PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING ,1003 



The CarfosinidcB may be known by the combination of obtuse palpi, 

 scaletufts on forewings, and absence of vein 6 of hindwings ; I have 

 ten Indian species, a number which will no doubt be considerably 

 increased. The larvae are believed to feed usually in berries, and should 

 be easy to collect ; it would seem however to be a disadvantageous 

 habit, as they must be liable to wholesale destruction by berry-eating 

 birds. ' 



The Phaloniadce are Tortricina which have vein 2 of forewings rather 

 approximated to angle of cell, instead of widely remote as in the following 

 families ; they are principally interesting in India through their absence, 

 only three or four species being known. Yet the family is largely 

 developed in Europe, especially throughout the Mediterranean region, 

 and extends thence all down North and South America ; its abrupt 

 termination on the frontier of India is a very striking feature. 



The TwtricidcB proper are distinguished (not quite absolutely) from 

 the Eiicosmidw by the absence of the cubital pecten of hairs on hind- 

 wings. Over 100 are known already, and they are probably most 

 numerous in the Himalayan region, where they wUl be largely increased. 

 The larvae are mostly leaf-rollers, and as they are often not at all parti- 

 cular as to foodplant, they are liable to be very destructive pests of 

 cultivated trees and shrubs. Owing to their versatility of habit, species 

 that have never hitherto been noticed as injurious are capable of 

 becoming suddenly dangerous. 



The Eucosmidw are very numerous and diversified in India, which 

 is probably the original centre of distribution of the family. I have 

 already about 250 forms. The larva3 are very miscellaneous in habit, 

 some feeding on leaves, others in fruits, stems, or roots. The consi- 

 derable genus Laspeyresia has a strong leaning to the pods of Legumi- 

 nosce, which offer a large and promising field for larval research. 



The small family Chlidanotidce is intermediate in characters between 

 the preceding and the Glyphipterygidce ; it appears to be mainly charac- 

 teristic of Ceylon, but there is one species from Assam. 



Coming now to the Tineina, the first four families are marked by 

 the sickle-shaped pointed palpi, smooth head, and stalking (or coinci- 

 dence) of 7 and 8 of forewings, and are distinguished from one another 

 by the hindwings, which in the Gelechiadce are trapezoidal with termen 

 more or less sinuate, 6 and 7 usually diverging ; in the CEcopJioridce 

 elongate-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 6 and 7 parallel ; in the Cosmof- 

 terygidce lanceolate or linear, 6 and 7 diverging ; anA'mthe MetachandidcB 

 are subtrapezoidal, with vein 6 absent. The pecten on the basal joint 

 of anteima is theoretically present, but in the Gelecliiadce is generally 

 absent. The Gelechiadce are abundantly developed in India (which 



