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history has been described and figured by Kobus {Tijds. voor Ent. 

 XXXIX 125-129 1. 5 ff. 1-5 (1896)). 



Siauropus altemus, Wlk. 



S. I. I., p. 408 ff. 279, 280 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, 



*pp. 18, 42, 257, 264. 



Occurs throughout India and Ceylon, but is rather scarce as a rule, 



odd examples of larvee being found on Cajanus indicus, tamarind, Trewia 



nudiflora, tea, rose, etc. It has once occurred in Ceylon on tea in alarming 



profusion ; in Assam only odd specimens are found on tea. 



We look on it as a curiosity in Assam. Mr. Andrews. 



{Undetermined Notodontid.) (Plate 4, fig. 1.) 



The larvee are found at Shillong on apple in small numbers at the Mr. Fletcher, 

 end of June. Pupation takes place in a slight cocoon in which hiber- 

 nation occurs in pupal state. The larvte eat the leaves from one side 

 and are very difficult to detect, as their coloration is highly procryptic, 

 resembling a withered edge of the leaf attacked. 



The caterpillar is shown in the photographs and coloured sketch 

 [exhibited], but the moth has not emerged as yet. 



Geometrid.^. 

 {Undetermined Boarmiane.) 

 The larv^ of this feed on apple leaves at Shillong in June. They 

 occur in small numbers and this species is scarcely a pest. The moth has 

 not yet been determined but seems to be allied to Hyperythra. 



{Undetermined Boarmiane, No. 2.) (Plate 4, fig. 2). 

 Another undetermined Boarmiane was found at Shillong, the larva 

 feeding on apple in small numbers, but it does a good deal of damage, 

 as the larvee are stick-like and large and not easy to see. 



Biston suppressaria, Guen. 

 S. 1. 1., p. 409 f. 281 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 18. 

 Occurs in the Tea Districts of Assam, South India and Ceylon, usually 

 as a minor pest of tea and Cassia auriculata. In Assam it is sometimes 

 a serious pest of tea, three broods occurring ; the control-method usually 

 employed is to hand-fork around the base of the bushes in the cold weather 

 to collect the pupse, and this is stated to be quite successful. 



