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20. Genus HOMONA, Walker 



Homona. VValker, List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. VoL iS, p. 424 (i863). - Type : H. cojfearia, Nietner. 



Godana. Walker. ibidem, VoL 35, p. 1800 (1866). — Lype : H. meiiciaiia, Walker. 



Epicia. Walker, ibidem, p. 1802 (1866). — T^^pe : H. aestivaua, Walker. 



Aesiocopa. Zeller. Hor. Soc. Ent. Koss. VoL i3, p. 104 (1877). — T}pe : H. vacivana. Zeller. 



Anisogona. Meyrick,Proc. Linn.Soc. N. S. Wales, VoL 6, p. 464(1881). — T\pe : H. xmiVawa.Walker. 



Ericiana. Strand, Soc. Ent. Stiittgart, VoL 25, p. 34 (1910). — Type : H. aestivana, Walker. 



Characters. — .Antennae in cf ciliated. Palpi rather short, ascending, vvith appressed scales, 

 terminal joint siiort. Thorax without crest. Forewings in (;f with or without costal fold (when present, 

 often very broad), 3 from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen. Hindwings without basal pecten, 3 and 

 4 connate, 5 approximated to 4 at base, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Remarks. — Undoubtedh' a dcvelopment of Cacoecia, the transition being welLmarked. In no 

 other genus is the costal fold so broad as it sometimes is in this. but some species are entireh" without it. 

 Some of the species are very closel}' related together, and need careful attention. 



Geograpliical distribution of species. — Chiefly Indo-Malayaii and .Xustrahan, but there 

 are also several American species; doubtless Luhan in origin. 



Larva feeding in rolled orspun leaves. 



Foodplants various trees and shrubs, seemingh' indiscriminate; the tvpical coffearia is highh' 

 injurious in tea and coffee plantations, occurringin immense profusion when unchecked. 



1. H. mediana, Walker, List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. VoL 28,]). 3ii (i863). S. E. Austraha. 



2. H. similaiia, Walker, ibidem, p. 3oo (i863). 



3. H. Iiomogama, Meyrick. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. 35, p. 211 



E. Australia. 



N. E. Australia, 



Guinea. 

 E. Australia. 

 Java. 



New 



(1910). 



4. H. simaiia, Me\rick, ibidem, Vol. 6, p. 465 (i88i). 



5. H. niibi/erana, Walkei-^UstLep. Het. Brit. Mus. Vol. 35, p. i8oi(i866) 



6. //.^s^«/a/a, Meyrick, Proc. Linn.Soc.N.S. WaIes,Vol. 35,^.212(1910). N. E. .\ustralia. 



7. H. exsectana, Zeller, Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. Vol. i3, p. iii, pl. 2, f. 38 S. America. 



(1877). 



8. H. palulana, Walker, List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. Vol. 28, p. 3^5 (i863). N. .America. 

 (). H. riiptimacula, Dognin, .Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. Vol. 48, p. i32 (1904). S. America. 



10. H. rileyana, Grote, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. Vol. 2. p. 121 (1868). N. America. 



fervidana, Walker, List Lep. Het.Brit. Mus. Vol. 28,p.3i3{i863) (fraeocc). 



1. H. vacivana, Zeller, Hor. Soc. Ent. Koss. Vol. i3, p. 106(1877). C. .America. 



2. H. aestivana, Walker, List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. Vol. 35, p. i8o3 (1866). New (iuinea, Philippines. 



posticaiui, Walker, ibidem, ]). i8o3 (1866). 



3. H. mermerodes, Meyrick, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. 35, p. 2r3 



(1910). 



4. H. pharangitis, Meyrick, ibidem, p. 214. 



5. H. coffearia, Nietner, Enem. Coff. Ceyl.,p. 24 (i85i). — PL 2, Fig. 30. 



fasciculana, Walker, List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. VoL 28, p. 424 (i863). 

 b. H. spargotis, Meyrick,Proc. Linn.Soc. N. .S.WaIes,VoI. 35, p. 215(1910). 

 7. H. phanaea, Me\'rick, ibidem, p. 2i5 (1910). 



N. E. Australia to Solomon 



Islands. 

 N. E. Australia. 

 Ceylon, India. 



8. H. socialis, Meyrick, Exot. Microlep. Vol. i, p. 3 (1912). 

 g. H. meiiciana, Walker, List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. Vol. 28, p. 3 10 (i863). 

 simulana, Walker, ibidem, Vol. 35, p. 1801 (1866^. 

 'i fimbriana. Walker, Char. Lep. Het. p. loi (1869). 

 pullatana, Snellen, Tijdschr. v. Ent. Vol. 44, p. 68, pl. 5, f. 3 (igoi). 

 20. H . foederatana , Kennel, Iris, Dresden, Vol. i3, p. 211 (1900). 



N. E. Australia. 

 Philippines, New Guinea, 



Solomon Islands. 

 India. 

 India, China, Japan. Java, 



Borneo, Celebes, Moluc- 



cas. 



E. Siberia. 



