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Exiblemma dimidialis, Fb. 



PhalcBna dimidialis, Fb., Ent. Syst. Ill, ii, 224 (1794) ; Htnpsn., 



Cat. X, 797 [Eitblemma]. 

 AnthopMla seda, C4uen., Noct. II, 249 (1852) ; Hrapsn., Cat. 



X, 77, f. 35 [Eubhmma]. 

 Micro hemirhoda, Wlk., Cat. XXVIII, 799 (1865) ; Hmpsn., 



F. I., II, 342 [Evblemma] ; Fletcher, Kept. Impl. Entom., 



1917-18, p. 104, t. 20 [Enhlemmal 



We liave two specimens labelled " Coimbatore ; on cholam " and Mr. Fletcher., 

 one from Travancore labelled " on cowpea," but it is not apparent 

 that these examples were bred. Specimens from Palur, S. Arcot, were 

 noted as " flying in numbers in the groundnut fields " on 24th April 

 1907. The moth is common at Pusa and has been bred from larvae 

 eating mvvg flowers. We have it also from C4auhati. 



Eiiblemma olivacea, Wlk. 

 S. 1. 1., pp. 380-381, f. 241 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 287 (tab.). 

 Occurs throughout India as a pest of brinjal. Our specimens are 

 from Pusa and Dharwar, and I have seen it from Lyallpur. It is usually 

 a minor pest, occasionally very destructive. The larva rolls brinjal 

 leaves ; it does not " bore in the green shoots " as stated (Indian Insect 

 Life, p. 451) by Lefroy, who has apparently' described the larva of this 

 species under the name Plotheia nephehtis (J. c, p. 449). 



Eublemma siUcida, Swinh. 



Swinhoe, A. M. N. H. (G) XIX, 167 (1897) ; Hmpsn., Cat. X, 



128-129, t. 152, f. 19 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 222. 



Reared at Pusa from larvae in flowers of Nyctanthes arbortristis and 



from mango buds and inflorescence, from castor fruit and from larvse 



eating grains in bajra heads, at Nagpu; from mango flowers and from 



laivse in jM«r heads, and at Coimba'ore from larvse in c/io.'am earheads. 



It is found also on Lantana cnmara. Mr. Ramachandra 



Rao. 



Cretoiiia vegeta, Swinh. 

 Hmpsn., F. I., II, 325, f. 175 [SwinJwul Cat. X, 388-389, f. 123. 



Widely distributed throughout India, Burma and Ceylon. Has Mr. Fletcher, 

 been reared at Pusa from a larva found on rice leaves, but is not 

 known to be a pest. 



