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Cirphis compta is said to have been found on paddy in Southern 
India (Coimbatore and Madras), but does little damage. It may be 
a sporadic local pest. We seem to know very little about it at present. 
Borolia venalba is widely distributed in India and is an occasional 
pest of rice, especially in Southern India. It has been found feeding 
on rice-plants at Pusa, Manganallur (Tanjore District) and Puraswakam 
(Madras). In Madras it seems to occur chiefly in May and October. 
In July 1902 it was found destructive to rice at Tangalla, in Ceylon. 
Spodoptera abyssinia was found attacking paddy at Coimbatore in 
August 1916. The Pusa Collection contains moths from Peshawar, 
Pusa and Coimbatore, and the species occurs throughout Peninsular 
India. It is probably common’on rice, but has been overlooked. 
Pelamia (Remigia) frugalis [* South Indian Insects,” pp. 388-389, 
fig. 253] occurs throughout India on various grasses and is an occasional 
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pest of the rice-plant. 
Dasychira securis 1s described and figured in “South Indian Insects ’’, 
p. 397, fig. 265, and we have since issued a coloured plate showing the 
life-history. Itis a minor pest of paddy. The caterpillars are con- 
spicuous and feed exposed, so may be hand-picked. 
Nisaga simplex occurs in most grassy areas in Western and Central 
India. We have examples from Belgaum, Poona, Pachmarhi, Ranchi 
and Pusa, and I have seen the larvee at Mercara, in North Coorg. The 
caterpillars are found on wild grasses and sometimes occur literally in 
millions, but seem to do little harm to crops as a rule. Occasionally 
they have been known to invade paddy areas and to do a little damage. 
Nisaga simplex is a minor pest of paddy, found on rice-plants only mr, Ghosh. 
once, at Ranchi. It has only one generation in the year and at Pusa 
rests as a pupa from about September to July. 
Mycalesis perseus is sometimes found on rice at Pusa in small numbers, Mr. Fletcher. 
but is not a pest. 
Mycalesis mineus. Pupae of this species have been found at Gauhati 
on rice-leaves, so presumably the caterpillar feeds on the rice-plant, but 
it is not known as a pest. 
Melanitis ismene is described and figured in ‘‘ South Indian Insects ”, 
p. 412, tab. 50, figs. 7-9, and has since been described in Entomological 
Memoirs, Vol. V, pp. 3-7, tab. 1. It occurs throughout India, Burma 
and Ceylon, and is a minor pest of the rice-plant. 
Junonia almana [“ Indian Insect Life’, p. 413, fig. 282] occurs 
throughout India, Burma and Ceylon and has been reared from larvze 
found on rice, Mimulus gracilis and Rungia parviflora. It has been 
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