TKOCEEDINGS OF THE THIKD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING bl 



CirpMs larvee hide away by day. I do not think we have much to 

 add to what was said at the last Meeting regarding control of this insect. 



Borolia venalha. Mo. 



Hmpsn., F. I., II, 279 [Leucania venalha]. Cat. V, 567, t. 94, 

 f. 32 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 163. 

 Widely distributed and an occasional pest of rice, especially in 

 Sonthein India. Has been found feeding on rice at Pusa, Manganallur 

 (Tanjore District) and Puraswakam (Madras). In Madras it seems to 

 occur chiefly in May and October. In .luly 1902 it was found de-truct've 

 to rice at Tangalla, Ceylon. 



Perigea capensis, Gn. 



S-. 1. 1., pp. 376-377, f. 239 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 9-5, 



96 (Tab.), 134. 



Widely distributed throughout India as a sporadic destructive pest 



of Saffiower. W^e have examples reared on safflower {Carthamus tinc- 



tarius) at Coimbatore, Nagpur and Pusa and at Pusa it has also been 



reared on jute, Niger-seed, Coreopsis, Artemisia and Blumea bals'imifera. 



Prodcnia litura, Fb. 



I. I., pp. 377-378. t. 19 ; 

 pp. 49, 51, 53, .59, 64, 75, 80, f 



Pioc. Second Entl. Meeting, 



5,89,91,127,133,179,189, 203, 



206, 2.37, 264, 271, 273, 280, 283, 289, 291, 298. 



Occurs commonly throughout India, Burma and Ceyon. The larva 



is remarkably polyphagous but this species is especially a major pest of 



tobacco and castor. The Pusa collection contains examples from the 



following localities and reared on the foodplants .specified : — 



