﻿18.— 
  NOTES 
  ON 
  NAT 
  ADA 
  NARARIA, 
  MOORE. 
  

  

  By 
  E. 
  Ballard, 
  B.A., 
  F.E.S., 
  Government 
  Entomologist, 
  Madras, 
  and 
  

   Rao 
  Sahib 
  Y. 
  Ramachandra 
  Rao, 
  M.A., 
  F.E.S., 
  Assistant 
  Entomo- 
  

   logist, 
  Madras. 
  

  

  (Plate 
  XXVI). 
  

  

  Foodplant 
  — 
  Pithecolohium 
  dulce 
  ', 
  Coffee. 
  

  

  While 
  sorting 
  and 
  arranging 
  the 
  cage 
  slips 
  from 
  the 
  lusectary, 
  I 
  

   came 
  across 
  the 
  following 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  lifehistory 
  of 
  Nafada 
  nararia. 
  

   Our 
  attention 
  was 
  called 
  to 
  this 
  insect 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  larvae 
  were 
  

   defoliating 
  a 
  hedge 
  {Pithecolohium 
  dulce) 
  which 
  surrounded 
  the 
  Gas 
  

   Works 
  on 
  the 
  College 
  Estate. 
  

  

  As 
  it 
  was 
  to 
  the 
  aesthetic 
  interest 
  of 
  the 
  community 
  that 
  the 
  hedge 
  

   should 
  be 
  saved 
  more 
  important 
  problems 
  were 
  for 
  the 
  moment 
  set 
  aside 
  

   and 
  our 
  attention 
  concentrated 
  on 
  this 
  Limacodid. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Fauna 
  of 
  India, 
  Vol. 
  I, 
  p. 
  382, 
  Sir 
  George 
  Hampson 
  gives 
  the 
  

   following 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  adult 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Pale 
  brownish 
  ochreous. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  with 
  basal 
  two 
  thirds 
  redder 
  

   and 
  bordered 
  outwardly 
  by 
  a 
  dark 
  brown 
  somewhat 
  diffuse 
  

   curved 
  line. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  form 
  " 
  signata 
  " 
  from 
  Ceylon 
  has 
  the 
  forewing 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   sufEused 
  with 
  brown, 
  sometimes 
  with 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  black 
  dot 
  at 
  end 
  

   of 
  cell 
  " 
  Exp. 
  12-20, 
  22 
  mm. 
  

  

  He 
  gives 
  the 
  following 
  localities 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Dharmsala, 
  Mhow, 
  Nilgiris, 
  Ceylon. 
  

  

  Egg. 
  Pale 
  yellow, 
  elliptical, 
  flat, 
  resembling 
  a 
  young 
  Lecanium, 
  

   1-25 
  mm., 
  laid 
  singly 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  leaves 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  cage. 
  

  

  Number 
  laid. 
  Female 
  in 
  cage 
  A 
  laid 
  158 
  (15th 
  January 
  1914) 
  ; 
  she 
  

   was 
  then 
  put 
  into 
  " 
  B 
  " 
  and 
  laid 
  21 
  more, 
  transferred 
  to 
  " 
  E 
  " 
  and 
  laid 
  

   20 
  more, 
  transferred 
  to 
  ' 
  F 
  " 
  and 
  laid 
  no 
  more 
  and 
  died, 
  i.e., 
  between 
  

   dates 
  14th-15th 
  January 
  1914 
  and 
  17th-18th 
  January 
  1914 
  she 
  laid 
  

   158 
  plus 
  20 
  plus 
  21 
  =199. 
  

  

  Another 
  in 
  cage 
  C, 
  16th-17th 
  January 
  1914, 
  laid 
  73. 
  

   Transferred 
  to 
  " 
  D 
  " 
  morning 
  of 
  20th 
  January 
  1914, 
  found 
  dead, 
  

   having 
  laid 
  8 
  more 
  eggs 
  ; 
  73 
  plus 
  8 
  equal 
  to 
  81. 
  

  

  Cage 
  X. 
  17th 
  January 
  1914, 
  moths 
  in 
  cop. 
  put 
  in. 
  

  

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  153 
  ) 
  

  

  