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The Pusa Collection contains examples from Pusa, on maize, sawai,. 

 jimr, bajra and Jiaimi {Setaria italica), from Nagpur on jvor, from Siirat 

 on maize, and from Coimbatore on sugarcane. 



A minor pest as a rule, sporadically serious. Picking of rolled leaves 

 is the only practicable means of control. 



PUocrocis barcalis, Wlk. 

 Hmpsn., F. I., Moths IV, 313 [Nacoleia]. 

 Bred at Pusa in some numbers from larvis rolling Cassia fistula 

 leaves. 



Occurs tlu-oughout India and Ceylon. 



Caprinia conchylalis, Guen. 



Hmpsn., F. I., IV, 295, f. 174. 



Distributed throughout India (except North-West), Burma and 



Ceylon. In Ceylon the larva has been found by Green at Peradeniya 



defohating Kicksia africana (Kickxia rubber), Portlandia grandiflora 



and Funtumia. 



DicJiocrocis jnmctiferalis, Guen. 



. S. I. I., p. 433, t. 34 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 37, 88, 



221, 231, 240, 294, 295. 



Occurs commonly throughout the Plains of India, Burma and Ceylon. 



The larva is polyphagous, boring into various fruits, but is a specific 



pest of castor, often serious. Our records include the following localities- 



and foodplants : — 



Peradeui\'a 



North Jlalabar . 



Taliparamba (Malabar) 



Coimbatore 



Saidapet (Madras) 



Bangalore 



Poona . ' . 



Surat 



Nagpur 



Pusa 



Cacao pods, castor seed-capsules. 

 Arrow-root. 

 Ginger stem. 

 . Turmeric stem, guava fruit. 

 . 'Castor seed-capsules. 

 . Mulberry fruit. 



Boring pomegranate fruits. 

 . Castor seed -capsules. 



. Castor capsules, mango flowers, juar ear- 

 Lead, 

 . Castor seeds and seed-capsules and boring 

 in castor stem, in mango flower buds, in 

 ripe peach fruit, in pomegranate fruit, 

 in sunflower, in ahi bokhara (Prunus 

 communis), in guava fruit, and eating, 

 grains in j%iar heads. 

 Hopin (Upper Burma) . . In wild turmeric stems. 



Mr. Senior-White. In Ceylon it attacks Sorghum heads. 



