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!'H INDIAN INSECTS. ETC. 



Distribution. — Probably throughout Southern In.lia. 



Lifehistory. — Caterpillar darker or lighter grey with a yellowish 

 tinge on the back, down which runs an interrupted dark line, and 

 there are also broken dark lines along the sides. Pupation in a 

 cocoon. 



Food. — Seeds of Cassia fistula and C. occidentalism Litchi (Nephelium 

 litchij. Tamarind (Tamarindus indie a), and probably of other trees. 



Status. — Scarcely a pest. 



EUCELIS CR1TICA. Meyr. 

 Eucclis critica, Meyr.. B.J.. XVL, 587 : Lefroy, Ind. Ins. Pests, p. 

 143 ; Ent. Mem. Dept. Agri.. Ind., I. 221. ; Ind. Ins. Life. p. 530. t. 55. 

 (See Plate XXXIX. i 



Distribution. -Probably throughout the Plain> of Southern India. 



Lifehistory. — The eggs are laid singly, usually on the leaves at 

 the upper part of plants. The caterpillar is about 9 mm. long, 

 moderately stout, smooth except for a few short scattered hairs, in 

 colour yellowish, with a brown head. It rolls and webs together 

 the upper leaves of the food-plant, pupating in a scanty covering 

 of white silk between the folds of a leaf. Pupa reddish-brown, in 

 spun-up shoots of Cajanus indicus; pupal period about a week. 



Foodplants. — Red Gram (Cajanus indicus). 



Status.— A minor pest. 



LASPEYRESIA KOEN1GANA. Fb. 

 Pyralis koenigana, Fab.. Ent. Syst. III. ii. 279 (17 

 No\ \ 



■ 4. f. '■:. 

 Laspeyresia aurantiana, Meyr.. P. L: - N.S.W., XXXVI, 

 292-293 (1911)- 



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Distribution. — Coimbatore. Probably throughout Southern India. 



