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Butea Limacodid. A stout spiny caterpillar similar to Parasa but 

 bigger in size. Moth grey with ochraceous markings. Found defoliating 

 Butea frondosa in the Bolampatty forests, Coimbatore, 



Carea suhtilis (Plate 10, figs. /, A-) very common on Eugenia jambolana 

 in different parts. The caterpillar with the swollen anterior portion is 

 easily made out. A parasite has been noted on this, Tumidicoxoides 

 jambolana, Gir MS. 



Cirphis alhistiyma (Plates 15, 16). A pretty bad pest of ripening 

 paddy. The caterpillar is the chmbing caterpillar ^ of paddy of the 

 Coromandel coast, appearing generally after the heaVy North-East 

 Monsoons, January to February. The caterpillar cuts down the 

 ripening ear-heads. 



Adisura atkinsoni. A Noctuid borer of Jab lab pods. Veiy common in 

 Coimbatore and the Northern Circars during the cold weather. (See 

 Year Book of Madras Department, 1917, p. 87, for Mr. Y. Ramachandra 

 Rao's paper on its life-history). 



Euzophora flmnbeifasciella has been found breeding "nside wood- 

 apple fruits. 



Ephestia cauteUa, on stored groundnut pods ; the caterpillar bores 

 into the pod and eats the seeds. Often bad in stores of unshelled ground- 

 nuts. 



Heterographis bengalella, a Pyralid with ohve greenish upper wings. 

 Larva found inside the fruits of custard apple. 



Corcyra cephalonica. The stored rice meal-worm. Very common 

 in South India. Found on rice and meal of all cereals. 



Chrysanthemum caterpillar. A small green caterpillar was found 

 once pretty bad on cultivated chrysanthemum in Madura. The moth 

 is of medium size and has ochraceous wings. Probably a species of 

 Hypargyria (Pyralidae). 



Brachmia effera, Meyr. The small caterpillar folds the leaf of sweet- 

 potato ; has not become serious yet. 



Laspeyresia leucostoyna. Found near Kateri and Coonoor on the 

 Nilgiris. The caterpillar feeds on the leaf of tea. 



Cyphosticha ccerulea. The pinkish small caterpillar mines into the 

 leaf tissue of lab lab and produces a sort of prominent white blister en 

 the leaf. Pretty bad in Coimbatore and Malabar. 



Phthorimcea blapsigona. A common pest of brinjal buds in South 

 India. A species of Microbracon is found as a parasite of this caterpillar. 



PhyUocnistis toparcha, Meyr. The larva mines into grape-vine leaves 

 and the mine is seen in the form of glistening wavy lines on the leaf in 

 Coimbatore. 



Acrocercops syngramma, Meyr., on tender mango leaves, Madras. 



