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discolor (Anonacese), Michelia cJiampaca and th,e custard apple (4 wowa 

 reticulata). We have however, no record of its having damaged any 

 cultivated plant in India.] 



Papilio polytes, Linn. 



Bmgham, F. I.. II, 61-63, f. 13 ; Entl. Mem. V, 33-42, 48-52. 

 t. 7 [pammon] ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 210, 216. 



Occurs throughout the Plains of India, Burma and Ceylon. The 

 larva feeds on various species of Citrus (orange, lemon, etc.) and is occa- 

 sionally a minor pest of cultivated Citrus. It has also been reared at 

 Pusa on Murraya kcenigi. 



PlERID^. 



Pieris hrassicce, Linn. 



Bmgham, F. I., II, 170-171, f. 43 ; I. I. L., p. 418 ; Agr. Jl. Ind. 

 Jan. 1912, t. 1 ; Entl. Mem. V, 20-26, t. 4 ; Entl. Note 68 \. 

 - Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 9, 269, 279, 282, 284. 



Found all along the Himalayan Region from Chitral to Bhutan and 

 Assam, penetrating into the Plains in the winter months in an area about 

 one hundred miles wide and parallel with the Hills, straggling as far 

 South as Cuttack. At Pusa adults appear regularly about 1st February 

 and two or three broods occur in February and March, the butterflies 

 all disappearing by the end of April. At Peshawar the butterflies 

 appear in October and are on the wing and breed until about the end of 

 May. 



Our specimens are from Bhagalpur, Pusa, Lyallpur, Akalgarh 

 (Punjab), Peshawar, Abbottabad, and Shilloug. 



Larva on cabbage, cauliflower, mustard, TropcBolum (nasturtium) 

 and other Cruciferse. A serious pest of cabbage and cauUflower. 



Control : — Hand-picking of the yellow egg-masses and of the young 

 larvee whilst these are still gregarious. 



This year I saw P. hrassicce at Laheria Serai on 8th and 9th January Mr. Inglis,. 

 1919. 



Pieris canidia, Sparrman. 



Bingham, F. I., II, 172-173 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 279. 

 Occurs commonly in the Hills (Himalayan Region, Southern India, Mr- FletcLei. 

 Assam, Upper Burma). We have it from Peshawar, Simla, Ootacamund, 

 Shillong, and Lashio (N. Shan States). 



