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in gardens. They are easily hand-picked in the early morning and 



*ven ng. 



Cirphis inularis. Butl. 



Hmpsn., Cat. V, 486-487, t. 91, f. 22, F. I., II, 280 [Lea:ama 

 irro aia partj ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 162. 



Has been bred at Pusa from larvae on Dubh grass and in some numbers 

 from larvse foimd on rice leaves but has never been recorded as a pest. 



Cirphis Jorr/ji, Diip. 



PImpsn., F. I., II, 274-275 [Leucania loreyi], Cat. Y, 492, f. 153 ; 

 Piepers and Snellen, Tijds. vojr En!. XLIX, 38-39 ; Proc. 

 Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 49, 162 (tab.),179, 189, 195, 198. 



Occurs throughout India as an occasional pest of most Gramineae, 

 •often occurring together with C. unipuncta and hence liable to be over- 

 looked. We have (or I have seen) examples reared at Coimbatore on 

 ■cholam, at Kirkee (Poona) on juar, at Jalalpur (Bombay) on sugarcane, 

 ;at Surat on maize, at Jabbalpur on gram leaves, at Cawnpur on wheat 

 leaves, at Peshawar on wheat and oats, and at Pusa on bajri {Pennisetum 

 typhoideum), maize, rice, kauni {Selaria italica), sugarcane and guinea- 

 .;grass. 



We had a few Cirphis loreyi attracted to af Andres-Maire trap at Mr. Misra. 

 Pusa. At least, they appeared to be C. loreyi ; it is difficult to identify 

 insects that fall into this trap. We were using ethyl acetate. 



Country liquor and molasses makes just as good a bait. Mr. H. L, Dutt. 



Cirphis compta, Mo. 



Hmpsn., F. I., II, 272 [Leucania cmnpta], Cat. V, 531-532 ; 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 163. 



The larva is said to have been found on paddy in Southern India 

 (Coimbatore, Madras), but does little damage. It may be a sporadic 

 local pest. There are no specimens of this species in the Pusa or Coim- 

 batore collections except one from Kandy and one worn and doubtful 

 example found as an imago on a paddy-stem at Melrosepuram, Madras, 

 in October 1907. 



Cirphis alhisLgma, Mo. 



Hmpsn., F. I., II, 275 [Leucania loreyi, part]. Cat. V, 543-544, 

 t. 93, f. 23 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 162. 

 Has occurred at Manganallur (Tanjore District) on paddy just ripe 

 lor harvest, the larvse cutting off the ear-heads ; it was in large numbers 



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