196 LIFE-HISTORIES OF NEPTICULIDZ 
NEPTICULA ISOCHALCA, aes 
Nepticula isochalca, Meyr., Exot. Micr., II, 6 (Oct. 1916)('). 
“ Bred at Pusa in June from Phyllanthus emblica (Kuphorbiacez) ; cocoon 
whitish ’’('). 
On 27th May 1910, several flattened, white, silken cocoons were collected 
at Pusa on the upper surfaces of leaflets of Phyllanthus emblica, only one 
cocoon being found on each leaflet. The contained pupa was flattened dorso- 
ventrally and the leg and antenna cases projected beyond the anal extremity. 
Before emergence of the moth, the pupa wriggled out of one end of the cocoon 
to some extent. The moths emerged between 3rd and 6th June. (Pusa 
Insectary Cage-slip 836.) 
NEPTICULA LIOCHALCA, MEYR. 
Neptieula liochalca, Meyr., Exot. Micr., I, 6 (October 1916)('). 
Bred at Pusa in July from larve mining in leaves of Cyperus rotundus 
(Cyperacex)(!). Mr. Meyrick further remarks that a sedge is a new and un- 
expected foodplant for this genus. 
The original description includes the following note on the larva from 
particulars supplied from Pusa :—‘“‘ Larva yellow, transparent, shiny, head 
brown, somewhat bilobed ; the mine is commenced either from the top or 
middle of the leaf, the larva mines down for some length and then takes a turn 
and mines up, the second portion being exactly parallel to the first, excreta 
deposited in a streak all along the mine ; the larve left the leaves and pupated 
in flat, oval cocoons of golden-yellow silk ; two examples were bred.” 
MICROPTERYGIDA. 
Only a single Indian species (Neopseustis calliglauca, Meyr.), from the 
Khasi Hills, is recorded, and nothing is known regarding its larval habits. 
A good recent account of the group is given by Tutt (Brit. Lep., 
I, 129-162). 
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