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SOME SOLTH INDIAN INSECTS, ETC. 



PSYCH II >.H. 

 CLANIA CRAMERI, Westwd. 



Oiketicus crameri, Westwd., P.Z.S. (1854). 236, t. 37, f. 4. 



Eumeta crameri, I. M.N., IV, 17-18, t. 3, t". 2. 



Clania crameri, Hmpsn., Faun. End. Moths, I, 291 ; Dungeon, B.J. 

 XII, 643; Anstead, Planters Chron., VIII. 170; Watt and Mann. 

 Pests of Tea. pp. 188 189, t. 7. f- 4- 



In.. 325. — Clania crameri, larva case and male moth. (Original.) 



Distribution. — Throughout Southern India. 



Lifehistory.- -Not known in detail. The caterpillar lives in a 

 case composed of silk overlaid with small twigs, grass-stems, etc., 

 laid longitudinally to form a faggot-shaped bundle. Pupation 

 inside the larval ease. The male moth is winged, the female a 

 wingless grub, little more than a bag of eggs, which never leaves 

 the case. The caterpillar feeds on both leaves and bark of 

 tea-bushes. 



Foodplants. Polyphagous. Babul (Acacia arabica), Tea, etc. 



Status. Not a pest in the Plains but sometimes does a good deal 

 of damage to Tea. 



Control. The larval cases are fairly easily seen and may be 



handpicked and burnt. 



Remarks. I have not seen specimens of C. crameri from the tea 

 Districts and the name is given on the authority of Mr. Anstead 

 who informs me that it does a good deal >>t damage to tea some- 

 times. It is possible that Clania variegata is really referred to 

 (See Hmpsn.. Faun. End. Moths, I, 291. I. 200; Hell, B.J., XVII, 

 837 — 840, fig.). The habits and general appearance of both insects 

 are almost identical. 



ZYG^NID/E. 

 HETERUSIA Y1RESCENS, Butl 

 Heterusia virescens, Butler. III. Het. v. 21. t. .S3, 

 Ind. Moths, I, 262. 



3 ; Hmpsn., Faun, 



