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Oxyambulyx sericeipennis, Butl. (Plate 2, fig. 1.) 

 Roths, and Jord., Rev. Sphing, pp. 195-196, t. 9, f. 2. 

 At Shillong the larva occurs ia July ou walnut (cultivated) in some- 

 numbers, but each larva defoliates considerably, so that the damage 

 may be fairly considerable in the case of young trees. 



The larva is shown in the accompanying photographs and the larva,, 

 pupa and moth on a coloured plate [exhibited]. 



Leucophlebia lineata, Westw. 



Hmpsn., F. I., I, 74-75, f. 46 ; Entl. Note 65 ; Proc. Second 



Entl. Meeting, p. 149 ; Roths, and Jord., Rev. Sphing, 



pp. 230-231. 



Occurs in the Plains of Southern and North-Eastern India, Burma. 



and Ceylon. The larva has been reared on sugarcane but has not 



been noted to do any damage in India. 



Polyptychus dentatus, Cr. 

 Roths, and Jord., Rev. Sphing, pp. 240-241. 

 Recorded by Rothschild and Jordan from Ceylon and South India, 

 as far north as Karachi and Calcutta ; the larva on Cordia sebistena. 

 At Coimbatore the larvse have been found on Cordia subcordata. 

 [Mr. T. V. Ramakrishna Ayyar read a paper on this species, which is^ 

 printed separately.] 



Cephonodes picus, Cram. 



Hmpsn., B. J. XV, 645 ; Roths, and Jord., Rev. Sphing, 

 pp. 469-470. 

 Apparently confined to Ceylon and Southern India. The larva 

 occurs on coffee but is not^a pest. 



We have examples from Ceylon (Trincomali and Diyatalawa), Coim- 

 batore, Nellikuppam, and Bilaspur. 



DeilepHila nerii, Linn. 



S. 1. 1., pp. 403-404, ff. 273, 274 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, 

 p. 267; Roths, and Jord., Rev. Sphing, pp. 507-509. 

 Occurs throughout India and Ceylon as a minor pest of ornamental 

 oleanders. Also reared at Nagpur on Jasminum sambac and at Pusa ou 

 Tabernamontana wallichii. 



