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Show 882 LIEUT.-COL. C. S W I N H O E O N T H E L E P I D O P T E R A [Dec. I, lately figured by Mr. Moore in his 'Lepidoptera of Ceylon,' Guenee ('Histoire Naturelle des Insectes,' vi. 389) rightly ^indicates its affinities by the words " Tortrix voisine des Endopisa." I am indebted to Mr. Moore for the suggestion that Guenee's species is the same as Tegna hyblaella, Walker, which is undoubtedly the case. Mr. Hocking states that the larva feeds on various leaves, partially rolling and connecting them with silk. The pupa, which has the segments strongly serrated, is enclosed in an irregular-shaped cocoon ; and when the perfect insect is developed, the empty pupa-case is found protruding from the cocoon after the manner of the typical Tortricidae. (This species has been wrongly placed in the Noctuidae and in the Choreutidae by different authors.) DICHRORAMPHA, Guen. 203. D I C H R O R A M P H A SUBSEQUANA. Tortrix subsequana, Haworth, Stephens; Wood, f. 1021. Poona, October. Ten specimens, all in poor condition, from Poona, some of which are undistinguishable from D. subsequana, Haworth, but probably belonging to more than one distinct species. In a genus in which many species present such minute differences of colour and markings, it would only add to the difficulty of study to attempt to describe any but the very best specimens. 204. ALAVONA BARBARELLA. Alavona barbarella, Walker, xxviii. 515. Poona, May and June. Nine males and one female, labelled " Alavona cossinella, Walk.," but agreeing better with the type of A. barbarella. It is doubtful whether the two species are really distinct, some of the larger and more clearly marked males approaching very closely to certain varieties of A. cossinella. The markings, however, are for the most part less clearly defined, the central shade being projected upwards towards the apex of the fore wings rather than towards the anal angle. The fore wings appear to be somewhat narrower, and the difference is also noticeable in the females. 205. ALAVONA COSSUSELLA. Alavona cossusella, Walker, xxxv. 1816. Poona, May, June, and July. Ten males from Poona, labelled " Alavona intermediella, Walk.," and ten males, three females, Poona and Mhow, labelled "Alavona cossusella, Walk.," appear to m e to belong, without exception, to the latter species. TINEA. 206. TINEA SACERDOS, n. sp. Bombay, July. Head, palpi, and antennae pale ochreous, the latter nearly as long |