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Agaristidce. 



A single Agaristid is to be noted. Phalcenoides glycine Lewis, 

 a serious vine pest in Victoria, where it may have been introduced. 



Geometridce. 



Cheimatobia brumata L., known in England as the winter moth, 

 is a fruit pest of importance in Europe. The larvae feed on most 

 forest trees (except conifers), hedgerows, etc. The insect strongly 

 resembles our American canker worms, the females being wingless. 

 This species ranges over central and northern Europe, southern 

 and western Russia, Greenland, etc. Chlorolystis rectangulata 

 L. is the so-called green pug moth, occurring pretty well over 

 Europe. In Ireland it is troublesome to apples. Abraxas grossular- 

 iata L., the magpie moth, is especially troublesome to the currant, 

 though fruit trees are attacked. Its distribution is very wide, 

 as Europe, Siberia, China, etc. Hibernia defoliara Clerck is often 

 damaging to fruit and other trees in Europe and is generally 

 referred to in European textbooks. H. rupicapraria Hb. is also 

 of wide distribution, and apparently of about the same importance. 

 Anisopteryx cescularia Schiff. is an orchard pest in Europe, and 

 is England is called the March moth. Its usual food is white thorn 

 and black thorn, but it infests oak, elm, maple, etc. Biston 

 grcecarius Stgr. is a pest of forage plants and occurs in Italy, Greece, 

 Macedonia, etc. Biston suppressaria is a caterpillar pest of tea, 

 injuring this plant periodically in India. Hemerophila atrilineata 

 injures mulberry seriously in Japan, interfering with the silk 

 industry. 



Cymbidce. 



Earias insulana Bvd. is the Egyptian cotton bollworm, or the 

 spotted bollworm of India, causing a yearly loss in the former region 

 of about $5,000,000. It attacks most malvaceous plants. It is 

 recorded from North and South India, Burma, Siam, Australia, 

 Mauritius, Uganda, etc. Earias faba Stoll, also known as the 

 spotted bollworm, has similar habits, though in India it is more 

 abundant than the former species. The larvae bore into cotton 

 bolls and feed on the oily seeds. In the absence of bolls, the shoots 

 are tunnelled. In warmer parts of India the insect may go through 

 its life cycle in about thirty days, and they are active throughout 

 the winter. 



Zygcenidce. 



Levuana iridescens Bet.-Baker, the coconut leaf moth, has for 

 many years been a destructive insect enemy of the coconut and 

 Royal palm in Fiji. It is apparently yet limited to these Islands. 



