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metasema Meyr. — On Fhyllostegia glabra, a mint; oinmatlas 

 JVleyr. — On DubaiUia laxa and plantaglnia; stellata (Butl.) — 

 On Plpturus alhidus; despeda (Entl.) — On Ipomoea hona-nox, 

 sweet potato and also other species of Ipomoea; ennycJiluidcs 

 (Butl.) — ^On a tree which I have not poistively identified, but 

 may be Bohea; pyranthes Meyr. — On Vaccinium penduUflorum. 

 I have also reared moths from caterj^illars found on Campylo- 

 tlicca, Lipochaeta and Adenostema, which T have not been able 

 to separate from despeda though the caterpillars are differ- 

 ent, and also different from each other according to their food 

 plant. 



Fyrauda dryadopa Meyr. — I have reared fr(»ni hirvic in 

 spun leaves of tScaevola glabra. F. constrict a (Butl.) — Very 

 abundant usually on Scaevola cJiamisoniana. 



Mecyna aurora (Butl.) — Larvae feed in spun leaves on Cam- 

 pylotheca and Bidens. M. v'lresccns Butl. — On "mamaui" trees 

 (Sophora chrysophylla) (Perkins). 



Evergcstis anaslamosalis (Guen.)— Larvae bore in sweet po- 

 tato vines also into the tubers ; and I have found them boring in 

 the stems of an ornamented Fpomoea.N omopliila noduella Schiff. 

 — Feeds on clover and grass (Felt) ; Folygonum aviculare 

 (Leach). Helhda undalis (Fab.) — Feeds on cabbage and other 

 cruciferous plants. The larvte mine the leaves, bore the stems, 

 and also feed on the surface more or less, well protected by a 

 silken tunnel. They often penetrate to the terminal bud of the 

 young cabbage plant and thus destroy it for heading. 



Fromylea pyropa Meyr. — Mines the leaves of Feperomia. 

 One larva requires several leaves. After eating out all the 

 mesophyll of one leaf it migrates to another, and so on. 



Mesiolobes is a large genus of which no one has yet discovered 

 the larvsp, although some of the species are very common. The 

 same may be said for Orthomecyna. 



Scoparia is a large genus, the larva? of which are said to 

 feed in silken tunnels in mosses. 1 have often found them ; but 

 melichlora Meyr., is the only species I have succeeded in rear- 

 ing from moss. Mr. Fullaway has reared mcristis Meyr., and 

 sidcrina from larva? found in moss. S. h/copodiae Sw., which 

 T have recently described, bores in the steuis of Lycopodium 

 ccrmium. 



