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CJania crameri, Westwd. 



S. I. I., p. 448, f. 325; Pioo. Second Eiitl. Meeting, pp. 19. 87,274. 



Occurs commonly in the Plains of India, usually on Acacia arabica 



and sometimes on castor. Dudgeon (B. J. XII, 643) records the larva 



on tea and it is said to be a destructive pest of tea in Assam, where it is 



controlled by hand-picking. 



Clanin destructor, Ddgn. 

 Mahasena destructor, Ddgn., B. J., XVI, 401 fig. 

 Clania destructor, Hmpsn., B. J., XX, 95. 

 Dudgeon states that this is the most destructive tea Psychid in the 

 Darjiliug and Terai Districts, often qpnfounded with C. crameri but 

 distinguished " by the forewing wanting red markings and by the posi- 

 tion of the elongate pale marginal or submarginal spot, a conspicuous 

 one filling the the whole fork between veins 4 and 5 in crameri, whereas 

 destructor has the largest conspicuous pale spot between veins 3 and 4 

 and has only a marginal speck between veins 4 and 5." Also a pest of 

 tea in Chittagong. Known to occur in Sikkim, Bhutan, Chittagong and 

 Borneo. 



Clania antrami, Hmpsn. 



Hmpsn., B. J., XX, 96. 

 Recorded from Cachar. Larva on tea in a case covered with frag- 

 ments of dry leaves. 



Acanthopsyche bipars, Wlk. 



Hmpsn., F. I., I, 293, "f. 202. 

 The larva has been recorded as a tea-pest in Sikkim (B. J., XII, 644). 

 Also known from Bombay. Also found ueding on apple leaves at 

 Shillong. 



Acanthopsyche (Brachycyttarus) subteralbata, Hmpsn. 



Hmpsn., 111. Het. IX, t. 159, f. 23 (male), t. 176, f. 12 (case), 

 F. I.. I, 295, B. J., XI, 284. 

 The larva has been recorded as destructive to tea in Chittagong. 

 Originally described from Colombo. 



Psyche vitrea, Hmpsn. 

 Hmpsn., F. I., I, 299. 

 We have a single specimen reared on mango leaves at Bakerganj in 

 February 1906. Probably not a pest at all, but most Psychids are liable 



