982 PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOIJICAI, MEETING 



Female. Expanse 14-19 mm. Much as in male, but in the forewing 

 there is a greater tendency to form irregular undulating transverse 

 lines in outer half of wing. Cilia brown intermixed with a few greyish 

 scales. Sometimes there are two or three irregular pale-yellowish 

 blotches slightly before § in lower portion of disc below cell tending 

 to form a short oblique undulating line. 



Hindwing uniform fuscous-brown, paler than m male. Cilia brown 

 intermixed with a few greyish scales ; dorsal cilia sometimes whitish. 



The neuration is shown in the figures. (Plate 163, fig. 1.) 



The full-grown larva of E. euryhrachydis has a strong posteriorly 

 curved claw on the extremity of each thoracic leg (figure 3«). 

 The abdominal prolegs with crochets arranged in a single row forming 

 a complete circle, but the posterior crochets are much longer and stouter 

 than the anterior ones (figure 36). The anal prolegs have apparently 

 a single row of crochets on the anterior edge only. 



The pupa emerges from a horizontal slit in the cocoon, the anterior 

 half, which is more highly chitinized than the posterior, being thrust 

 out on emergence. 



Locality. Coimbatore. Larva on Euryhrachys tomentosa, Fb. I 

 am by no means certain whether the Coimbatore material does not 

 include two species ; if so, euryhrachydis will be restricted to that with 

 more variegated markings and 14 antennal branches in the male. The 

 markings are, however, so obscure in all the specimens that it seems 

 unsafe to differentiate them only on this. 



I may say that this paper is not intended as a detailed monograph 

 on our Indian Epipyropidse, but merely to call attention of Indian 

 collectors to the occurrence of these little moths in the hope that, if 

 attention is directed to them, further observations may be made on 

 their habits and occurrence within the Indian Empire. We do not know 

 where the eggs are laid, whether they are actually laid on the host-bug 

 or whether they are laid on the plants on which these bugs feed, the 

 larvae subsequently crawling onto their hosts ; the latter supposition 

 appears the more probable. We do not know exactly what is the larval 

 food, whether it feeds on the flocculent waxy excretion of the host or 

 whether it actually sucks the juices of the bug. The larval mouth- 

 parts are very peculiar, the mandibles being very long and slender, 

 and from this it certainly looks as if the larva is truly parasitic and 

 sucks the juices of its host. Unfoitunately, EurybracJiys does not 

 occur at Pusa. It is, however, common in many parts of India and 

 I therefore bring these facts to your notice in order that any of you, 

 who have the opportunity, may investigate further. 



