PUOCEEDIXGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING lOs 



slight damage to young trees, and at Pusa on Acacia arabica, rose 

 Zizyphus jiijuba, Polyalihia longijolia, and Tamarix gallica. 



Metanastria hyrtaca, Cram. 



S. I. I., pp. 409-410, f. 282 ; Entl. Note 66 ; Proc. Second Entl. 

 Meeting, pp. 38, 249. 

 Occurs throughout the Plains of India (except in North- West). The 

 larva is polyphagous and is scarcely a pest as a rule, but occasionally 

 occurs in large numbers, when it strips even large trees. The Pusa 

 Collection contains examples from the following localities and food- 

 plants : — 



Travancore .... Eugenia jambolana. 



Calcutta Acacia arabica, Mimusoys. 



Pusa ..... Albizzia stipulata, Mitnnsops elengi, Sapota 



(in some numbers, June 1916). 

 Rajpur (Champaran District) . Kadam (Anthocephalus cadamba). 



The larva has also been recorded on Schima wallichii (B. J. XIII 

 407). 



Trabala vishnu, Lei. 



Hmpsn., F. I., I. 421-422, f. 293 ; I. M. N., V. 107 ; 1. 1. L., p. 498 

 t. 46 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 87, 246. 

 Occurs throughout India and Burma as a sporadic pest of castor. 

 The, larva also feeds on Eugenia jambolana and Tarminalia catappa and 

 has been reared at Pusa on Quisqualis and at Shilloiig on rose, gera- 

 nium, and other garden plants. 



The egg-clusters and larvae may be hand-picked. 



LlMACODID^. 



Natada nararia, Mo. 



Hmpsn., F. I., I. 381-382. 



Occurs in Southern India and Ceylon. Recorded by Rutherford 



on tea in Ceylon {Trop. Agric, July 1914) and at Coimbatore has occurred 



as a pest on Sideroxylon subsilatum and Pithecolobium dulce. Spraying 



with Lead Arsenate was found successful at Coimbatore. 



Natada velutina, Koll. 

 1. 1. L., p. 500 f. 335 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 218. 

 The larva sometimes occurs on mango but is not a pest. 



