PROCEEDINGS CF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



Acontia graellsi, Feisth. 

 S. 1. 1., pp. 385-386, f. 249 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 101. 

 We have reared examples from the following localities : — 



Coimbatore 



Kadambokam (Madras) 



Surat 



Akola (Central Provinces) 



Nagpur 



Shripur (Bengal) 



Lyallpur . 



Cambodia cotton, gogu. 



Bhindi. 



Bhindi. 



Bhindi. 



Abutilon indicum. 



Cotton flower. 



Bhindi. 



It is a minor pest of cotton and bhindi. 



Anna caronata, Fb. 



Hmpsn., F. I., II, 502-503 [Ophiusa], Cat. XII, 427-428, f. 101. 



The larva is found commonly on Quisqualis and may be a minor 



garden pest. We have it from Pusa, Chapra and Darjiling, Insein and 



Minbu, and the moth is widely distributed in India, Burma and Ceylon. 



Aclicea Janata, Linn. {==Ophiusa melicerta, Diury). 



S. I. I., pp. 386-387, f. 250 ; Entl. Note 63 ; Proc. Second 

 Entl. Meeting, pp. 86, 232, 235, 265. 

 Occurs throughout India and Ceylon as a serious pest of castor. 

 Has also been reared at Pusa on rose and dudhi (Euphorbia pilulifera) 

 and at Nagpur on rose. 

 Mr. Senior- White. Achcea jana'a is a bad pest of rose in Ceylon. 



Mr. Fletcher ^^ India it occurs occasionally on rose but has never been noted as a 



pest. With us it is a major pest of castor and we always have trouble 



with it every year at Pusa on the castor grown for the eri silkworms. 



It is controlled by hand-picking. 



Mr. Misra. There is a j^arasite which attacks it, but this appears late in the 



Parallelia analis, Guen. 

 Hmpsn., F. I., II, 501 [Ophiusa], Cat. XII, 586, t. 221, f. 1 

 Was sent in in October 1913 from Mow Bazidpur, Darbhanga Dis- 

 trict, Bihar, as defoliating PhyUanthus emblica. Widely distributed 

 throughout India, Burma and Ceylon, but not otherwise known as a 

 pest. 



