a cer ean sreinhe HATon Gy ln Lem, Agncc . BAA. S% ee. Ga) bh ter, U.A—. 
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7 Venlo tl9 Sau 
Berita Prutgin Colin’ Pefrr Mfr. Yemarberh ign ph 97-4, 
Nef foie te ee Rao Ass. 26 ES: RK B91 -499, tas, fr. [Nv a WAS ots % 
T. BAINBRIGGE FLETCHER 115 : 
. K. Ih. tr: Aan Ag ; m wr: KIN 669 - b69 
NEPHANTIS SERINOPA, MEYR. C- 7) %0 ie 7 19 afi f 
Nephantis serinopa, Meyr., B. J., XVI, 603 (1905)(!) ; Lefroy, Ind. Ins. Life, 
pp. 535-536 (1909)(2) ;- Fletcher, 8. Ind. Ins., pp. 460-461, f. 336 (1914)(3) ; Va 
Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 259, 262 (1917)(4),° fin, fh. W Entl, bur. T.182 (Mov. i920 
Originally described from Batticaloa, on the East coast of Ceylon('). 
Also occurs commonly throughout the Plains of Southern India(? *), Bengal(*) 
and Lower Burma(‘). 
“ The eggs, which turn pinkish after deposition, are laid in small batches _ 
of a dozen or twenty together amongst the frass and debris of larval galleries |, [aaa prren 90) 7 
on palm leaves. The caterpillar constructs a gallery of silk and excremen- IS Come Ka tenuhs 
titious matter over the lower surface of palm leaves, eating away the green | Suleakescutellom Gu 
matter and reducing the leaf to a thin membrane so that it dries up and dies.) |- rere, “Teeaitales 
In cases of bad infestation, practically the whole leaf may be eaten away [4 * e.. mt Fuel 
only the ribs remaining. The caterpillar is about 25 mm. long, in colour| Pe 
: : 2 : : 7 hee, i 93+ dec fh 
greenish with faint paler lines along the body, and a black head. Pupa~— —t 
slender, dark red-brown, in a cocoon spun in the larval gallery. Foodplants :— = ae fern ie 
; ee ae a bean ea Bia /E lasmus_ nephant vac, 
Coconut and Palmyra palms ”’(°). [ea rho. (Ty Ramaknca bon 
This species does not seem to occur at Pusa and has not been bred there.y.. Qe. Gxt ale 
Our specimens are from Batticaloa (larva on coconut), Koilpatti and Coim pe See ae 
batore (larva on palmyra), Tirumalai, S. Arcot (larva on coconut), Uttarpara © perme 9 
oF Ven ie PR 
: : : : Naor thee GanegarreS 
(Hughh) (larva on coconut), and Quilon (larva on coconut). Loc tatan, Mt Ean, Men ge WS: 

STENOMIDA.. 
SYNCHALARA RHOMBOTA, MEYR. 
Agriophara rhombota, Meyr., B. J., XVII, 981-982 (1907)('). 
7 3 Ot Ett. meen T, 159 / Mw. 9) 
Synchalara rhombota, Meyr., Exot. Micr., II, 60 (1917)(?);SWiAn 4 EAC teen. L197 . wn 
Described from the Khasi Hills and Silchar, in Assam(!). es 
Larva damaging tea-bushes, feeding between spun leaves and attacking Aten | =e 
bark when the foliage has been stripped oflf(*). ee PAP ne 
“Very common in Assam and used to be a serious pest. The pupe are pps 
found in large numbers, at this time of year, in the soil at the foot of the 
bushes, and by systematic collection of these when the bushes are being hand- 
forked in the cold weather the pest has been completely kept in check in this 
district [Cimnamara]. It is still very bad in the Margherita district of North 
Lakhimpur.” (EH. A. Andrews, in litt. 7th March 1916.) 
NEOSPAS TIS 
STENOMA ICHN@IA, MEYR./ See © 
Stenoma wchnea, Meyr., B. J., XXIII, 118 (1914)(!)) Exce twe. T 59 hig! 
Described from North Kanara(1). R: 
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