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LEPIDOPTERA. 
Antram has described the life-history oiA. dea, Swinh., and A. quad- 
rinotata, Wlk., which eat the bark of tea in Assam. (Bull. Tea Associa¬ 
tion, 1907, No. 5.) 
Ratardid^e. 
Frenulum absent; forewing, vein 1 c. present; proboscis absent; middle 
spurs of hind tibiae short or absent. Hindwing , vein 8 free 
or connected to cell by a bar, vein 1 c. present. 
The family contains a single genus Ratarda, of moths formerly 
classed with Lymantriidce and consists of a single species, R. 
marmorata, Mo., described from Sikkim. 
CoSSIDiE. 
Both sexes winged. Frenulum present, proboscis absent, middle spurs 
of hind tibiae short or absent; forewing, vein 1 c. present, hindwing, 
vein 8 free or connected to cell by a bar, remote from 7, vein 1 c. present. 
Larva boring, pupa in bore. 
These are medium-sized to large moths, with long narrow wings and 
a long abdomen, usually coloured in grey, brown or dull colours. The 
Fig. 330- Zeuzera coffee. [I. M. N.] 
antennae are bipectinate in the males or in both sexes, the males being 
usually conspicuously smaller than the females. The larvae are found 
