! I I'll" IPTERA. 



-41'' 



S astus greiniu 



I In outline figure shows the natural size. 

 al.) 



Lifehistory. -The larva is pale-green with a narrow blue line 

 down the back; it lives in tubes formed by rolling up portions ol 

 palm-leaves. When full fed, it closes the ends ot this tubular-cell 

 with silk and changes to a yellowish pupa. Prior to pupation the 

 larval cell is sometimes cut adrift from the palm-leaf, the larva 

 pupating on the ground. 



Foodplants. -Palms, mostly palmyra. Also recorded from coco- 

 nut palm. 



Status. — A minor pest. 



Control. — ? 



TELICOTA AUGIAS, Linn. 

 Papilio augias, Linn., Syst. Nat. (ed. XII). I. p. 704 ' 1767V 

 Telicota augias, Distant. Rhop. Malay, p. 382, t. 34, I. 23 ; Lefroy, 

 Ind. Ins. Life, pp. 43] 432. 



I 11 >ta augias. (Original.) 



Distribution. Vizagapatam, Coimbatore, South Arcot. Probably 



throughout Southern India all the year round. 



