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The leaves are attacked by :— 
Diacrisia obliqua. 
Cosmophila fulwida. 
Tarache opalinordes. 
Acontia malve. 
Diacrisia obliqua will feed on this, as on practically all low-growing 
plants. 
Cosmophila fulwida occurs throughout India, Burma and Ceylon. 
At Pusa it has been reared on Abutilon indicum and on Sida sp. It 
has not yet been noted on any cultivated plant but may be found on 
cotton, Hibiscus, hollyhock, etc. 
Tarache opalinoides [“ South Indian Insects,” p. 382, fig. 244] is 
occasionally found on Abutilon and we have already noticed it under 
cotton. 
Acontia malve has been reared at Nagpur on Abutilon and we have 
already noticed it under bhindt. 
The capsules of Abutilon indicum provide food for :— 
Eanrias fabia. 
»  tnsulana. : 
Gelechia gossypiella. 
Oxycarenus letus. 
Dysdercus cingulatus. 
Earias fabia and imsulana have been reared at Pusa on Abutilon 
and this plant is of some importance, especially in the Punjab, 
in carrying on these species during the period that cotton is not in the 
ground. The removal of this weed is therefore indicated. 
Gelechia gossypiella has only been bred once at Pusa from Abutilon, 
so this is evidently not a favourite foodplant of Gelechia, but still it 
can breed in it and probably does so on occasion. 
Dysdercus cingulatus and Oxycarenus letus both occur commonly 
on Abutilon and we need not discuss them again. 
Throughout the Central Provinces a small weevil is found attacking 
the fruits of Abutilon indicum. This weevil does not occur on any culti- 
vated variety of Hibiscus. 
We should like to see some specimens of that. Mr. Fletcher. 
Mr. Ratiram. 
Malva parviflora. 
| Sonchal—Punjab. | 
Malva parviflora is a common weed in the Punjab and also provides 
an alternative foodplant for Barias insulana. 
