LEPIDOIMEKA. 



375 



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EUXOA SEGETIS, Schiff. 

 Noctua segetum, Schiff., Wien. Verz., pp. 8l, 2?2. it. 3 ... b (1776). 

 Euxo H I iun. [nd. Moths, II, p. 181. f. 117, Cat. 



Phal., IV. [67, t. 59; Lefroy, Em. Mem. Agri. Dept., Ind., II, 167. 



Distribution. ■ Sub-montane and 

 Hill Districts of Southern India. 



Lifehistory. The larva is pale 

 greyish, sometimes with a pinkish 

 tinge, with interrupted darker lines 

 down the hack and sides ; the body is 

 smooth and greasy-looking. It feeds 

 at roots of various plants, apparently 

 not coming above the surface, or only 

 rutting off plants just above soil level. 

 Iplants. Potato, cabbage, cof- 

 nd various plants of the kitchen 

 and flower garden. 



Status.- A serious pest in gardens 

 in the N'ilgiris and Shevaroys. It has 

 also been recorded as doing serious 

 damage by ringing young coffee- 

 plants in M> -ore. 

 Control. — ? 



Euxoa segetii 



male moth and larva, 

 inal.) 



POLYTELA GLORIOS.E. Kb. 

 Bombyx gloriosa, Fab., Spec. Ins.. 11, p. 205117 s 

 Polytela gloriosa, Hmpsn., Faun. Ind. Moths, II. [68 169. f. 108, 

 Cat. Phal.. V, 457, f. J30; Lefroy. Ind. In-. Life, p. 445- t. .U- f. 12. 



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1 Polytela glorii a-ul size. 



inal. 



