As regards food-plants, the caterpillars of the different species 

 are more or less restricted to particular food-plants. Four ai-c 

 grass-feeders: accepta, contimiatalis, localis, demaratalis; two 

 feed on sedge: a?iastret>ta, antidoxa; two feed on Astelia (a 

 Liliaceous plant) : iridias, asaphombra; one feeds on Diavella 

 (another Liliaceous plant): monograma; one feeds on leaves of 

 various species of beans: nionogona ; one species on jxilms: black- 

 burni\ two species on banana: ineyricki and blackbiirni. Witli 

 the exception of one species {^monogona) it is seen they are con- 

 fined to the Monocotyledonous group of plants. Of those feeding 

 upon grass, accepta is the only species wliich also attacks sugar 

 cane to such an extent as to be considered a pest; in fact, there 

 are onlj^ occasional instances of any other species fcc(ling 

 upon cane. 



DESCRIPTIVE. 



Family PYRALIDAE 

 Subfamily PYRA US7INAE 

 (icnus OMIODES (\\\. 



The following characters of the genus are given by .Meyrick in 

 the Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, p. 254, 



ISSO: 



Forehead oblique; ocelli present ; tongue developed. Antennae five- 

 sixths of forewings, in male moderately ciliated (H), rough scaled 

 above. Labial palpi moderate, arched, ascending, with dense rough 

 projecting scales beneath, terminal joint extremely short, obtuse. Max- 

 illary palpi moderate, dilated with loose scales at apex. Thorax in male 

 with patagia elongate, ending in a spreading pencil of long hairs. Ab- 

 domen in male elongate, with .short anal tuft, valves retracted. Posterior 

 tibiae with outer spurs one-third of inner. Forewings with vein 10 closely 

 approximated to 9, 11 very oblique. Hind wings as broad as forewings ; 

 veins 4 and 5 closely approximated at base, 7 out of 6 near origin, anast- 

 omosing with 8 to near middle. 



Omiodes accepta (Butl.), Sugar ("ane Leaf-roller (Plate 1, tig 1 ) . 



" (J 9 22-31 ram. Antennal ciliations one-third. Abdomen fuscous, 

 segmental margins white, anal segment with two blackish marks. Fore 



