EXPLANATION OF PLATE 4L 



Scirpophaga xanlhoyastrcUa. 



Fig. 1. Attacked shoot of sugarcane cut open, showing larva inside. Note " dead- 

 heart " and oga-mass on loaf. 



Fig. 2. Attacked shoot of sugarcane with" dead-heart " and sido-shoota (typical 

 ol attack) thrown out. On leaf is a moth in resting position (natural 

 size). 



Fig. 3. Egg-mass with covering hairs removed, magnified ( X 2J). 

 Fig. 5. Full-grown larva, magnified ( x 2J). 



Fig. 6. Pupa in stem (cut open), natural .size. Note hole of exit closed by silken 



barriers, prepared for escape of the moth- 

 Fig. 7. Pupa of female, magnified ( x 2i). 



Fig. 8. Pupa of male, magnified (x2^). The smaller figure shows the natural 

 size. 



Fig. 9. Moth in natural resting position, magnified ( x 21). The natural size is shown 

 in the moth on the leaf in figure 2. 



Fig. 10. Moth, female, form with reddish anal tuft, natural size. 



Fig 1 1. Moth, male, natural size. 



Fig. 12. Moth, female, form with yellow anal tuft, natural size. 



Fig. 13. Newly-hatched larva, magnified. The natural size is indicated by the 

 emaller figure to the right. 



