446 SOME SOUTH INDIAN INSECTS, ETC. 



ZEUZERJD 



/,EIZERA COFFE.E. Nietn. 

 f ///, Red Borer oj ( offee.) 

 Zeuzera cofiece, Nietner, Edin. New. Phil. Journ., XV, 36 (1862) 

 llmpsn.. Faun. Iml. Moths, I, 312 ; Lefroy, Ent. Mem. Agri. Dept, 

 [nd., I, 156, f. 41 ; Ind. Ins. Life, p. 496. 



I [G. US.— Zeuzera coffea : larva inside stem, pupa projecting from 



larval gallery after emergence ol moth, pupa removed from 



cocoon, and moth. (After Indian Museum Notes.) 



Distribution. Throughout the Hills of Southern India. 



Lifehistory. Caterpillar about 50 mm. long, stout, smooth, in 

 colour red-brown ; it bores into stems and branches of Coffee. Tea, 

 etc. Pupa red-brown, provided with bands of hooked spines; in 

 larval burrow. 



Foodplants. Coffee, Tea. Sandal (Santalum album), etc. 



Status. — Often does a considerable amount of damage in plant- 

 ing Districts but not looked on as a verj serious pest as a rule. 



(antral. — The entrance ol the larval burrow is usually marked 

 by the extrusion of excrement and wood-dust. The caterpillar 

 maj be cut out, or the burrow syringed with a mixture of Chloroform 

 2 parts, Creosote I part. 



AZVGOPHLEPS SCALAK1S. Fab. 



Hepialus scalaris, Fab., Mant. Ins., II, 135. 



Cossus .scalaris. Fab., Ent. Syst., III. pt. 2, p. 5 (1794). 



ophleps scalaris, Hmpsn., Faun. Ind. Moths. I, 310, f. 211; 

 Lefroy, Ind. Ins. Life, p. 496. 



