88 PEOCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



Raparna nebulosa, Mo. 



Hmpsn., F. I., Ill, 25 ; I. I. L., p. 457 ; Proc. Second Entl. 

 Meeting, p. 80. 

 Recorded by de Niceville as found abundantly on indigo in Cham- 

 paran during the rains, but not noted of late years. Perhaps a sporadic 

 pest. 



ShnpUcia robiistalis, Guen. 

 Hmpsn., F. I., Ill, 36, f. 16 ; S. I. I., p. 395, f. 262. 

 Widely distributed throughout India, Burma and Ceylon. Not a 

 pest of growing crops, the larva feeding on dry vegetable matter, but 

 it occasionally does some damage to house-thatching and may also attack 

 crops (e.g., cholam) if stacked after harvest. Has been reared at Pusa 

 on rice and on dry leaves of sissit {Dalbergia sissu), at Coimbatore on 

 roof-thatching, and at Baddagama (Ceylon) on dry tea-prunings. 



Nodaria externalis, Guen. 



Hmpsn., F. I.. Ill, 56. 



Has been reared at Pusa from larva? on rice leaves. Not a pest. 



Hyblcea puera, Cram. 

 S. I. I., p. 392, f. 258. 

 A serious pest of teak {Tectona grandis) in all teak-growing district's. 

 Has also been i eared on MiUingtonia at Bombay and Kodanur (Kurnul 

 District, Madras). 



Lymantriad^. 



Orgyia poslica, Wlk. 



S. I. I., pp. 395-396, f. 263 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 77, 87. 



Occurs throughout India except the North- West. The larva is poly- 



phagous and has been found at Coimbatore on castor and Erylhrina 



indica and at Pollibetta (Coorg) on Erythrina lilhospenna and geranium. 



Also recorded on rose (B. J. XIII, 412). A sporadic minor pest of the 



plants mentioned. 



It damages castor at Coimbatore. We have done a coloured plate 

 showing its life history [exhibited]. 



