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Plusia nigrisigna, Wlk. 



Hmpsn., F. I., II, 570, Cat. XIII, 536-537 [Phytomefra] ; Proc. 

 Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 49, 271. 



Occurs throughout India and is a sporadic minor pest, chiefly of 

 gram. We have examples from : — 



Peshawar . 

 Lyallpur . 

 Cawnpur . 

 Kaira (Bombay) 

 Pusa 



Bersim. 



Gram, foria (rape ; Brassica campestris). 



Gram. 



Lettuce. 



Gram, mint, tobacco, pea, lucerne. 



Plusia peponis, Fb. 



S. I. I., p. 394, f. 261 ; Hmpsn., Cat. XIII, 573-574 [Phyto- 

 metra] ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 50, 303, 307. 



Plusia agramma, Guen. ; Hmpsn., F. I., II, 574 ; I. I. L. 

 p. 452, t. 37, f. 11. 



Occurs throughout India, Ceylon and the Andamans and is a minor 

 pest of gourds. We have it from Pusa on bottle gourd and from Pu?a 

 and Coimbatore on snake gourd. 



Plusia orichalcea, Fb. 



S. I. I., pp. 393-394, f. 260 ; Hmpsn., Cat. XIII, 580-581 

 \Phyl07netya] ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 47, 59, 63, 



80, 89, 95, 280, 282, 283, 285, 298. 



Occurs throughout India and Ceylon : apparently not recorded from 

 Burma, although it occurs in Assam and probably in Burma also. The 

 larva is polyphagous and is a minor pest of garden crops especially. 

 Our examples are from : — 



Palur (South Arcot) 



Poona 



Nagpur 



Jallandhar 



Lyallpur . 



Patna 



Muzaffarpur 



North Bihar 



Pusa 



Parachinar 

 Peshawar . 



Indigo. 



Cabbage. 



Cabbage, radish. 



Cauliflower. 



Turnip. 

 . Pea. 



. Brassica sp. 

 . Flax. 



Pea leaves, linseed, carrot, senji, lucerne- 

 salad [probably lettuce], celerj', potato, 

 cabbage, sarson (Brassica campestris), 

 cauliflower, gram, Carthamus tinctoriusy 

 Nigerseed, wild ajivain plant. 



Hclianthtts tuberosa leaves. 



Bersim 



