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PROCEEDIIN'GS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



Mr. Andrews. 



Mr. Fletcher. 



Mr. Ramrao. 

 Mr. H. L. Dutt. 



Mr. Fletcher. 



The moths are killed in Assam as they sit on the bark of trees.i 

 Children go round with a long stick and tap the moths and kill them. 

 It is becoming quite a rarity with us now. 



Sferrha sacraria, Linn. 



Hampsn., F. I. Ill, 424, f. 199 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 297. 



Occurs commonly throughout the Plains of India. In October 1916 

 the larvae were found feeding in large numbers on and destroying the 

 leaves of Rumex vesicarius (a leafy vegetable grown extensively for the 

 Bombay markets) at Poona, 



Craspedia defamataria , Wlk. 



Hmpsn., F. I. Ill, 435 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 207. 



Occurred at Pusa on lucerne in some numbers in 1906. Not known 

 otherwise as a pest. 



Thalassodes quadraria, Guen. 



Hmpsn., F. I. Moths III 507, f. 225. 



The larva occurs, usually in small numbers, on mango and Polyaltliia 

 longifolia at Pusa. 



It occurs on mango at Poona. 



I found it in numbers last year on mango at Sabour. 



Thalassodes veraria, Gn. 



Hmpsn. F. I. Moths. Ill, 508. 



Lefroy, 1. 1. L., p. 475, f. 325, t. 41, f. 7 [quadraria, nee Gn.] 



The larva occurs usually in small numbers on mango, Utchi, rose, and 

 Lagerstrcemia flos-regince at Pusa, where in January 1909 it occurred in 

 large numbers on mango. 



This species has hitherto been confused with quadraria, which is the 

 scarcer species of the two at Pusa. They may be distinguished by the 

 colour of the frons, which is green in veraria and red in quadraria. 



Lasiocampid^. 

 Taragama siva, Lef. 



Hmp?n., F. I., I. 405-406 ; 1. 1. L., p. 497, t. 41 ff. 8-11. 



Occurs throughout the Plains of India and is a sporadic pest of various 

 trees It has been reared at Coimbatore on mahogany, when it did. 



