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Show 1897.] AVEST-INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 121 161. TORTYRA AURIFERALIS, Wkr. = AUROFASCIANA, Snell.7; = IGNITA, Z.7 Tortyra auriferalis, Wkr. Cat, Lp. Ins. B. M . XXVIII. 510-11 (1863) \ Simaethis aurofasciana, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. XVIII. 73, 74-6, PL VI. 7 (1875)2. Simaethis (Chordates) aurofasciana, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. X X . 48-9 (1876)3. Choregia ignita, Z. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. XIII. 195-6 (1877) 4. Choregia (Simaethis) aurofasciana, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. XXVIII. 15 (1885)5. Choregia aurofasciana, Mschl. Ab. Senck. Nat. Ges. X V . 335, 354 (1890)6. Tortyra auriferalis, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 528-9, 546 (1892) 7; Hdm. Stett. Ent. Ztg. LVII. 10 (1896)8. Hab. West Indies-CUBA 4,T; SAN DOMINGO 1 7; PORTORICO e'7; ST. CROIX 8, 22X1. (Pontoppldan); ST. M A R T I N 2,e'7; ST. VINCENT7. [In my last paper (I. c. No. 7, 529) I suggested that Choregia fulgens, F. & R., was probably a variety. It may therefore be advisable to put on record an account of the life-history of that species. In the Oxford Museum are two specimens of fulgens with the following label attached :- " Arica, PERU, Kenderdine. Flying in sun about low fig-trees. Larva in the young shoots of the-fig tree, where it changes, spinning a strong white silken cocoon. It is of a dull brownish-red colour with the feet [black ?] and a row of small black dots on each segment, from each of which issues a fine hair." This note ought to enable collectors in the West Indies to breed auriferalis, Wkr., and to prove whether it is distinct or a variety of fulgens. VIII. TORTRICIDcFc. I. OLETHREUTINM, Hb. = OLETHREUTM, Hb.; = GRAPHOLITHINX, Fern.; =EPIBLE-MIDAH, Meyr.; = OLETHREUTINAH, Wlsm. (emend.). 58. BACTRA, Stph. = § A PHELIA, S tph. j = LEPTIA, Gn. 162. BACTRA LANCEOLANA. Tortrix lanceolana, Hb. SammL Eur. Schm. VII. (Tort.) PL XIII. 80 (1800) \ Ancylls lanceolana, Hb. Verz. bek. Schm. 376. No. 3614 (1826)2. Aphella lanceolana, Stgr. & Wk. Cat. Lp. Eur. 251. No. 1006 (1871)3, &c. Bactra lanceolana, Fern. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. X. 28-9. No. 163 (1882)4; Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 501, 543 (1892)5. Hab. EUROPE 3'5, AFRICA 5, ASIA 5, AUSTRALIA 5, N E W ZEALAND5, UNITED STATES4'5. West Indies-ST. THOMAS, 22-30 H I (Hedemann) ; ST. VINCENT 5; GRENADA (windward side-Balthazar, 250 ft., La Force Estate, 350 ft., and Grand Etang, 1900 ft., |