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1- V3-, r.*l> 40 LIFE-HISTORIES OF TORTRICID^ The motli occurs throughout India {? except the North-West) from the Nilgiris and Wynaad to Bhutan and Assam and in Burma to Mergui. We have it from Shillong and Cherrapunji. CACCECIA PHILIPPA, MEYR. Cacwcia philippa, Meyr., Exot. Micr., II, 165 (1918)(i). " Bred at Abbottabad from larva on Hedem, June (Fletcher) (^)." ULODEMIS TRIGRAPHA, MEYR. U^^ ^■^-J'^ , Uj^^^^-g trigrapha, Meyr., B. J., XVII, 736 {1907)(i), B. J., XXII, 771 (1914)(2). This species was originally described from Bhutan(') and later recorded from the Khasi Hills(2). We have it from Darjiling and Shillong. At Shillong it was reared in October 1916, from a larva found feeding on the berries of an unidentified jungle shrub (? Viburnum sp.). PANDEMIS RIBEANA, HB. Tortrix ribeana, Hb., Samnil. Eur. Schm., f. 114 (1800)(0. Pandemis ribeana, Meyr., Handbk., p. 533 (1895) (2) ; WIsm., A. M. N. H. (7), V, 386 (1900)(3) ; Kennel, Pal. Toitric, p. 157, t. 8 ff . 21, 22 (1910)(*). This insect is a palsearctic species which occurs in North and Central Europe, Central Asia, the Himalayan Region, China, Korea, and Japan. The larva feeds in more or less spun-up leaves of Cratcegus, Rosa, Prunus, Pyrus, Quercus, Rhamnus, Fraxinus, Sorbus, Acer, Tilia, Betula, Ribes, Berbens, Geum, etc. It is described by Meyrick as "light green ; dorsal line darker ; head green, sometimes brown-spotted; plate of 2 green (2)." TORTRIX SEMIALBANA, GN. Caccecia semialbana, Guenee, Ann. S. E. Fr., 1845, p. 139(^) ; Kennel, Pal. Tortric, pp. 142-143, t. 7 f. 45 (1910)(^). Archips semialbanus, Wlsm., A. M. N. H. (7) V, 383-384 (1900)(3). Larva on Lonicera, Rosa, Chelidonium, Labium, Urtica, etc.("-) Another palsearctic species, which occurs along the Him^alayan region. from Kashmir to Sikkim. We have it from Dungagali (Hazara District ; 8,000 feet) and Kasauli. ■♦- .i-rv,sOp^- TORTRIX DUMETANA, TR. Tortrix dumetana, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur., X (3), p. 160 (1835)(i) ; Meyr., Handbk., p. 538(2) . WLsm., A. M. N. H. (') V, 451 (1900)(3) ; Kennel(3), Pal. Tortric, pp. 193-194, t. 10 f. 12 (1910)(-^).