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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOUETH 
  EXrOMOI.OGlCAf, 
  MEETING 
  

  

  tipped 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  hair. 
  The 
  colour 
  is 
  creamy 
  white, 
  the 
  protuberance 
  

   on 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  the 
  anal 
  papillae 
  turning 
  brownish 
  as 
  the 
  pupa 
  matures 
  

  

  Sahiria 
  inficita, 
  Wlk. 
  

  

  Foodplant 
  — 
  Ragi 
  or 
  Mania 
  {Eleusine 
  coracana). 
  

  

  This 
  borer 
  is 
  mentioned 
  in 
  South 
  Indian 
  Insects, 
  pp. 
  427-428, 
  

   where 
  an 
  illustration 
  is 
  given. 
  It 
  was 
  observed 
  as 
  a 
  minor 
  pest 
  on 
  

   the 
  Central 
  Farm 
  at 
  Coimbatore 
  in 
  August 
  and 
  September 
  in 
  1908, 
  

   1909 
  and 
  1913. 
  It 
  has 
  not 
  so 
  far 
  been 
  observed 
  in 
  North 
  India. 
  It 
  

   is 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  previous 
  species. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  note 
  on 
  the 
  lifehistory 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  above-mentioned 
  

   publication 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  larva 
  is 
  moderately 
  stoutly 
  built, 
  the 
  prothoracic 
  

   segment 
  is 
  large, 
  the 
  next 
  tAvo 
  segments 
  short 
  but 
  projecting 
  ; 
  in 
  colour 
  

   it 
  is 
  pure 
  creamy 
  white, 
  the 
  head 
  yellowish 
  tinged 
  with 
  blackish 
  around 
  

   the 
  mouthparts 
  ; 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  short 
  white 
  inconspicuous 
  hairs 
  on 
  

   all 
  segments. 
  It 
  bores 
  into 
  the 
  stem 
  of 
  the 
  foodplant 
  low 
  down 
  at 
  

   about 
  or 
  just 
  above 
  ground-level 
  and 
  pupates 
  in 
  the 
  stem 
  or 
  emerges 
  

   and 
  pupates 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  chamber 
  excavated 
  in 
  the 
  soil. 
  The 
  female 
  

   moths 
  are 
  attracted 
  to 
  light 
  at 
  night." 
  

  

  Scirpo2yhaga 
  xanthogastrella 
  . 
  

   Ikri 
  {Saccharwn 
  f'uscum) 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  foodplants. 
  

  

  Procomelis 
  trochala, 
  Meyr. 
  (Plate 
  XVII.) 
  

  

  Katra 
  {Andropogon 
  sqimrrosiis) 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  foodplants.. 
  

   The 
  caterpillars 
  webbed 
  up 
  the 
  bases 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  in 
  the 
  stool 
  at 
  the 
  

   surface 
  of 
  the 
  soil 
  and 
  nibbled 
  the 
  surfaces. 
  

  

  Raphimetoptus 
  (Anerastia) 
  abhdella 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  observed 
  to 
  occur 
  

   during 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  years. 
  

  

  Chilo 
  simplex. 
  

  

  Add 
  to 
  foodplants 
  Coix 
  lackryma-jobi 
  var. 
  aquatica. 
  

  

  The 
  larva 
  was 
  once 
  found 
  boring 
  Chichera 
  {Lujfa 
  sp.) 
  fruit 
  at 
  Pusa 
  

   in 
  July. 
  

  

  In 
  Burma 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  come 
  across 
  Chilo 
  simplex 
  during 
  my 
  search 
  in. 
  

   the 
  cold 
  weather 
  of 
  1920-21. 
  

  

  