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LceJia devestifa, Wlk, 



Hmpsn., F. I., I, 441. 



Has been reared at Pusa in small numbers from larvae found on Mr. Fletcter. 

 sugarcane and Guinea-grass. Not a pest. 



Thiacidas postica, Wlk. 



Hmpsn., F. I., I, 445-446, f. 307 ; 1. 1. L., p. 459, f. 313 ; B. J. 

 XVI, 199 [laiva] ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 253. 



Occurs throughout India and Burma. The larva is common on 

 Zkyphus but is scarcely a pest. Our examples are from Pusa, Bilaspur 

 and Coimbatore. 



Dasychira horsfieldi, Saund. 



Hmpsn., F. I. I, 448, f. 309 ; B. J., XIII, 414 [larva]. 



Occurs throughout India, Burma and Ceylon. The larva feeds on 

 tea and sometimes becomes a pest in the Tea Districts. One specimen 

 reared from apple leaf (without locality). 



Dasychira mendosa, Hb. 



S. I. I., p. 396, f. 264 ; Proc. Second Entl, Meeting, pp. 21, 28, 87. 



Widely distributed throughout India, Burma and Ceylon. The 

 larva is polyphagous. Our records shovr the following localities and 

 foodplants : — 



Also recorded from coffee in Southern India and on Tennina^ia 

 catajypa by de Niceville. 



A minor pest, of Uttle importance, as a rule. The larva can be hand- 

 picked. 



In this case probably at least four species are mixed up under the Mr. Senior- White, 

 name mendosa. The foodplants and larvae differ in the various forms. 



That is quite possibly the case. There may be several species mixed Mr. Fletcher, 

 up under tnendosa. 



