from larvee in flower-heads of guwmma, 
which was determined in 1905 as Leonurus sibiricus (Labiate) and in 
1916 as Leucas sp. It is not clear whether these foodplants are really 
identical, 
