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SOME SOUTH INDIAN INSECTS, ETC. 



about 12 nun. long, pale-green, with a roughened skin. The short 

 s(|iiat pupa is pale yellowish-green or greyish, smooth, with a double 

 sub-dorsal series ol small blackish spots; pupation usually on a 

 leaf, twig, or pod of the foodplant. 



Foodplants. -Crotalaria and Pisum of various species, and prob- 

 ably on most pulses. 



Status. May be a serious pest in localities where Crotalaria is 

 grown lor seed. 



Control. — ? 



VIRACHOLA ISOCRATES, Fabr. 



Hesperia isocrates, Fab., Ent. Syst., 111. i, 266 267 (1793). 

 Thecla isocrates, Westw., T.E.S., II. 1 8. t. 1 (1835). 

 Virachola isocrates, Lef roy, Ind. Ins. Pests, pp. 179 180, ff. 199—206, 

 Ind. Ins. Life, p. 428, f. 293- 



tcliola isocrates, larva and male and female butterfly. 



I Lai va after 1 ei figures original.) 



Distribution. Throughout Southern India. 



Lifehistory. Eggs are laid on the flowers and buds, the larva 

 boring into the fruit until full fed, when it emerges and secures the 

 stalk of the fruit to the stem with a silken binding; thisdone.it 

 ters the fruit and pupate-. 



Foodplants. Pomi granate, guava, loquat, tamarind, orange. 



Status. Sometimes .1 serious pest of pomegranate, but only 

 occasionally attacks other fruits. 



