Mr. Ghosh. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
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In Bengal large mango trees may be attacked. 
Natada velutina |“ Indian Insect Life,” p. 500, fig. 335] is also some- 
times found on mango but is not common as a rule and has not been 
noticed as a pest. 
Huthalia garuda [Le., p. 411, tab. 30] sometimes occurs on mango 
in fair numbers but is not a pest. 
Cricula trifenestrata [“ South Indian Insects,” pp. 405-406, fig. 277] 
occurs on mango, cashew (Anacardium occidentale), Terminalia, Careya 
arborea and other trees. It is found throughout the damper districts 
of Southern India, in North-Eastern India and Burma, and is sometimes 
a serious pest of mango, especially in Bengal. In bad cases of attack 
the larvee strip the leaves and the branches are covered with the masses 
of the golden-yellow cocoons ; these cocoons may be collected in large 
numbers and the pup destroyed. The larval hairs are poisonous and 
the caterpillars should be dealt with with some caution. Phycita denti- 
linella parasitizes this insect in its pupal stage, laying its eges on the 
cocoon of Cricula, the pupa being destroyed by the Phycita larva. 
Cricula trifenestrata occurs sporadically in Kastern Bengal and is a 
serious pest when it does occur. 
Lymantria beatrix occurs throughout India and Ceylon. The larva 
has been found feeding on mango at Poona and Pusa but cannot be con- 
sidered a pest. 
Euproctis lunata was recorded as defoliating mango and other trees 
in Mysore in June 1902, but otherwise we do not know this as a pest. 
Bombotelia jocosatrix [“ South Indian Insects,” pp. 382-383, fig. 245] 
occurs in Southern and Western India and in Bihar and has been reared 
on various occasions from mango leaves. It is not common as a rule, 
but occasionally does some damage. 
Selepa (Plotheia) celtis occurs throughout India and Burma and 
is an occasional sporadic (sometimes serious) pest of mango. It also. 
occurs on litchi, rose, Odina wodier, Terminalia catappa, Gmelina arborea 
and various other trees. 
Thalassodes quadrarva occurs, usually in small numbers, on mango, 
on which it has been found at Poona and Pusa. In January 1909 it 
was found in large numbers on mango at Pusa ; so that this species may 
be a sporadic pest. 
Macalla moncusalis [l.c., pp. 429-430, fig. 306] occurs throughout 
India but has only been noted as a pest of mango in Madras. The larva 
webs up the shoots and leaves and destroys the young leaves. The 
webs are conspicuous and easily collected and destroyed with the enclosed 
caterpillars. 
