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cegypiiaca). We have examples reared from agathi at Hagari and 

 Nandyal, and from J/iamc/i« at Palur, Cuttack, Pusa and Mandalay. 



Teeagrid.e = Arbelid.^. 



" Arhela " tetraonis, Mo. 



S. I. I., pp. 453454, t. 41 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 211, 

 227, 230, 231, 244, 252, 254. 



Widely distributed in the Plains, the larva boring into various trees 

 and feeding on the bark under cover of a gallery composed of silk and 

 fragments of wood. Our records include the following localities and 

 foodplants : — 



Coimbatore .... Ilorivga. 



Bangalore .... Orange-, rose. 



Poona ..... Citrus. 



Nagpur ..... Orange, [a !<erious pest ; perhaps really 



quadrinotata.] 



I'usa ..... Mango, Zizijphus jujuba, Eugenia jambo- 



lana, Pliyllanthus emblica, litchi. 



Note. — The closely allied A. quadrlnotata (F. I., I, 31o, f. 215) has been recorded as 

 tunnelling in the angles of cacao branches in Cej'lon and it is probable that some of the 

 Indian records also refer to quadrlnotata. We have quadrlnotata from Dharwar and from 

 Coimbatore, where it bores in stems of the Rain Tree (Pithccolobinm saman). 



In one garden we poured petrol in the galleries and found this treat- jyjj, g^are 

 ment Cjuite successful. 



At Poona we tried spraying with Paris Green, using twice the usual ^^^- Ranirao. 

 strength after removmg the webbing. We noticed that several cater- 

 pillars died when they came out at night to feed on the bark. The trees 

 treated were those of Bassia latijolia on the roadside and the treatment 



was ciuite successful. 



■iiTi, 4. X- f 4-1, J J 9 Mr. Ramakrishna 



What time oi the day do you spray ? Ayyar 



You can spray at any time. The larva comes out at night, feeds on Mr. Ramrao. 

 the bark and dies. 



How high do you find the larvae in the trees ? Mr. Fletcher. 



Whole stems up to twenty feet from the ground were covered Mr. Ramrao. 

 with webbing. This webbing was brushed off before spraying. 



" Arhela " dea, Swinh. 



Hmpsn., F. I., I, 315 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 22. 

 The larva has been recorded as eating tea bark in Sylhet and Cachar. 



