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Theretra oldenlandioe, Fb. 



Roths, and Jord., Rev. Sphing, pp. 781-783 ; Pro?. Second 

 Entl. Meeting, p. 268. 

 Has been reared at Pusa on balsam, a wild Vitis, sweet potato and 

 bansal (Ariesema tortuosum). A pest of Balsamifera impatien9 in Bihar. 

 We have it from Abbottabad, Pusa, Darjiling. --" 



Theretra pallicosta, Wlk. 

 R. and J., Rev. Sphing, p. 788. 

 Recorded from Ceylon to Burma and Hongkong by Rothschild and 

 Jordan. 



Major F. C. Fraser informs me that this species is common in every 

 vineyard in Sind, the larva feeding on leaves of grape-vine, of which 

 it is a decided pest. 



It has, however, never been reported as a pest. 



Rhyncolaba acteus, Cram. 



Roths, and Jord., Rev. Sphing, pp. 789-790; Proc. Second 



Entl. Meetmg, p. 298. Theretra acicea; Hmpsn., F. I., I, 



100, B. J. XVI, 147. 



The larva is recorded {B. J. XI, 415) to feed on Colocasia but is not 



known as a pest of cultivated plants. We have it from Pusa, bred 



from larvae on Chalirt, Conimelina bengalensis and Pythonessa wallicMi. 



In Ceylon the larva attacks varieties of Caladium and unfortunately 



prefers the best kinds. It is parasitized by a Tachinid. 



Rhagastis dibomarginatus, R. & J. 

 Roths, and Jordan, Rev. Sphing, p. 798, t. 14, f. 8. 

 At Shillong the larva is a serious pest of Hydrangea, often completely 

 defohating the plants. Pupation in a slight cell of net-like silk threads. 

 There seem to be two broods of larvae, in June-July and September- 

 October. 



We also have a moth in the Pusa Collection from Turzum, DarjiUng. 



[Undetermined SpMngid.]* (Plate 2, fig. 2), 

 At Shillong, the larva is a serious pest of apple, and to a less extent 

 of pear, about the end of June. It does considerable damage, as the 

 larvae are not easy to see in spite of their size, and one larva will strip 



* Thi3 species has since been determined ae Langia zenzeroides, Mo. — Editor. 



