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Cirphis^]&Tvse hide away by day. 1 do not think wc have much to 

 add to what was said at the last Meeting regarding control of this insect. 



I Borolia venalba, Mo. 



Hrapsn., F. I., II, 279 [Leucania venalba], Cat. V, 067, t. 94, 

 f. 32 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 163. 



Widely distributed and an occasio.nal pest of rice, especially in 

 Sonthern India. Has been fowid feedinc; on rice at Pusa, Mang-anallur 

 (Tanjore District) and Puraswakam (Madras). In Madras it seems to 

 occur chiefly in May and October. In July 19^32 it was ^ound de^truct've 

 •to rice at Tangalla, Ceylon. 



Perigea ca-pcmis. <»n. 



S. I. I., pp. 370-377, f. 239 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 95, 

 96 (Tab.), 134. 



Widely distributed throughout India as a sporadic destructive pest 

 ■of SafSower. We have examples reared on safflower {Carthamus tinc- 

 torius) at Coimbatore, Nagpur and Pusa and at Pusa it has also been 

 reared on jute, Niger-seed, Coreopsis, Artemisia and Bbimea balsamijera. 



Prodsnia lit lira. Fb. 



S. I. I., pp. 377-378. t, 19; Proc. Second Eutl. ' Meeting, 

 pp. 49,51,53,59,64,75,80,86,89,91,127,133,179, 189, 303, 

 206, 237, 264, 271, 273, 280, 283, 289, 291, 298. 



Occurs commonly throughout India, Burma and Ceyon. The larva 

 is remarkably polyphagous but this species is especially a major pest of 

 tobacco and castor. The Pusa collection contains examples from the 

 iollowing localities and reared on the foodplants specified : — 



Travancore ") 



Coimbatore ) 



Bangalore 



Mysore 



Dharwar . 



Kirkee (Poona) 



Eadiad 



Anand District 



Surat 



Nagpiir 



Ciittack 



Daltonganj 



Kot Chandpur (Jessore) 



Ratigpni . 



Plantain (very minor post). 



Castor. 



Ro^^c[? bred). 

 Laalana. 

 J uar. 

 Tobacco. 

 Tobacco. 

 Tobacco. 

 Kesar. 



Dhaincha (Sesbanin ucultala). 

 Maize, Rice. 

 Linseed. 

 tSesbania, tobacco. 



