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  OccuRKENCE 
  OF 
  Areniphes 
  sabella, 
  Hmsn, 
  (Galleriadae), 
  

   IN 
  London, 
  — 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Durrant 
  exliibited 
  a 
  $ 
  of 
  Areniphes 
  

   sahella, 
  Hmsn., 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  bred 
  (July 
  23rd, 
  1917) 
  from 
  a 
  larva 
  

   found 
  feeding 
  in 
  dates 
  (May 
  3rd), 
  purchased 
  in 
  London. 
  The 
  

   larva 
  was 
  not 
  carefully 
  described, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  noted 
  as 
  being 
  

   an 
  inch 
  long, 
  of 
  a 
  dull 
  pinkish 
  brownish 
  colour 
  with 
  the 
  spots 
  

   darker, 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  pronotal 
  plates 
  being 
  darker 
  brownish. 
  

   This 
  species, 
  which 
  may 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  economic 
  importance 
  

   as 
  attacking 
  dates, 
  was 
  described 
  by 
  Sir 
  G. 
  F. 
  Hampson 
  [Rmf 
  . 
  

   Mem. 
  L'p. 
  8. 
  501 
  sp. 
  63 
  Pf. 
  24-1 
  (1901) 
  : 
  Nov. 
  Zool. 
  24-36 
  (1917)] 
  

   from 
  Persia, 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  known 
  to 
  occur 
  also 
  in 
  Arabia 
  and 
  

   Algeria, 
  while 
  a 
  $ 
  was 
  captured 
  at 
  Canterbury 
  {Joannis), 
  

   probably 
  also 
  bred 
  from 
  imported 
  dates. 
  When 
  the 
  larva 
  

   was 
  found 
  it 
  was 
  thought 
  to 
  be 
  that 
  of 
  Myelois 
  phoenicis, 
  Drnt. 
  

   {Phycitidae), 
  another 
  date-feeding 
  species 
  which 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  

   bred 
  in 
  this 
  country, 
  and 
  the 
  emergence 
  of 
  the 
  fine 
  Galleriad 
  

   was 
  indeed 
  a 
  surprise 
  — 
  there 
  may 
  be 
  still 
  others 
  awaiting 
  us 
  

   in 
  imported 
  dates. 
  

  

  Note 
  on 
  a 
  remarkable 
  Pupal 
  Structure. 
  — 
  Dr. 
  H. 
  

   Eltringham 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  pupa 
  and 
  imago 
  of 
  

   Cryptophaga 
  ruhescens, 
  and 
  read 
  the 
  following 
  notes 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Some 
  time 
  ago 
  my 
  friend 
  Prof. 
  Poulton 
  called 
  my 
  attention 
  

   to 
  a 
  remarkable 
  pupa, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  shown 
  to 
  him 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   J. 
  H. 
  Durrant, 
  F.E.S., 
  specimens 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  

   British 
  Museum 
  (Walsingham 
  Collection), 
  having 
  been 
  col- 
  

   lected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  P. 
  Dodd, 
  F.E.S. 
  The 
  species 
  is 
  Cryptophaga 
  

   ruhescens, 
  McLeay, 
  of 
  the 
  Tineid 
  family 
  Xyloryctidae. 
  

  

  The 
  larva 
  burrows 
  in 
  the 
  stems 
  of 
  species 
  of 
  Acacia, 
  and 
  is 
  

   found 
  at 
  Toowong 
  in 
  Queensland. 
  The 
  female 
  moth 
  resembles 
  

   in 
  size 
  and 
  colour 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  paler 
  varieties 
  of 
  our 
  common 
  

   Tryphaena 
  pronuba, 
  but 
  without 
  the 
  black 
  hind-marginal 
  

   band. 
  The 
  male 
  is 
  much 
  smaller 
  and 
  usually 
  has 
  some 
  dark 
  

   purple-brown 
  markings 
  on 
  the 
  fore-wing. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  larva 
  is 
  about 
  to 
  pupate 
  it 
  takes 
  up 
  a 
  position 
  

   close 
  to 
  the 
  entrance 
  of 
  its 
  burrow, 
  and 
  closes 
  the 
  opening 
  

   with 
  a 
  plug 
  of 
  silky 
  material. 
  These 
  habits 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  

   common 
  to 
  other 
  related 
  species, 
  but 
  the 
  pupa 
  differs 
  from 
  

   them 
  in 
  having 
  a 
  special 
  chitinous 
  growth 
  on 
  its 
  anterior 
  end, 
  

   of 
  such 
  a 
  shape 
  as 
  to 
  resemble 
  very 
  closely 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  a 
  wasp. 
  

  

  