LEPIDOPTERA. 



42 5 



galleries lined with silk or may be found at the roots of its food- 

 plant. Puliation in larval gallery ; pupal period about ten days. 

 ' I V R 



Foodplants. -Paddy, Paspalum dilatation. Probablj on all 

 Gramineae. 



Status. Onlj found on one occasion as a serious pest oi p 

 seedlings. It is. however, liable to occur al any time in dry. sandy 

 localities. 



( 'ontrol. ' 1 ) I'll"' moths are strongly attracted to light and light- 

 traps maj be employed. 



(2) In paddy seed-beds or small experimental areas, spraying 

 1 it plants. 



($) Where practicable flooding of affected areas will bring 

 up the larvae which are greedily devoured by crows, etc. 



SCIRPOPHAGA AURIFLUA, Zeller. 



Scirpophaga auriflua, Zeller, Mon. Chil., p. 2; Hmpsn., Faun. 

 Ind. Moths. 1\'.4(); Lefroy, Ind. Ins. Pests, pp. 130 [33, t. 152; 

 Ent. Mem. Agri. Dept., Ind.. I, [99, f. 59; Ind. Ins. Life, p. 511, t. 47, 

 ff. 2, 5, 14. 17- 



Scirpophaga intuitu. Snell, Tijd. v. Ent. (1891), 343, t. XVIU, ff. 

 1 4 ; Lefroy, Ind. Ins. Life, t. 47, f. 10. 



1 si irpophaga auriflua. The outline fi| 



- :nal. 



Distribution.— Throughout the Plains of Southern India. 



Lifehistory. — Eggs are laid on a leaf in a cluster covered with 

 the orange hairs from the anal tuft of the female moth. Caterpillar 

 dirtv yellowish-white, rather stout, smooth except for .1 few -hort 



