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appearance boat-shaped, bulging in the middle, the surface ribbed longitudi- 
nally. The cocoon is fixed on a leaf, twig or wall of the cage. 
The pupa wriggles 
out of the cocoon before emergence of the moth and the empty pupa-case 
remains protruded from the cocoon. 
18th November. 
Bucculatrix exedra, Meyr., 
Originally described from the Khasi Hills(') and North Coorg(') 
BUCCULATRIX EXEDRA, 
Exot. Micr., 
a 
MEYR. 
I, 354-355 (1915)(1). 
Moths emerged from 4th October to 
(Pusa Insectary Cage-shp 147 
, this 
species has been bred at Pusa on 5th June 1911 from a pupa enclosed in a slight 
silken hammock-shaped cocoon, but no cage-slip or record of foodplant is 
traceable. 
We have specimens from Pusa, Shillong and Pollibetta eee 
BUCCULATRIX LOXOPTILA, MEYR. Pipmg LI, FIG. 1 
Bucculatrix loxoptila, Meyr., 
Originally described from Zanzibar, 
cotton (Gossypium) ’’(1). 
Exot. Micr., I, 209 (July pee) 
where it was 
sate eee! larvee on 
Ext per 
«owe “Fa eH a ha 
This is presumably the leaf-miner of cotton referred 
to by Aders (Zanzibar Protectorate, Economic Zoology Report for 1913, p. 86) 
under the name Grelechia sp. 
mental cotton was much infested. 
with concentric tunnels. 
shield measuring 1} mm. 
beneath the epidermis ; 
place on the dorsal side of leaf in an oval silken case. 
five days.” 
; Aders says :—‘ Throughout the season all experi- 
The leaves in many instances being covered 
average measurement = 
5 to 4 mm. 
The young larva is white with a brown thoracie 
; later it becomes ie being a conspicuous object 
Pupation takes 
Pupal stage averages 
In India this species is known to occur at Attur, Madras Presidency, 
where it was reared in June 1907 from larve 
Caravonica cotton.”’ 
Bucculatric mendax, Meyr., 
(Y. Ramachandra Rao ; 
“ 
7 
BUCCULATRIX MENDAX, MEYR. 
Exot. Micr., 
II, 185 (1918)(!). 
‘eating small holes in leaf of 
Co No. E03) 
“ Bred at Pusa in March from pupa in white ribbed elongate cocoon on 
leaf of Dalbergia sissu (Leguminose) ’’('). 
Bucculatrix verax, Meyr., 
BUCCULATRIX VERAX, 
Exot. Micr., 
MEYR 
II, 184 (1918)(?). 
“ Bred at Pusa in March from larva feeding externally on leaf of Trewia 
nudiflora (Kuphorbiacez) *’(?). 
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