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Pelamia undafa, Fb. 



S. I. I., p. 388, f. 252 [Eemigia] ; Hmpsn., Cat. XIII, 91-93, 

 f. 25 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 80, 102. 



Eemigia archesia, Cram. ; Hmpsn., F. I., II, 526, f. 293 ; 

 I. M. N., V, 159 ; I. I. L., pp. 450 451, f. 309. 



Occurs abundantly throughout India, Burma and Ceylon and is a 

 m'nor pest of pulses as a rule, feeding mostly on the lower leaves, but is 

 sometimes extremely abundant on indigo. The Pusa Collection con- 

 tains examples from the following localities and reared on the food- 

 plants noted : — 



Palur (South Arcot) . . . Indigo. 



Dharwar (Bombay) . . . Boring into potatoes in the field. 



Nagpur ..... Cotton (verj' minor pest). 



Pusa ..... Vrid, cowpea, arhar. 



Pericyma glaucindns, Guen. 

 S. I. I., p. 389, f. 255 [Homo'ptera] ; Hmpsn., Cat. XIII, 303-304, f. 76. 

 A minor pest of Sesbania spp. We have it from Rangpur on Ses- 

 bania, from Cuttack on Dhaincha (Sesbania aculeata), and from Coim- 

 batore on Sesbania cegyptiaca. 



Plusia ni, Hb. 



Hmpsn., Cat. XIII, 468-470, f. 121 [Phytometra] ; Proc. Second 

 Entl. Meeting, p. 282. 

 Occurs throughout India. We have it from Pusa and Lahore on 

 cauliflower and from Surat and Kumbharia (Bombay) on cabbage. 

 Other larval foodplants include safflower, nettle and Solanum, and in 

 the United Provinces and Gujarat it is said to occur on opium poppy 

 also. It is scarcely a pest. 



Plusia Jimbirena, Guen. 



. Hmpsn., Cat. XIII, 472 [Phytometra'] F. I., II, 568 : I. M. N., 



V, 162 ; I. I. L., p. 452 ; Ent. Mo. Mag. 1900, 127 ; Proc. 



Second Entl. Meeting, p. 80. 



Has been recorded as feeding upon indigo in Bihar. Possibly the 



identification is incorrect, as this species is recorded only from the Nil- 



giris and Ceylon in Hampson's Catalogue. 



