202 LIFE-HISTORIES OF GELECHIAD-£ 
GELECHIADA. 
STEGASTA VARIANA, MEYR. (ante, page 83.) (PLATE LXII, FIG. 1. 
This species has been reared again at Pusa from larve found on 26th 
November 1919 feeding between spun leaves of chakaur (Cassia sp.). The 
larva binds one leaf over another (Plate LXII, fig. 1a), lives between them and 
nibbles the green tissue. 
The full-grown larva (Plate LXII, fig. 1b) is about 8 mm. long and 
1:25 mm. broad, subcylindrical, tapering at either extremity ; head smaller 
than prothorax, shiny black ; prothorax scarlet with a glossy black or dark- 
brown shield ; mesothorax scarlet; other segments pale greenish-yellow 
tinged with pink ; hairs pale-yellow, arising from small black points ; spiracles 
small, round, with a black rim enclosing a clear space; legs black, shiny ; 
five pairs of equally-developed pale-yellow prolegs. 
Pupation takes place between the spun leaves in a small white silken 
covoon, the empty pupa-ease being left in the cocoon on emergence of the 
moth. 
The pupa (Plate LXII, fig. 1c) is about 4 mm. long and 1:3 mm. 
broad across thoracic region, tapering prominently posteriorly, brownish- 
yellow, the hinder end rounded and provided with a few radiating fine hairs. 
From larve which pupated about 1st-2nd December, moths emerged between 
92nd December 1919 and 10th January 1920. (Pusa Insectary Cage-slip 
1969.) 
LECITHOCERA EFFERA, MEYR. (PLATE LXII, FIG. 2.) 
Two larve were found at Pusa, on 5th November 1919, rolling and eating 
the leaves of Ipomeea reptans. Of these one was parasitized but the other 
pupated on 20th November, and emerged as a moth on 28th November. A 
few more larvee were obtained on 26th November, and emerged between 18th 
December and 14th January 1920. 
The larva (Plate LXII, figs. 25, c) is about 12 mm. long and 1:5 mm. 
across the middle of the body which is slightly flattened and tapers towards 
either extremity ; head red-brown, glossy, flattened ; prothorax covered with 
a large blackish-brown shield ; the intersegmental region between prothorax 
and mesothorax with a white collar-like band interrupted mid-dorsally ; 
between mesothorax and metathorax there is a white band ; mesothorax, meta- 
thorax and first two abdominal segments velvety black; other segments yellow- 
ish-white marked on third, fourth, sixth and seventh abdominal segments 
with a velvety black band which passes over the anterior part of the segment 
and goes down obliquely posteriorly on each side, and on the posterior part 
