﻿S2.—ANATRACHYNTIS 
  FALCATELLA, 
  STT. 
  {PYRODERCES 
  

   SPODOCTHA, 
  MEYR.)- 
  

  

  (Plate 
  XLIV). 
  

   By 
  C. 
  S. 
  MiSRA, 
  B.A., 
  First 
  Assistant 
  to 
  tJie 
  Imperial 
  Entomologist. 
  

  

  Gracilaria 
  falcatella, 
  Stainton. 
  T. 
  E. 
  S. 
  (n.s.) 
  V, 
  121 
  (1859). 
  

   Pyroderces 
  spodochtha, 
  Meyr. 
  Bombay 
  Journal, 
  XVI, 
  G07 
  

  

  (1905). 
  

   Anatrachyntis 
  falcatella. 
  Proc. 
  Second 
  Entl. 
  Meeting, 
  1917, 
  

  

  p. 
  114. 
  

   Anatrachyntis 
  falcatella. 
  Proc. 
  Third 
  Entl. 
  Meeting, 
  1919, 
  

  

  p. 
  149. 
  

   Anatrachyntis 
  falcatella, 
  Meyr., 
  Exotic 
  Micro., 
  I, 
  325, 
  1915. 
  

   Anatrachyntis 
  falcatella. 
  Fletcher, 
  Ind. 
  Agric. 
  Ent. 
  Mem., 
  VI, 
  

  

  99 
  (Jan. 
  1921). 
  

  

  The 
  moth 
  has 
  hitherto 
  been 
  recorded 
  as 
  a 
  rubbish 
  feeder 
  and 
  has 
  

   been 
  recorded 
  from 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Pusa 
  1913, 
  1914, 
  1916. 
  From 
  cotton, 
  cotton 
  buds, 
  in 
  cage 
  

  

  containing 
  Dactylojnus 
  sp., 
  from 
  Eublemma 
  cage 
  and 
  on 
  Lac. 
  

  

  Calcutta. 
  

  

  Shillong.... 
  October 
  1916. 
  

  

  Gobichettipalayam 
  (Coimbatore 
  District) 
  on 
  a 
  rotten 
  pomegranate. 
  

  

  Kandy 
  Larva 
  in 
  resinous 
  masses 
  of 
  lac 
  coccid 
  Tachardia 
  

  

  albizzicB. 
  

  

  Bangalore 
  January 
  1920. 
  Larva 
  in 
  broodlac 
  on 
  Shorea 
  talura. 
  

  

  Last 
  year 
  when 
  I 
  began 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  parasites 
  and 
  the 
  predators 
  

   of 
  lac, 
  my 
  attention 
  was 
  drawn 
  to 
  a 
  consignment 
  of 
  broodlac 
  on 
  Shorea 
  

   talura 
  received 
  from 
  Dr. 
  Gilbert 
  Fowler 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  Institute 
  of 
  Science, 
  

   Bangalore. 
  The 
  first 
  moth 
  emerged 
  on 
  the 
  22nd 
  September 
  1920 
  and 
  

   a 
  number 
  of 
  moths 
  continued 
  to 
  emerge 
  until 
  the 
  24th 
  October 
  and 
  

   for 
  some 
  time 
  thereafter. 
  Two 
  other 
  consignments 
  were 
  received 
  

   subsequently 
  and 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  moths 
  that 
  emerged 
  from 
  these 
  was 
  

   also 
  large. 
  The 
  fourth 
  consignment 
  has 
  been 
  received 
  only 
  recently 
  

   and 
  from 
  this 
  too 
  the 
  moths 
  have 
  begun 
  to 
  come 
  out. 
  The 
  large 
  number 
  

   of 
  moths 
  that 
  emerged 
  from 
  the 
  four 
  consignments 
  made 
  it 
  highly 
  

   suspicious 
  that 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  were 
  not 
  altogether 
  harmless, 
  and 
  from 
  

   the 
  observations 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  make 
  hitherto, 
  it 
  appears 
  

   that 
  the 
  caterpillar 
  feeds 
  on 
  the 
  healthy 
  lac 
  females 
  within 
  resinous 
  

   cells. 
  The 
  caterpillars 
  occur 
  in 
  healthy 
  broodlac 
  along 
  with 
  Eublemma 
  

  

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