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PHO'JEEDINGS OF THE I'LlLltU KXTOMOt/JGlCAL MtiETING 



Ayyax', 



and did considerable damage. This species has also been bred at Pu ;af 

 irom a larva on rice leaves and on Graminese [species not specified]. 

 We also have moths collected in the Shevaroy Hills and at Pusa. 



It did not appear in 1918. I have had a coloured plate oE this done-. 

 [(xhibited]. 



Cir'phis frag His, But I. 



Hmpin., F. I.. II, 275 [Leucania fragilis]. Cat. V, 5iG, t. 93„ 

 f. 26 ; I. I. L., p. 44G : Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 195. 



The larva is said by Hampson to do '' much damage to wheat ii> 

 Chhindwara District, Central Provinces," but it is not Icnown to haver 

 occurred as a pest of late years. It is probably a sporadic local pest. 



M.:, .P. C. Son. 



Mr. Khare. 



Mr. a. L. Du(X. 



Mi;. Fletcher, 



Cir'phis unipuncta, Haw. 



S. I. I.,, p. 37G, t. 18 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. IGl, 179,, 

 189, 195, 198, 202. 



Occurs commonly throughout India as a major pest of Gramineae,. 

 espec'mllj jtuir and rice. We have examples from the following locaUties. 

 and food plants : — 



Paliir (Madras) 



Dharwar . 



Poona 



Manjari (Bombay) 



Sural 



Peshawar . 



Pusa 



Sadar Khas, Chittagong 



Mymensingh 



Lakhimpur, Goalpara 



Dibrugarh 



Kamrup (Assam) 



Cholam. 



Jtiar. 



Juar, maize, rice. 



Juar. 



Juar. 



Wheat, oats, juar. 



Maize, j^tar, wheat, rice. 



Rice. 



Rice. 



Rice. 



Sali dkan (paddy). 



Rice. 



It is a very bad sporadic pest of rice in Bengal, cutting the ripening 

 ears by night. It was reported from several districts last year. The 

 period of activity of the caterpillars is not long. Reports are usually 

 received only after the outbreak has subsided. 



Does this species come in to the Andies-Maire trap ? 



Yes. 



It is not attracted in sufficient numbers to hope for any control by 

 this means. At Peshawar the caterpillars of this and allied species of 

 Cirphis are extensively preyed on by the larvae and adults of Calosoma 

 indica, a large Carabid beetle, which frequents the places where the- 



