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Once it was found bad on young jute plants on the Dacca Farm. Mr. P. C. Sen. 

 Handpicking was commenced but fortunately there was a heavy shower 

 of rain soon afterwards, and this cleared of? the pest. 



AVe got a number of moths attracted to the Andres-Maire trap. Mr. Misra. 



In Egypt it feeds on cotton and hershn. ^^- ®o-^s^« 



With us it feeds freely on hersim where this crop is grown, but, is ^^' Fletcher, 

 not known to occur on cotton at all in India. This is another case of 

 a pronounced difference of habit between what is supposed to be the same 

 insect in India and Egypt. It is possible that we may be dealing with 

 two or more insects which are really distinct although they may look 

 alike. In this connection I may call your attention to a recent paper 

 by Colonel Swinhoe in the Annals and Maga:ine of Natural Hisior>/ in 

 which he shows that the moths hitherto known as Antphijvjra pyramidea 

 and supposed to occur in Euiope, North India and Japan, really com- 

 prise no less than four species, the true j^ydr'^'midea from Europe being 

 replaced in the Punjab by magna and in Japan by two distinct species, 

 surnia and yama, these distinctions being based on differences in the 

 male genitalia. These four moths all look much alike and can only be 

 distinguished by making microscopic preparations of the male genitalia. 

 This shows us, I think, that we must not be too ready to assume that 

 the species we are dealing wuth are necessarily identical v^ith others 

 apparently similar, especially when we get differences of habit as v;e 

 have already seen in the case of Amsada moorei and sara, and in Pro- 

 denia litura and LapJiygma exigua in Egypt and India. I shall be glad 

 to give Dr. Gough some Indian male specimens of our Prodenia litura 

 and LapJiygma exigua and it would be interesting if he would compare 

 their genitalia with those of Egyptian specimens and let us know the 

 result. 



I shall be very glad to do so. 2)r. Gorg 



Mudaria ccrnijrons, Mo. 



Mooje. Ir.d. Mu^. Notes, III, G9 figs. ; Hmpsn., F. 1., II, 245, 

 f. lo6, Cat. IX, 22G, f. 87 ; I. I. L., p. 447, f. 307 ; Proc. 

 Second Entl. Meeting, p. 131. 



Larva} are common at Pusa in Maieh-April in pods of Silk-cotton ^- Fletctcr. 

 {Bcmhax ma^ala icum), devouring the seeds and spoil ng the lint. A 

 minor pes^t in ca.'es wlieie the pods are collected for the cotton. 



