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It cannot be said, however, that A. illepida is much of a pest as a rule. 
Even in the case of a high infestation of litchi fruits, comparatively little 
damage is done to the fleshy edible portion of the fruit. part Any 
The full-grown larva is about 15 to19 mm. long and 2 to 3 mm. road’ Kis cnnptoph die 
across the thorax, cylindrical, tapering slightly posteriorly, segments distinct, ree ae 
gts 
skin soft and smooth, colour rather variab!'e, usually light yellow, darker cul 
: : aay ’ rayon, Bot pate 
dorsally, sometimes greyish with a yellow tinge, pinkish brown, reddish, or /Y% te 
b. 364 , OH a 
pale yellow with a greenish tinge ; head broad, shiny reddish-brown ; protho- | 
racic shield large, shiny dark-brown, divided medially ; tubercles rather large, 
rounded, brownish or yellowish, each bearing a single thin brown, hair ; ana! 
plate large, dark brown, rather glossy ; spiracles oval with a black rim enclosing 
a clear space ; a whitish tube connecting spiracles visible beneath the skin ; 
legs and prolegs normal ; prolegs pale yellow, hcoklets brown, disposed in a 
circle, 
Pupation takes place either within the attacked fruit (dhaincha, bael) or out- 
side of it (litcht) m a thin white silken cocoon which cither lines the intericr 
of the larval gallery, one end of the cocoon being near anexit hole which is 
covered with frass, or which is spun up in any convenient crevice. At emer- - 
gence of the moth, which takes place seven to fourteen days after spinning up, 
the pupa is almost wholly protruded from the cocoon. 
The pupa is about 8 mm. long and 2 mm. broad, cylindrical, penta 
posteriorly, both extremities rounded, yellow-brown; seccnd to seventh 
abdominal segments dorsally with two transverse rows of spines, one on 
anterior, the other on posterior, portions of segments ; eighth and ninth abdomi- 
nai segments with only one transverse row of spines dorsally ; anal segment 
with about eight cremastral hooks. (Pusa Insectary Cage-slips 537, 898,” 
1019, 1064 and 1738.) 
ARGYROPLOCE APROBOLA, MEYR, ~~ 
Kecopsis aprobola, Meyr., T.E.S., 1886, 275(!). 
Platypeplus aprobola, Wlsm. in eee Lep. Ceylon, IIT, 495, t.208 fz (1887)(2). 
Argyroploce aprobola, Meyr, Rec. Ind. Mus., a 218 (3), Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 
XXXVI, 275 (1911)(4), Tr. Linn. Soc. (2) XIV, 269 (1911)(), Entom. 
Mitteil. Suppl. III, p. 49 ave Proc. eens Entl. Meeting, pp. 219, 
230, 267 (1917)(2); Ramararvrin Reo he Apes Eer-them. L281 Mme ire 
Occurs commonly throughout India and Ceylon, ranging to the Sey- 
chelles(* >) and Amirante Islands(5), Chagos Islands (5), Formesa(®), New 
Guinea(*), Queensland(*) to Tonga(! 5) and Tahiti). AnaA +n . 
We have it from Pusa, Chapra, Palamau, Bassein Fort (Bombay), Suret. 
Kallar, Coimbatore and Pollibetta (South Coorg). Rime , Baia MN: Hamat: tees ) 
Rammamg C Mettery ) Nagh. my 
