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 26 LIFE-HISTORIES OF PTEROPHORIDA

EXELASTIS LIOPHANES, MEYR. Finne, Ann. Repr.Marasmarcha liophanes, Meyr., T. E. S., 1886, 19(1). Ent. 1920-21, P., Exelastis liophanes, Meyr., B. J., XVII, 136(2); Fletcher, Spol. Zeylan., VI, 7.5 f.1 Lawa on (Nov. 1920) 33-34, t. A f. 12 (1909)(3), T. L. S. (2) XIII, 403 (1910)(¹). Alysicarpus Leioptilus griseodactylus, Hofm., Zoologica, XXIX, 240 (1900)(*). Vaginalis at Shiling. Originally described from Reunion(1), this species has been recorded from Barbados, Natal, Seychelles, Ceylon, Formosa, China (Fuchau) and the Bismarck Archipelago. It is abundant throughout the Plains of India, Burn a and Ceylon, and we have specimens from Haldummulla, Peradeniya, Coin- batore, Virajpet (S. Coorg), Cuttack, Hoshangabad, Pusa, Palamau, Lun ding (Assam), Shillong, Lashio, Tatkon and Myitkyina. This species was bred at Pusa in July 1910 from pupæ found on the upper surfaces of leaflets of Oxalis sp. The larva has not been noted, but almost certainly feeds on Oxalis, probably on the flowers. EXELASTIS PHLYCTÆNIAS, MEYR. Marasmarcha phlyctanias, Meyr., B. J., XXI, 106 (1911). Described from Trincomali and Puttalam and from North Coorg. We have specimens from Colombo, Kegalle and Haldummulla. The early stages are unknown. EXELASTIS ATOMOSA, WLSM. (PLATE VII.) Aciptilia atomosa, Wlsm., P. Z. S., 1885, 885(¹). Exelastis atomosa, Meyr., B. J., XVII, 730(²); Lefroy, Ent. Mem., I, 210, ff. 67, 68(3), Ind. Ins. Life, pp. 527-528, t. 53(4); Fletcher, S. Ind. Ins., pp. 444-445, t. 38 (1914)(5), Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 44, 56 (1917)(*). Exelastis parasita (Meyr., ined.), Lefroy, Ind. Ins. Pests, p. 140, figs. Pterophorus ebalensis, Rebel, Lep. Sokotra, p. 84 (1907) nec Exelastis atomosa, (nec Wlsm.), Fletcher, Spol. Zeylan., VI, 33, t. A f. 11 (1909) [=phlyctaenias, Meyr.]. Originally described from Bombay (¹), this species is widely distributed in the Plains of India, but does not appear to occur in Ceylon, where it is replaced by E. phlyctanias, Meyr. It is an important pest of Cajanus indicus and Dolichos lablab. We have it from Peshawar, Abbottabad, Pusa, Samasti- pur, Bilaspur (C. P.), Hoshangabad, Bhopal, Baroda, Poona, Yemmiganur (Bellary) and Coimbatore. Aden Outside of India, E. atomosa is known from Natal, Sokotra, and New Guinea. It will probably be found to be widely distributed throughout the tropical regions of the Old World,