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T/yjicrdasj/.s cryp/ofjamicllus Walsiii. — "Pu]ia in (lend koa 

 slick" (Fiillaway). Euj)crissii.s cristaias IJull. — Larva lar^c clou 

 !i>-ate, white, bores in dead "ieie" vines. SrnnKjjjrcpia fiil rof/i'isca 

 Walsni. — Larva white, elongate, feeding in dead wood. 1 have 

 reared it from dead flower stalk of native palm, and from leaf- 

 sheaths on dead bamboo. S. petroptilota Walsm. — Larva elon- 

 gate, white, in rotten wood. The larvae of these two species, 

 Eiipcfissiis rrishdus. and Hyposmoroma cliilonella, are quite 

 similar. Diplosdi-a fxpiivora (Butl. ) — "Larva feeding on i-ot- 

 ten wood" (IMackburn) (Perkins), (/ase hirgc, brown, elongate 

 oblong. 



Blastohasis iiintid. (V)U{\.) — ''Bred from yam; introdncod" 

 (Perkins, Koeliele). I bred two specimens from garden beans; 

 fonnd a ]m])a in dead sugar cane. Endrosis lactella (Schiif.) — 

 "Larva on seeds, drv refuse, etc." (Meyrick). Oecia nraruhda 

 Walsm. — Larva in flat oval case on walls of buildings. Mapsi- 

 diiis auspicnta Walsm. — Larva in dense white silken tunnel on 

 leaves of Charpentaria. Prays fidvocaneUus Walsm. — Larva 

 in buds of Pclea and Platydcsm'm. Plidclhi mandipcnnix 

 (Curt.) — Larva on cabbage and other cruciferous ])lauts. 



Cakposinidae. 



Ilcfcrorrossa oliv((reonUeiis Walsm. — Larva in fruit of Sider- 

 oxylon, and huds an<l fruit of ClcnnunHa. If. ficmmafa Walsm. 

 — Larva in floAvers and fruit of Bollandia. II. sid)ti)id)r(d(i 

 Walsm. — Larva in gall on stem of Scaerola chamisoiiiana. II. 

 divaricata Walsm. — Larva in young fruit of Eleorarpiis. II. in- 

 scripta AValsm. — Larva in "Ohelo" berries (Vamnium irfini- 

 laiiivi). If. f/rnriUi ma Wahm. — "Lar\'a in l)en-ies of (' i/a/liodcs" 

 (Fullaway). II. did'nirla Walsm. — Larva in buds of "Oliia" 

 (Met'rosideros plymorpha). 



TORTRICTDAE. 

 OLETJIREUTINAE. 



Eccoptocera foHorivorans (Butl.) — Larva spins together the 

 leaves at the growing tip of twigs of Metrosideros polymorpha; 

 also between guava leaves. Croridoscma plchiana Z. — Larva 

 feeds in flower buds of Slda and Ahutilon; C. lantana Busck — 

 Flow^er clusters and fruit of lantana (purposely introduced). 



