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Plusia daub'': Boisd. 



Hmpsn., Cat. XIII, 477-478 [Phijtometia] ; Proc. Second Entl. 

 Meeting, p. 50. 

 Has been reared at Pusa from larvae on mint leaves and from pupae 

 found on cress, but is not a pest." Occurs throughout India. 



Plusia chaJcytes, Fb. 



Hmpsn., Cat. XIII, 484-486, f. 122 [Phijtometra] ; Proc. Second 



Entl. Meeting, pp. 51, 53, 68, .306. 

 Plusia eriosoma, Doubl. ; Hmpsn., F. I., II, 569-570, f. 321. 

 Occurs throughout India and Ceylon. The larva is polyphagous 

 and is a minor pest of various crops. The Pusa Collection contains 

 specimens from the following localities and foodplants : — 



Palur (South Arcot) . . . Groundnut, sann hemp. 



Kumbharia (Bombay) . . Cabbage. 



Nagpur Jute. 



Pusa Clitoria iernatca, mint, lucerne, senji, 



sann hemp, mania leaves, urid leaves, 

 moth leaves (Phaseolus aconitifolius), 

 pea, Cole-US sp., kadu leaves (bottle 

 gourd, Lagenaria vulgaris). 



It has also been recorded on indigo in Champaran in September 1901 

 and at Kotagala (Ceylon) as defohating tomato plants in January 1905. 



In Ceylon we get it on onion and brinial. ISIr. Semo>W]iite. 



Plusia signata, Fb. 



S. I. I., pp. 392-393, f. 259 ; Hmp-n., Cat. XIII, 491, t. 237, 

 f. 24, [Phytmneira] ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 68, 91, 

 271, 282. 

 Eecorded on cabbage, as an occasional pest in Bihar (Lefroy), on Mr. Fletcher. 

 iiobacco, groundnut, green gram and sann-hemp in Southern India. 

 There is, however, some doubt regarding identification. (See also 

 P. chalcytes). 



Plusia albostriata, Brem. and Grey. 



Hmpsn., Cat. XIII, 496, t. 237, f. 29 [Phytometra]. 

 Plusia oxygramma, Hmpsn., F. I., II, 575. 

 Found in August 1913 in some number on cultivated asters at Hebbal 

 Farm, Bangalore. Also occurs at Pusa but not bred there. 



