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slight damage to young trees, and at Pusa on Acacia arahica, rose 

 Zizyphus jvjifba, Poh/althia longijolia, and Tamarix gallica. 



Melanastria hyrtaca, Cram. 



S. I. I., pp. 409-410, f. 282 ; Entl. Note 66 ; Proc. Second Entl. 

 Meeting, pp. 38, 249. 



Occurs throughout the Plains of India (except in North-West). The 

 larva is polyphagous and is scarcely a pest as a rule, but occasionally 

 occurs in large numbers, when it strips even large trees. The Pusa 

 Collection contains examples from the following localities and food- 

 plants : — 



Travancore .... Eugenia jambolana. 

 Calcutta ..... Acacia arahica, Mimusofs. 

 Pusa ..... Albizzia stipulata, Mimuso-ps elengi, Sapota 



(in some numbers, June 1916). 



Raj pur (Champaran District) . Kadam {Anfhocephalus cadamba). 



The larva has also been recorded on Schima wallichii {B. J. XIII 

 407). 



TrabaJa vishnu, Lef. 



Hmpsn., F. I., 1. 421-422, f. 293 ; I. M. N., V. 107 ; 1. 1. L., p. 498 

 t. 46 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 87, 246. 



Occurs throughout India and Burma as a sporadic pest of castor. 

 The larva also feeds on Eugenia jambolana and Tarminalia catappa and 

 has been reared at Pusa on Quisqualis and at Shillong on rose, gera- 

 nium, and other garden plants. 



The egg-clusters and larvae may be hand-picked. 



LlMACODID^. 



Nafada nararia, Mo. 



Hmpsn., F. I., I. 381-382. 



Occurs in Southern India and Ceylon. Recorded by Rutherford 

 on tea in Ceylon {Trop. Agric, July 1914) and at Coimbatore has occurred 

 as a pest on Sideroxylon subsiJatum and Pithecolobium dulce. Spraying 

 with Lead Arsenate was found successful at Coimbatore. 



Natada velutina, KoU. 



1. 1. L., p. 500 f. 335 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 218. 

 The larva sometimes occurs on mango but is not a pest. 



