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PROCEEDINGS Of THE THIUD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEliTIMG 



EHgrna narcissus, Cr. 

 S. 1. 1., pp. 383-384, ff. 247-248 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, 



263. 



Occurs throughout Southern India on Ailanthus, which is sometimes 

 completely defoliated by the larvae. 



Dr. Gough. 



Earias insuhtna, Boisd. 



S. I. I., pp. 384-385, t. 22; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 



104, 122, 123, 127, 129, 130. 



Occurs throughout the Plains of India and Burma a? a serious pest 



of cotton. Also attacks hhindi {Hibiscus esculentus) and has been 



reared at Pu5a fiom buds and flowers of Hibiscus rosa-simnsis and on 



kanghani {Abutihn indicum). 



Earias insulana has become are in Egypt since 1912. We ascribe 

 th's to the plant legislation against Pink Bollworm. Earias was a 

 major pest at one time ; but now it does not trouble us. 



Earias cupreoviridis, Wlk. 



Xanihoptera cupreoviridis, Wlk., T. E. S. (3) I, 92 (1862). 

 Earias cupreoviridis, Hmpsn., Cat. XI, 505-506 ; S. I. I., t. 22, 



f. 7 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 127, 135. 

 Earias ckromataria ; Hmpsn., F. I., II, 133 ; I. I. L., p. 456. 

 Occurs in most parts of the Plains of India. Our specimens are from 

 Hazara District, Bassein Fort (Bombay), Nagpur, Pusa, Chapra, Cattack 

 and Dacca. Has been reared at Pusa on bariar (Sida cordifolia) and at 

 Nagpur on wild malvaceous plants. At Cuttack also the larva haa 

 been found boring into jute capsules as a very minor pest. 

 In Ceylon it occurs on garden hollyhocks. 



Dr. Gough. 

 Mr. P. C. Sen 



Earias fabia, Stoll. 



S. I. I., p. 385, t. 23 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 104, 

 122, 123, 127, 129, 130. 

 Occurs throughout the Plains of India and Ceylon as a serious pest of 

 cotton, boring the young shoots and bolls and sometimes feeding on the 

 flowers. Also on blindi, boring the pods, and has also been reared at 

 Pusa on Hibiscus alelmoschus and fiom flower bud of H. rosa-sinensis. 

 Earias fabia does not occur in Egypt. We only get E. insulana. 

 Last year Earias fabia was found bad on shoots and bolls of cotton 

 grown on the Dacca Farm. 



