432 ■ INSE4 rs. ET< ■ 



Lifehistory. Caterpillar rather flattened, about 15 mm. long 

 with .1 pair of narrow wavj whitish lines along the back, anil with 

 lateral black spots on two of the thoracic segments. The reddish- 

 brown pupa is enclosed in a thin coarse silken webbing between 

 the folds of a leaf. Pupal period 6 7 days; total lifehistory about 

 tour weeks. 



Status. Usually a minor pest of Amaranthus, occasionally doing 

 serious damage in gardens. 



Control. Spraying in small areas. A mixture of .Nicotine 

 Sulphate, 1 fluid ounce; Whale Oil Soap. 4 ounces ; Water, 4 gallons 

 is recommended by Marsh for use on vegetables intended for con- 

 sumption and with which it would be unsafe to use arsenical sprays. 

 Care must be taken to apply the spray to both sides 01' the leal. 



CNAPHALOCROCIS MEDINALIS, Gn. 



. . . medinalis, Guenee, Delt & Pyr., p. 201. 



Cnaphalocrocis medinalis, Hmpsn., Faun. 'vd. Moths. IV. 275, f. 

 166; Lefroy, bid. Ins. Pests, p. 122; Ent. Mem. Agri. Dept., bid., I. 

 209 ; bid. Ins. Life, p. 516. 



I 1 ... 108. Cnaphalocrocis medinalis, male. The outline figure shows the 

 natural size. t< (riginal.) 



Distribution. -Throughout the Plains ol Southern India. 



Lifehistory. The slender green caterpillar is about 20 mm. long. 

 It lives in folded leaves, which are not actually rolled but the tip is 

 merelj fastened over the broader basal part. Pupation in a brown- 

 ish cocoon on the leaf; pupal period about 6 days. The cater- 

 pillars eat the leaf tissue so thai the leaves become whitened and 

 sickly. 



Foodplants. Paddy. Probably on grasses also. 



Status.— A minor pesl ol Padd) as a rule, occasionally doing 

 considerable damage in the Northern Circars. Not known as .1 

 pest in the Southern parts of Madras. 



Control. — ? 



MARASMIA TRAPEZALIS, Gn. 



Botys trapezalis, Guenee, Delt. & Pyr., p. 200. 



Marasmia trapezalis, Hmpsn., Faun. Ind. Moths. IV, 277 ; Letroy, 

 Ind. Ins. Pests, p. [38 ; Ent. Mem. 1 >ept. Agri., Ind., I, 210. f. 63 ; Ind. 

 Ins. Life, p. 516. 



(See Plate XXXni.) 



