426 SOME SOUTH INDIAN INSECTS. ETC. 



bristly hairs; burrowing in the stem of young plants, in top-shoots 

 bf older ones. The yellowish, elongate pupa in the larva] burrow. 

 Foodplant. Sugarcane. 



Status. A rather minor pest of cane in Southern India. 

 Control. '[) Cutting out and destruction of affected top-shoots. 

 (2) Attraction of moths by light-trap-. 



SCIRPOPHAGA MONOSTIGMA, Zeller. 

 Scirpophaga monostigma, Zell., Mon. Chil., p. 3 ; Hmpsn., Faun. 

 Ind. Moth-, IV. 46; Lefroy, Ent. Mem. Agri. Dept., Ind.. I, 200, f. 60 ; 

 Ind. Ins. Life, p. 511, t. 47- f. 3- 



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I 103. Scirpophaga monostigma. The outline figure shows the natural 



>i/.-. (( (riginal.) 



Distribution. Coimbatore ; probably throughout the submontane 

 district- oi Southern India. 



Lifehistory. Probably the same as in S. aurifiua. 



Foodplant. Sugarcane. 



Status. -A rather minor pest of cane. 



Control. —As in S. aurifiua. 



SCHCENOBIUS BIPUNCTIFER, Wlk. [PLATE XXIX.] 

 Schcenobius bipunctifer, Wlk.. Cat. XXVIII. 523: Hmpsn.. Faun. 

 Ind. Moths, IV. 48, t. 32; Lefroy, Ind. Ins. Life. p. 512. 



Distribution. Throughout the Plains of Southern India. 

 Lifehistory. -Eggs art- laid on leaves in clusters covered with 

 yellowish hair derived from the anal tuft of the female moth. The 

 caterpillar bore's in the stems of paddy and perhaps of wild grasses. 

 ["he lull-grown caterpillar is about 20 mm. long, slender, smooth. 

 segments distinct, in colour dull-whitish or yellowish sometimes 

 with a green tint, head orange-yellow. Pupation in the larval 

 burrow which is lined with silk. The moth emerges through a hole 

 previously cut by the caterpillar through the side of the stem. 



