64 rROCEEDlNGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



[Agrotis sp. 



[An Agrotis was found doing considerable damage to ganja plants 

 inNowgaon (Rajshahi D strict) last year. Irrigation and hand-picking 

 were found useful in its cont.ol. I cannot say definitely what species 

 it was.] 



Polia ccnsanguis, Gn. 



Hmpsn., Cat. Lep. Phal. V, 102-103, f. 23. 



Recorded by Hampson from Sultanpur, Simla, Dharmsala, Sikkim, 

 Nilg'ris, Ceylon. 



At Pusa t has been reared in some numbers on Graminese. (C. S. 

 1366andC. S. 1527). 



Tiracola p'agia'a, Wlk. 

 Hmpsn., Cat. Lep. Phal. V, 258-259, f. 51. 

 Recorded by Hampson from Sikkim, Bombay, Kanara and Ceylon. 

 It is a common species at Darjiling. 



At Shillong in 1918 one larva was found on apple, eating leaves. 

 It pupated on 11-12 July and emerged on 2nd August. This species has 

 also been found on tea in Assam, but is not known to be a pest. 



BritJiys crini, Fb. 



Glottula dominica, Cr. ; I. I. L., p. 415. 



Brithys crini, Hmpsn., Cat. V, 448, f. 125 ; Piepers and Snellen, 



Tijds. voor Ent. XLIX 37 (1906) ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, 



pp. 266, 268 (1917). 



Occurs throughout India and Burma and is an occasional pest of 



culiivated lilies. We have specimens reared on lilies at Pusa, Shillong, 



Daltonganj and Mandalay. Piepers and Snellen describe (Z. c.) the larva, 



found on Crinum and Cro us in Java. 



It has the habit of boring into the plants attacked. 

 I have not noticed that in cases where I have come across the larvae. 

 They were feeding much like those of Polytela gloriosce. 



Poly t la gloriosce, Fb. 



S. 1. 1., pp. 375-376, f. 238 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 266, 



268. 



Dstributed widely throughout the Plains of India, Burma and Ceylon. 



The black'sh white spotted larva feeds on Gloriosa superba and on li ies 



(Amar/llidacese), often occurring in large numbers and proving a pest 



