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SOME SOI 1H INDIAN INSECTS, ETC 



I- 1. .. ' . Di i/< phila nerii. i Vftei I i froy.) 



Distribution. Throughoul Southern India. 



Lifehistory. Egg laid singlj . The full-grown caterpillar is about 

 ioo mm. long, attenuated anteriorly, with a short roughened horn 

 on the tail end ; colour variable, usually pale-green, with white dots 

 especially evident along the sides and a bright blue eye-spot on 

 either side of the third thoracic segment. Pupa pale-brownish 

 yellow, with black spots; pupation in a cell below ground. 



Foodplants. Oleander (Nerium oleander) and other plants. 



\ minor pest of ornamental oleanders which it some- 

 times strips of theii \<-.<\ es. 



Control. Hand-picking oi the larvae, which rest on the leaves 

 and twigs, although they are by no means easj to see in spite ol 

 their large size. 



EUPTEROTIDiE. 



EUPTEROTE MOLLIFERA, Wlk. 



5, — Eupte rote mollif 'era, male, rhe outline figure sljov tb< 

 natural size, (I >i iginal. I 



