LEPIDOPTER \. 



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extremity the two internal hair tufts arc much larger than the 

 rest. In walking, the legs arc not visible and the caterpillar moves 

 with a sluglike motion. Pupation in a tough shell-like rounded 

 cocoon, often found in numbi tree-trunks. Pupation 



period three to five weeks or lonf 



Fig. 283. —Parasa lepida, larva. 'I lit- small figure shows the natural size. 



i al.) 



Foodplants.- Castor, mango, ccccnut. palmyra, wcod-apple, 

 pepper, pomegranate, cauliflower, tea, coffee. Polyphagous. 



St, iltts.- An occasional serious pest, even of large trees, which 

 it strips entirely of leaves. 



Control. — (I) In the case of low-growing trees and shrubs the 

 larvae, being more or less gregarious, may be hand-picked, can- 

 being taken not to touch them with the bare hand as the larval 

 spines are very poisonous. 



(2) Spraying with Lead Arsenate or similar poison. Cm 

 of pupze in tin- cocoons on tree-trunks. 



\M 11 \ NI\ 1 \. Wlk. 

 Althanivea, Wlk., J.L.S., VI, 173; Hmpsn., Faun. Ind. Mot 

 397, f. 273; Lefroy. Ind. Ins. Life, p. 499- 



