ruocEEDixns of the third entomological meeting «y 

 Lwlia devestita, Wlk. 

 Hmpsn., F. I., I, 441. 

 Has been reared at Pusa in small numbers from larvee found on Mr. Fletcter. 

 sugarcane and Guinea-grass. Not a pest. 



ThiackJas postica, Wlk. 



Hmpsn., F. I., I, 445-446, f. 307 ; 1. 1. L., p. 459, f. 313 ; B. J. 

 XVI, 199 [laiva] ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 253. 

 Occurs throughout India and Burma. The larva is common on 

 Zizyphus but is scarcely a pest. Our examples are from Pusa, Bilaspur 

 and Coimbatore. 



Dasychira horsfieldi, Saund. 

 Hmpsn., F. I. I, 448, f. 309 ; B. J., XIII, 414 [larva]. 

 Occurs throughout India, Burma and Ceylon. The ?arva feeds on 

 tea and sometimes becomes a pest in the Tea Districts. One specimen 

 reared from apple leaf (without locality). 



Dasychira mendosa, Hb. 

 S.. I. I., p. 396, f. 264 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 21, 28, 87. 

 Widely distributed throughout India, Burma and Ceylon. The 

 larva is polyphagous. Our records show the following locahties and 

 foodplants : — 



Pusa 



Sibpur 



Nagpur 



Poona 



Surat 



Hagari (Bellary) 



Colombo . 



Mandalay 



Ficus glomerala, jute leaves, sann hemp. 



mango leaves, peach leaves. 

 Potato leaves. 

 HoUyhock. 

 Ganja. 

 Linseed. 

 Castor. 

 Cinnamon. 

 Cajanus indicus. 



Also recorded from coffee in Southern India and on Terminalia 

 catappa by de Niceville. 



A minor pest, of little importance, as a rule. The larva can be hand- 

 picked. 



In this case probably at least four species are mixed up under the Mr. Senior-White, 

 name mendosa. The foodplants and larvae differ in the various forms. 



That is quite possibly the case. There may be several species mixed Mr. Fletcher, 

 up under mendosa. 



