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Pykalididae. 



Pyralis rnauritlalis Boisd.— Larv« feed in old Polistes nests. 



Ptekopiiokidae. 



2' rich opt Has oxydaciylus (Walk.) — Larviie on Bocrliaavia 

 diffusa. A species of Flatyptilia puriwsely introduced from 

 Mexico, feeds on flower clusters of lantana. 

 1 6 — Entomological. 



Orneodidae. 



Orneodes ohjurgatcUa Walsm. — ''Bred from seeds of forest 

 trees" (Perkins). 



Geeecitiadae. 



Arislulelia nlgrlciliella Walsm. — Mines the leaves of Gouldia 

 macrocarpa. A. ichthyochroa Walsm. — Produces galls on stems 

 of Gouldia macrocarpa. A. elegantior Walsm. — Feeds in fruits 

 of Gouldia macrocarpa. 



Pldhorimaea opercidella Z. — ]\Iines leaves, and bores in stems 

 and fruits of tomato, potato, tobacco, Datura and Nicandra; in 

 potato it bores into tubers also. 



Gelecliia gossypiella (Sand.) — In seeds of cotton and Trespe- 

 sia populnea. Sitotroga ccr^aJeJla (Oliv.) — A pest on corn, the 

 larv?e feeding inside the kernels, especially in bins, cribs or 

 warehouses ; also in rice standing in the field and in stored rice 

 in the paddy. 



Sfoehcrhinus testaceous Butl. — Larva feeds in silken tunnel 

 amongst dead leaves of grass in turf. AtitostirJia pclodes (Meyr.) 

 ■ — Larvae in dead sticks of lantana, castor oil plant, etc., amongst 

 •fibrous matter at base of palm leaves, on dead or partially 

 dead twigs of Araucarian june, and beneath dead leaf sheaths 

 of sugar cane. 



Thyrocopa albonnhila Walsm. — Larvtp in dead branch of koa. 

 T. argciiica n>ntl.) — On leaves of Hapindtis. wlien nearly full- 

 grown lii<liiig in a webbed together mass of two or three leaves.. 

 T. iiidcrora (Biitl.) — "LarvsT. in rotten wood" (Blackburn). T. 

 pidrcndciita Walsm. — Larvfip in base of grass tufts, also in rot- 

 ten wood. T. fraud ulentella Walsm. — T^arvse in silken tunnels in 

 and beneath dried cow dung. Probably normally a dead-wood 



