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come into notoriety in Victoria by reason of its injuries to beans 

 and peas. Thecla pruni L. injures plums in portions of Europe, but 

 is not of much importance. 



Hesperiidce. 



Three species of this family are noted as destructive in India. 

 Larvae of Gangara thyrsis Mo. are injurious to palms. The rice 

 skipper, Parnara mathias Fabr. is at times destructive to rice, there 

 being two broods on rice during the rains. Telicota palmarum Mo. 

 occurs on date palm, and in widespread in India. 



Castniidce. 



A single species of this interesting South American family is to 

 be noted, namely, the giant sugar-cane borer, Castnia licus 

 Drury. It is quite destructive to sugar cane in British Guiana. 

 It has been collected in various localities in the northern half of 

 South America and also in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Trinidad, 

 where it also attacks the banana. This species is also reported 

 from Surinam. The larva? tunnel the canes, producing the so- 

 called "dead heart." 



Notodontidce. 



Phalera bucephala Steph., the buff-tip moth, in England, is 

 troublesome to many shade and fruit trees, including nuts. It 

 occurs over Europe, except the polar region, Siberia, etc. 



Th aumetopceida . 



A single species, Thaumetopcea processioned L., the so-called pro- 

 cession caterpillar of Europe is here to be noted. These caterpillars 

 defoliate oaks, hard wood trees, and even attack field crops, as 

 potatoes, beans, flax, etc. The species is evidently quite important 

 to forests, and is interesting on account of the habits of the larva?, 

 which, after they are about half grown, return after feeding, to 

 definite localities on the tree trunk, usually a depression or other 

 deformity. 



Lymantriidce. (Liparidce) . 



To this family belong some of our most notorious injurious in- 

 sects, namely, the gipsy and brown-tail moths, tussock moth, 

 etc. Here also belongs the famous "nun" moth of Europe, Lyman- 

 tria monacha L. The caterpillars are polyphagous, but especially 

 frequent coniferous and hard wood trees. This species, judging 

 from literature, is one of the highly injurious European insects. 

 The "nun" moth ranges over central and northern Europe, except 

 the polar region, northern Italy, Greece, Japan, etc. Another 



