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it has been bred from larve feeding on cloth lining of pith helmet, on woollen 
cloth, on Balaclava cap and on deer-skin, and at Pusa on clothes, on fur, on 
wool and on woollen cloth. It has also been sent in to us in February 1918 
as infesting stored brushes in the Army Clothing Depét, Madras, and in March 
1918 as attacking Kashmir nuwmdahs in the Army Divisional Supply Depét 
at Rawalpindi. 
The larva Jives in a flattened silken case or bag covered with portions 
of the larval food. The larva is about 6 mm. long and 0°75 broad, cylindrical, 
dirty-white ; head and large prothoracic shield dark-brown, shiny ; five pairs 
of prolegs. Pupation takes place in the larval case, the pupa wriggling out 
through one end before emergence of the moth and remaining protruded from 
the empty case. 
This is a destructive species to clothes, etc., of animal origin, breeding 
throughout the year. It is best kept at bay by frequent and regular sunning 
of clothes or by storing them with ample supplies of powdered naphthaléne. 
ALLUT ELLA Ht = YUTERELLA LG. = 
ceed Ce esc gees MEYR. 
Tinea pachyspila, Meyr., B. J., XVI, 619 (1905)('), Rec. Ind. Mus., V, 231 
(1910)(2), Tr. Linn. Soc. (2), XIV, 305 (1911)() ; Lefroy, Ind. Ins. Life, 
p. 540 (1909)(4) ; Fleteher -S—IndIns., pp-466-467;4 342-4 914)(7).— 
Common throughout Ceylon(!s *) ; also recorded from Trivandrum(?) and 
the Seychelles(?). 4s are aaah (Ne Afices, Vege tte ae 
Larva living in a case on flannel, fur, etc.(*). 
TINEA FUSCIPUNCTELLA, HAW. ~ 
Tinea fuscipunctella, Haworth, Lep. Brit., p. 562(!); Meyr.; Handbk., p. 
791(2), Rec. Ind. Mus., V, 231 (1910)(?); Wlsm., E. M. M., 1907, 267(*). 
A cosmopolitan household pest, known to occur practically all over the 
world. In India recorded from Kurseong(*) and the Simla Hills). We 
have it from Calcutta and Simla. 
Larva in spun tube ; a refuse-feeder found on dried fruit, dried peas, ete. 
on all kinds of waste substances, on offal, in bird’s nests, on meal-worm 
workings, etc.(*), 
TENAGA 
MACRAOTA INQUISITRIX, MEYR. (PLATE LVIT, FIG. 1.) 
Macrceola inquisitrix, Meyr., Exot. Micr., I, 602 (June 1916)(*). 
Described from Pusa, where it was bred from a larva feeding on a dead 
wasp(!), . 
This species is abundant at Pusa in the larval stage, the larve being 
seen creeping over walls inside houses, dragging about their small cases 
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