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is formed in an irregular network of silk, made on the inner side 

 of the leaf-sheath where the larva has lived. It is 3.5 mm. long- 

 by a little over i mm. wide (about 1/8 by 1/16 inch) ; medium 

 brown, pale on ventral side ; slightly flattened and widest in mid- 

 dle portion ; wing- and antenna-cases extend to apex of sixth 

 abdominal segment, which is nearly to extremity of body, for the 

 first four abdomiinal segments are large, and the remainder are 

 very small ; spiracles raised on slender projections which widen 

 out broadly at base ; hairs conspicuous, those on the back hooked 

 at the tip and fastened into the network of silk above it ; apex 

 of abdomen blunt, rounded, with numerous scattered straight 

 hairs; head with two blunt protuberances between the eyes. The 

 pupal period lasts seven to nine days. Other details of life his- 

 tory not yet known. 



FAMILY GELECHIADAE. 



Aiitostlclhi pclodcs (Meyr.). 



(Plate T\\ Figs. 1-3.) 



"Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs, whitish-ochreoiis. 

 thinly sprinkled with fuscous: second joint of palpi externally densely 

 irrorated with dark fuscous, terminal joint with a slender blackish median 

 ring. Forewings moderately elongate, costa moderately arched, apex 

 obtuse, hind margin obliquely rounded ; whitish ochreous, somewhat 

 suffused with ochreous, and thinly sprinkled with dark fuscous; a blackish 

 dot at base of costa ; a small blackish dot in disc before middle, a second 

 rather obliquely beyond it on fold, and a third more conspicuous in disc 

 beyond middle: a row of blackish dots between veins on hind margin 

 and apical fourth of costa : cilia whitish-ochreous sprinkled with fuscous. 

 Exp. al. 15 mm. Hindwings whitish-ochreous slightly greyish tinged: 

 cilia whitish-ochreous." ( Meyrick) [Walsingham, "Fauna Hawaiiensis,'* 

 I. Pt. V, p. 487, 1907.1 



This is another moth whose larva is sometimes associated with 

 bud worms in the cane. They are miiich less numerous, however, 

 and distinctly larger, and probably do no injury. I have aisa 

 found the larvae in dead sticks of castor oil plant and lantana ; 

 in fibrous matter at base of palm leaves ; and on dead or partially 

 dead twigs of Araucarian pine. 



The larva (Plate IV. Fig. 3) of this species is large and dis- 

 tinctlv different from the bud worm. When full-grown it is 



