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34 LIFE-HISTORIES OF PHALONIAD^ PHALONIAD^. n0 c CLYSIA AMBIGUELLA,/hB. Tinea amhiguella, Hubner. Tin., 153 (1801)(i). Clysia amhiguella, Meyr., Handbk., pp. 556-557 (1895)(2) ; Wlsm., A. M. N. H. (7) V, 488 (1900)(3) ; Kennel, Pal. Tortric, iii, 240, t. H f. 45 (1913)(*). Larva " pale brownish-yellow ; head and plate of 2 black "(2). A well- (^ known and very injurious pest of the vine in Europe, the larva feeding in the cL:U-5 • flower-buds. Not yet noted as a pest in India, though it is known to occur in Assam (Cherrapunji ; Naga Hills), N, Manipur, and Pegu (Karen Hills). PHALONIA HYBRIDELLA, HB. Tinea hybridella, Hubner, Tin., 351 (^). Phalonia hybridella, Meyr., Handbk., p. 553 (1895)(2) ; Wlsm., A. M. N. H. (7) V, 486 (1900) (3) ; Kennel, Spuler's Schmett. Eur., II, 258, t. 84 f. 30(4). Larva " pale pink ; head light brown ; plate of 2 yellowish, with four black dots ; in seed heads of Picris kieracioides "(2). A palsearctic species, recorded from Dharmsala(^). It is doubtful whether it is really Indian. r- |_PHALONIA MANNIANA, F.R. Cochylis manniana, Fischer v. Kosl., Abbild., p. 134, t. 51 f. 2(^), Phalonia manniana, Meyr., Handbk., p. 549 (1895)(2), Rec. Ind. Mus., V, 217(3), P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W., XXXVI, 297 (1911) (*) ; Spuler, Schmett. Eur., II, 258, t. 84 f. 32.(6). Larva in Mentha and Lyco2ms{^) in Europe. This species has been recorded from India and Ceylon, extending to N. Australia(^), but in a later note Mr. Meyrick (Ent. Mo. Mag., 1916, 277-278) notes that the above record(^) is incorrect, the species in question being P. mellita, Meyr., whose early stages are as yet unknown.] TORTRICIDiE. bf)<^9 5§A. GAPtM INVALIDANA, WLK. Tortrix invalidana, ^^k., Cat., XXVIII, 327 (1863)(i) ; Moore, Lep. Ceylon, III, 493 (1887)(2) . Epagoge invalidana, Meyr., B. J., XVIII, 617 (1908) (3). Capua invalidana, Fletcher, Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 300 (1917)(^)^ Originally described from Ceylon(i), this species has since been recorded from Coorg and the Khasi Hills(2), and was reared at Nagpur in December 1915 from larvee feeding on betel-vine leaves.