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Plusia daub 31 Boisd. 



Hmpsn., Cat. XIII, 477-478 [Phjtmnetra] ; Proc. Second Entl. 

 Meeting, p. 50. 



Has been reared at Pusa from larvae on mint leaves and from piipas 

 found on cress, but is not a pest. Occurs throughout India. 



Plusia chalcijfes, Fb. 



Hmpsn., Cat. XIII, 484-486, f. 122 [Phytometra] ; Proc. Second 



Entl. Meeting, pp. 51, 53, 68, 306. 

 Plusia eriosoma, Doubl. ; Hmpsn., F. I., II, 509-570, f. 321. 



Occurs throughout India and Ceylon. The larva is polyphagous 

 and is a minor pest of various crops. The Puf^a Collection contains 

 specimens from the following localities and foodplants :■ — . 



Palur (South Arcot) . .' . Groundnut, sann hemp. 



Kumbliaria (Bombay) . . Cabbage. 



Nagpur ..... Jute. 



Pusa ..... Clitoria ternatca, mint, hicerne, senj'i, 



sann hemp, mama leaves, urid leaves, 

 titoth leaves {Phaseolus aconitifolius), 

 pea, Coleus sp., Icadu leaves (bottle 

 gourd, Lageiiaria vulgaris). 



It has also been recorded on indigo in Champaran in September 1901 

 and at Kotagala (Ceylon) as defoliating tomato plants in January 1905. 



In Ceylon we get it on onion and brinjal. Mr. Senior- White, 



Plusia signata, Fb. 



S. I. I., pp. 392-393, f. 259 ; Hmp^n., Cat. XIII, 491, t. 237, 

 f. 24, [Phytometra] ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 68, 91, 

 271, 282. 



Recorded on cabbage, as an occasional pest in Bihar (Lefroy), on Mr. Fletcher, 

 tobacco, groundnut, green gram and sann-hemp in Southern India. 

 There is, however, some doubt regarding identification. (See also 

 P. chalcytes). 



Plusia albosfriata, Brem. aiul Grey. 



Hmpsn., Cat. XIII, 496, t. 237, f. 29 [Phytometra]. 

 Plusia oxygramma, Hmpsn., F. I., II, 575. 



Found in August 1913 in some number on cultivated asters at Hebbal 

 Jarm, Bangalore. Also occurs at Pusa but not bred there. 



