134 LIFE-HISTORIES OF HYPON)MEUTID 
in the common web ; pupal period about ten days, Foodplants :—Ailanthus 
excelsa *’(4). 
We have this species from Coimbatore, Trimulgheri, Nagpur and Ahmeda- 
bad, in all cases bred on A ilanthus. 
ATTEVA NIVEIGUITA, WLK. 
AY Irihen Cae iit. Alteva nivergutta, Wlk., Cat., II, 526-597 (1854)(!); Muore, P. Z. S., 1867 
4 bo( Nw Ge) 669); Wlsm., in Swinh. Cat. Het. Oxf. Mus., II, 558 (1900)(3). 
Recorded from Bengal(?}*) and Sylhet(?’). Lord Walsingham’s record(3) 
of its occurrence in China is probably an error for A. brucea, Mo. We have 
it from Sikkim and ? Bhutan. 
Larva feeds on Ailanthus excelsus, residing in a common very fine web, 
at times a perfect pest, denuding the tree of its leaves (Bonavia)(?). 
TheMn J i 
AITHERASTIS CIRCULATA, MEYR. ¥C: 
“7 mM BH. 7 . . x M 3 
Futian, or pee: therastis circulata, Meyr., Exot. Mier., I, 190 (1918)('). 
hutxy 1.160 (Nw Bred at Trevandrum, Travancore, in May from larva on Hugenia 
ambolana('). = 
COMOCRITIS PIERIA, MEYR. (PLATE XXXII, FIG. 2.) 
oe a (xe.  Comocritis preria, Meyr., B. J., XVII, 4 16 (1906)(") Be Ant 
ae gx .ret-s | Borers of Tea, pp. 16-17, f. 9 (1907)(2); Tin Nowe TI Tat. mall 1 Ibo | Uw. Ite) 
4 Originally descrjbed from Neboda, in Ceylon('). Also recorded from 
Assam(?), Duars(2), Cachar(2) and Sylhet(2). We have it from Matale (Ceylon). 
Larva in galleries on bark of Hevea brasiliensis (Para Rubber)(!). Larva 
pale yellow, much flattened, about 12 mm. long ; head brown, thoracic seg- 
ments enlarged. It forms a thin silken web, exactly resembling the bark of 
tea-bushes in colour ; this often covers a considerable portion of the stems, 
chiefly, however, the thicker branches, low down portions of the bush, and 
the under side of overhanging branches, this last being a very favourable site. 
The larva only eats a thin layer of bark from the surface. Pupa under the 
larval web. Adult emerges in April and May. Foodplant ; tea(?). 
“In Cachar and Sylhet, where the old style of pruning is still kept up 
-.... these insects are more plentiful”. Checked in Assam by removal at 
pruning time of all twiggy growth, dead wood, ete. (Andrews, in litt., 7th 
March 1916), 
45 pee 
Th .dye- >?! : 
ETHMIA ASSAMENSIS, BUTL. 
Hyponomeuta assamensis, Butl., T. E. 8., 1879, 6('). 
Aumns assamensis, Cotes and Swinh., Cat. Moths Ind., p- 719 ( 1889)(?), 
