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EXOTIC HICEOLEPIDOPTEEA. 
area; the portion of vein and infected area shrivels and drops ont, 
leaving larva on a peninsula ; it continues to mine zigzag until 
mainland is reached, when a continuous blotch is formed with 
excrement grouped centrally; finally it clears an oval space adjacent 
to main blotch, and cuts round its edge by biting through upper 
and lower epidermis alternately in short sections, turning itself 
over bodily to deal with each surface; one end of capsule is left 
open, the larva protrudes anterior segments, spins an attachment 
toJ.eaf outside capsule, levers the whole capsule off and drops 
therein by a thread ; when the thread engages some object below, 
the larva winds itself up to it, attaches the capsule vertically like 
a hanging scale, and pupates; cocoons found in nature were some¬ 
times on the ground or stones, always attached at one end; the 
Outer end of the finished cocoon has four or five little teeth or 
filaments round the apex of capsule, usually not formed until it 
has dropped; a keel on both sides results from position of pupa in 
drying ; pupa protruded in emergence {Maxwell). This orderly 
an l complex procedure on the part of one of the smallest known 
Lepidoptera is very curious. 
Antispila aristarcha Meyr. 
Larva mines under upper cuticle of leaf of Vitis a gallery at 
first narrow and irregular, widening into a blotch with irregular 
edges, excrement collected in middle ; finally clears an oval space 
adjacent to blotch and forms a capsule as in micrarcha , which 
drops out when the edges wither; the capsule has from 7 to 10 
long filaments grouped at each end, about ^ of length of capsule, 
sometimes paired ; this capsule may be attached or free, in one 
instance attached at both ends (Maxwell). 
Antispila isorrhythma, n. sp. 
J . 4 mm. Head shining bronz 3 T -grey, face paler. Palpi whitish. 
Thorax dark bronzy-grey. Forewings grey irrorated blackish; 
markings shining white ; a small triangular spot on costa before 
middle, a larger one at and large acute-triangular dorsal spots 
considerably before each of these respectively: cilia grey, beyond 
a black median line pale grey. Hindwings and cilia pale grey. 
Bombay, Karwar, bred August ( Maxwell) ; 1 ex. Larva mines 
leaf of Vitis, with same habits as aristarcha-, the capsule is much 
smaller and darker, the filaments are fewer, and the capsule is 
attached at one end by a little stalk as in micrarcha (Maxwell). 
LYONETIADyE. 
Phyllccnistis citronympha, n. sp.. 
cf 2 • 3 mm. Head, palpi, thorax silvery-white. Forewings 
snow-white, with faint violet reflection ; a median dark fuscous 
line from base to middle, above posterior half of this an elongate 
brassy-yellow patch not reaching costa; a direct dark fuscous* 
