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PEOCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



Anthercea roylei. (Plate 3, fig. 2.) 

 Hmpsn, F. I. Moths, I, 18 ; B. J., XI, 243. 

 Hampson records this from Masuri, Kangra, Sikkim, and Khasis ; 

 larva on " Mahowah, " oak and birch. 



At Shillong the larva feeds on Betula alnoides and less commonly on 

 apple and pear, when it does some damage by defoliating branches. 



Cricida frifenesfrata, Heifer. 

 S. I. I., pp. 405-406, f. 277 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 218, 255. 



Occurs throughout Southern and North-Eastern India and in Burma, 

 usually on mango but also on various wild trees {Terminalia, etc.). In 

 Assam it occasionally strays onto tea. In Eastern Bengal it is a serious 

 pest of mango. 



The hairs of this caterpillar cause irritation. Hand-picking is conse- 

 quently out of the question. In Eastern Bengal the people hght a 

 bundle of straw and hold it below the leaves on which the caterpillars 

 are feeding gregariously. The caterpillars are crushed when they fall 

 down. 



BOMBYCID.®. 



Ocinara varians, Wlk. 

 S. 1. 1., p. 407, f. 278 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 251. 

 Occurs throughout India, Burma, and Ceylon as a minor pest of 

 figs (Ficus spp.) of various sorts, sometimes repeatedly stripping every 

 leaf in the case of young trees and so stunting growth. 



Andraca bipuncfata, Wlk. 



Hmpsn., F. I., I. 40 f. 23 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 21. 

 Occurs in Assam, Cachar and Sylhet as a serious pest of tea. There 

 are two broods, in January-February and in April-May. The whole 

 of the tea-leaves may be eaten ofi. The larvae cluster conspicuously 

 and are easily hand-collected. 



NOTODONTID^. 



Dinara combusta, Wlk. 

 Hmpsn., F.I. , I. 145 [Anticyra]. 

 Has been reared at Pusa in small numbers on maize but is not known 

 to be a pest. In Java the larva is common on sugarcane and the life 



