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feeder. T. ahusa Walsm, — Larvte on bark and in dead twigs on 

 many species of plants as lantaua, ieie vine, Cyrtandra, Ipomoca, 

 Ricinus, guava, koa; also often feeding on the living twigs; 

 always protected by silken web or tnnnel. 



Oecopiiokidae. 



Ethmia colonella Walsm. — The larvae protected by webs on 

 the leaves of the Kou tree (Cordia suhcordata) , which they keep 

 in a constant state of defoliation. 



Hyponomeutidae. 



Batmchedra sophroniella Walsm. — Larvre very abundant on 

 a fern (Aspidiimi cyatheoides), feeding on nnder surface of 

 frond, each covered by a white silken web. B. rileyi Walsm. — 

 Larva3 are general feeders amongst dry decaying plant sub- 

 stances, and often feeding on living plant tissues also. They 

 are usually to be found where plants have been infested with 

 Aphids or mealy bugs, and often associated with other lepi- 

 dopterous larvte, as in pods, capsules or other fruits of various 

 plants, viz. : pods of glue-bush, cotton-bolls, ears of corn, bunches 

 of bananas, tamarind and numy leguminous pods, castor-oil 

 seeds and capsules. 



Sfag)iiatop]ior(i incertulella Walk. — Larva; feed in large num- 

 bers in the male infloresence of Pandanas. S. quadrifasclata 

 Walsm. — Larva feeds inside dead leaves of Pandanus, cutting 

 out regularly oblong oval pieces of the epidermis between which 

 it pupates. 



Aphtlionetun is quite a large genus of which I have reared 

 but one species (l-auaieiisis Walsm.), which feeds on koa leaves. 

 The larva feeds at apex of leaf on upper surface where it is 

 hidden by a sort of median fold which it has produced on the 

 leaf. 



Neelysia is another large genus of which but few of the larva^ 

 are known, Mr. Fullaway has reared N. cleodorella Walsm., 

 from Cyrtandra. N. ai-gyi-csfhiella Walsm. — Larvne in silken 

 tuimels in moss. 



Hyposmocoma is the largest genus of all Hawaiian Lepidop- 

 tera. Walsingham reconizes 177 species and several varieties. 

 The larvffi presumably live in cases (many are known to do so) ; 



