400 SOME SOUTH INDIAN INSECTS, ETC. 



HYPSID^E. 

 HYPSA FICUS, Fb. 

 Bombyx ficus, Fab., Ent. Syst., Ill, 2, p. 27 (1794). 

 Hypsa fiats, Hmpsn., Faun. [nd. Moths. I, 504 ; Lefroy, Iml. Ins. 

 Life, p. 463, t. 39, ft". 1, 2. 



Fig. 269. — Hypsa ficus, larva and moth. (Original.) 



Distribution. — Coromandel Coast, Trichinopoly, Coimbatore. 



Lifehistory. — The caterpillar is about 25 mm. long, cylindrical, 

 rather flattened posteriorly, its whole body covered with scattered 

 yellow-brown warts from which arise fairly long white hairs; head 

 jet black; the body is black with a white stripe along the back 

 and white dots along the side, sometimes with pale yellow mark- 

 ings on the back and beneath the sides, sometimes with red warts. 

 Pupation in a cocoon usually underground. 



Foodplant. — Figs {Ficus glomerata, F. carica, F.religiosa, etc.). 



Status- — An occasional defoliator of fig-trees. 



Control. — In the case of young trees in small areas, hand-picking 

 and spraying may be done. 



ARGINA CRIBRARIA, Cl. 



Phalcena cribraria, Chick, Icon. Ins., II, t. 54, f. 4(1764). 



Argina cribraria, Hmpsn.. Faun. [nd. Moths, II, 51 52, f. 24; 

 Lefroy, [nd. Ins. Life, pp. 463 464, Ent. Mem. Dept. Agri.. [nd., 

 p. 150, Ind. Ins. Pests, pp. I48, 193, figs. 



