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PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIED ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



Leucinodes orbonalis, Guen. 



S. I. I., p. 436, t. 30, ff. 5-9 ; Entl. Note 71 ; Proc. Second Entl. 

 Meeting, pp. 286, 288. 



Occurs throughout India, Burma and Ceylon and is- a pest (sometimes 

 serious) of brinjal, the larva boring in the growing topshoots, causing 

 them to wilt, and in fruits. At Poona and Dharwar the larva was also 

 found boring in potato shoots and at Coimbatore it was reared on Solanum 

 nigrum and S. xanthocarpum. 



Crocidolomia binotalis, Z. 



S. I. I., p. 437, f. 313 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 276 

 (tab), 277, 280, 282, 284. 



Occurs throughout India, Burma and Ceylon, usually as a minor pest 

 (sometimes serious) of cruciferous crops. It may be a serious pest of 

 mustard, the larvse webbing and destroying the flowers and leaves of the 

 whole plant and boring the pods and eating the green seeds. Our records 

 include the following localities and foodplants : — 



Peradeniya 



Coimbatore 



Saidapet 



Dharwar 



Poona 



Surat 



Pusa 



Lyallpur 

 Mandalay 



Cabbage. 

 Radish (boring). 

 Radish. 



Cabbage loaves. 

 Cabbage (a serious pest). 

 Mustard. 



Cabbage leaves, radish leaves, mustard' 

 turnip, cress (halim ; Lepidium sativum)- 

 Mustard. 



Turnip. 



Mr. Senior- White. In Ceylon I had an extraordinary experience once when chilU plants, 



on being transplanted, were attacked by this pest. 



Mr. Fletcher. 



Helhda imdalis, Fb. 



S. I. I., pp. 437-438, f . 314 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 276 

 (tab), 280, 282, 283. 



Occurs throughout India, Burma and Ceylon as a minor pest of 

 cruciferous crops. We have examples from : — 



Coimbatore 

 Nagpur 

 Cuttack 

 Pusa 



Mandalay 



Cabbage (boring bud), radish (boring). 



Knol-kohl. 



Cabbage stem and leaf. • 



Cabbage, beet, cauliflower (buds and leaves), 



radish (leaves and boring) knol-kohl 



(leaves and boring). 



Cabbage, radish. 



