LEPIDOPTERA. 



401 







[rgina cribraria. The outlini 



mal.i 



Distribution- Throughout Southern India. 



Lifehistor) re laid in small clusters on lower surfai 



leaves. Caterpillar 25 nun. long, in colour white with a black line 

 along the side, am! irregular black patches, a yellow line along the 

 iveloped into an orange spot on each, segment ; hairs 

 black above, lighter beneath. 



Foodplants. Sann Hemp. 



Stdtus. A minor pi casionallj abundant. 



Control. In small plots spraying ami hand-picking of young 



larvae. 



A.RGINA SYRINGA, Cr. 

 Phalana syringa, Cram.. Pap. Exot., 1. t. 5 c. 

 Argina syringa, Hmpsn., Faun. Ind. Moths. II, 51 ; Lefroy, md. 



Ins. Pests, pp. 14^. lop Mm. Mem. Dipt. Agri., Ind.. I. [58. 



I 1 na syringa. 

 Distribution. Throughout Southern India. 

 Lifehistoi to .1. cribraria. 



Foodplan (Crotalaria joined). 



\ minor pest occasionally abundant. 

 Control. Hand-picking of young larva.' and spraying in the case 

 of small a: 



SPHINGID 1 . 

 HERSE CONVOLVULI, Linn. 

 Sphinx convolvuli, Linn.. Syst. Nat. (ed. X). p. ; 

 Hcrsc convolvuli, Hmpsn., Faun. Ind. Moths, i. 103, f. 60; Lefroy. 

 Ind. Ins. Pests, p. [59, ! t., Ind., I, 155. Ind. Ins. 



Lite. p. 467. 

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