382 



SOME SOUTH INDIAN INSECTS, ETC. 



Tarache catena. Sowerby; Hmpsn., Faun. Ind. Moths, H, 312; 

 Lefroj . Ind. Ins. Life, p. 455. 



Tarache nitidula, Hmpsn., Cat. Phal., X, 768, t. 172, f. 32. 



Fig. 243.- -Tarache nitidula. (Original.) 

 Distribution. — Throughout the Plains of Southern India. 

 Lifehistory. — Not known. 

 Foodplant. — Cotton and Calotropis. 



Status. — A very minor pest of cotton. 



TARACHE OPALINOIDES, Gn. 



Acontia opalinoides, Gn., Noct., II, 219 (1852). 



Tarache opalinoides, Hmpsn., Faun. Ind. Moths, II, 311, Cat. Phal., 

 X, 775, t. 173, f. 13; Lefroy, Ind. [ns. 

 Life, pp. 455-456. 



Distribution. — Bellary, Coimbatore. 

 Lifehistory. —Not known. 

 Foodplants. — Cotton. Probably many 

 other Malvacece. 



Status.— Not known to be a pest. 



Fig. 244,—Taracht opali 

 noides. (< >riginal.) 



BOMBOTELIA JOCOSATRIX, Gn. 



Penicillaria jocosatrix, Guen, Noct., II, 304. 



Entelia jocosatrix, Hmpsn., Faun. Ind. Moths. II, 393. 



Bombotelia jocosatrix, Hmpsn., Cat. Phal., XI, 11-12, f. 6. 



I I i. Bombotelia jocosatrix. The outline figure shows the natural size. 



inal.) 



Distribution.— Throughout Southern India. 



