140 LIFE-HISTORIES OF GRACILLARIAD & 
distinct, transparent whitish, fourth to eighth abdominal segments tinged with 
yellow ; head much smaller than prothorax, shiny, pale brownish, mouth- 
parts brown ; tubercles on body bearimg long pale whitish hairs ; second to 
eighth abdominal segments with a large black hemispherical dorsal spot ; 
prolegs only on third to fifth abdominal segments, together with the anal 
claspers. 
Pupation takes place mside the mine. 
4:5 mm. long and 0°75 mm. broad across the thoracic region, cylindrical, 
tapering posteriorly ; head produced into a sort of short beak bent ventrally. 
Before emergence of the moth the pupa wriggles out of the mine to a certain 
extent and the empty pupa-case is left protruding from the mine. The moths 
emerged between Ist and 15th March and several Hymenopterous parasites 
were also bred. (Tahl Ram's Cage-slip 141.) 
The pupa is dirty brown, about 
LITHOCOLLETIS CLARISONA, MEYR. 
Lithocolletis clarisona, Meyr., Exot. Micr., 1, 622 (1916)(*). 
Bred at Peradeniya in July from mines in leaves of Urena lobata (Mal- 
vacex) (Rutherford)('). 
LITHOCOLLETIS BAUHINLA, STT. ; | 
A yr 5e-"Tithocolletis bauhiniw, Stainton, T. E. 8. (n.s.), ILL, 303-304 (1856)(!). 
5 yin ; 
wG dre ee Described from Calcutta('). 
PU {mea : A ‘ : ee : 
Ce, Noa ‘Larva mines the upper cuticle of the leaves of Bauhinia purpurea in 
herr * : : : ag 
: irregular circular or oval patches, the leaf remaining uncontracted. Before 
changing to pupa, the larva spins a slight silken cocoon, drawing together 
the two cuticles of the leaf in the centre of the mined part, and forming almost 
an exact circle (Atkinson)(‘). 
LITHOCOLLETIS DORINDA, MEYR. 
Inthocolletis dorinda, Meyr,, Exot. Micr., I, 21 (1912)('). 
Described from Pusa, where it was reared from larve mining leaves of . 
Desmodium (Leguminosee)('), 
This species has been reared at Pusa from Desmodium leaves collected 
on 31st July 1907. The larva apparently mines the leaf although it does 
not seem to have been noted and our specimens were reared from pup found 
inside the mines, three pups being found in one mine. The pupa was de- 
scribed as 2 mm. long, tapering considerably posteriorly, yellowish-brown. 
(A. Mujtaba’s Cage-slip 26.) 
