Dr. Gougli. 



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Eligma narcissus, Cr/ 



S. 1. 1., pp. 383-384, ff. 247-248 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 263. 

 Occurs throughout Southern India on AilantJnis, which is sometimes 

 complerely defoliated by the larvae. 



Farias insuJana, Boisd. 



S. I. I., pp. 384-385, t. 22; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp, 



104, 122, 123. 127, 129, 130. 



Occurs throughout the Plains of India and Burma a> a serious pesf 



o: cotton. Also attacks hliindi {Hibiscus esculentus) and has been 



reared at Pusa fiom buds and flowers of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis and on 



kangJiani {Abutilon indicum). 



Farias insulana has become are in Egypt since 1912. We ascribe 

 th's to the plant legislation against Pink BoUworm. Farias was a 

 maj(ir pest at one time ; but now it does not trouble us. 



rir. Seaior-Wliits. 



Mr. Fletclec 



3r. Gougli. 

 Mr. P, C. Gen 



Farias cupreoviridis, Wlk. 



Xanthoptera cupreoviridis, Wlk., T. E. S. (3) I, 92 (1862). 

 Farias cupreoviridis, Hmpsn., Cat. XI, 505-506 ; S. I. I., t. 22,. 



f. 7 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 127, 135. 

 Farias chomataria ; Hmpsn., F. I., II, 133 ; I. I. L., p. 456. 

 Occurs in most parts of the Plains of India. Our specimens are from 

 Hazaia District, Bassein Fort (Bombay), Nagpur, Pusa, Chapra, Cuttack 

 and Dacca. Has been reared at Pusa on bariar {Sida cordifolia) and at 

 Na^ypur on wild malvaceous plants. At Cuttack also the larva has. 

 been found bor'ng into jute capsules as a very minor pest. 

 In Ceylon it occurs on garden hollyhocks. 



Farias fabia, Stoll. 



S. I. I., p. 385, t. 23 : Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 104, 

 122, 123, 127, 129, 130. 

 Occurs throughout the Plains of India and Ceylon as a serious pest of 

 cotton, boring the young shoots and bolls and sometimes feeding on the 

 flowers. Also on bh'ndi, boring the pods, and has also been reared at 

 Pusa on Hibiscus a^.ehnoschus and fiom flower bud of H. rosa-sinensis. 

 Farias fabia does not occur in Egypt. We only get F. iiisulana. 

 Last year Farias fabia was found bad on shoots and bolls of cotton 

 grown on the Dacca Farm. 



