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cegijptiaca). We have examples reared from agathi at Hagari and 

 Nandyal, and from cf/ia/«c/(nat Palur, Ciittack, PusaandMaiidalay. 



Teragrid.e = Aebelid.e. 

 " Arbela " tetraonis, Mo. 



S. I. I., pp. 453-454, t, 41 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 211, 



227, 230, 231, 244, 252, 254. 



Widely distributed in the Plains, the larva boring into various trees 



and feeding on the bark under cover of a gallery composed of silk and 



fragments of -wood. Our records include the following localities and 



foodplants : — 



Coimbatore .... 3Ioringa. 



Bangalore .... Orange-, rose. 



Poona ..... Citrus. 



Nagpur • Orange, [a serious pest ; perhaps really 



quadrinotaia.^ 

 Pusa ..... Mango, Zizyphus jujiila, Eugenia jambo- 



lana, Phtjllanthus emblica, litchi. 



Note. — The closely allied A. quadrinolata (F. I., I, 315, f. 215) has been recorded as 

 tunnelling in the angles of cacao branches in Ceylon and it is probable that some of the 

 Indian records also refer to quadrinolata. We have quadrinolata from Dharwar and from 

 Coimbatore, where it bores in stems of the Rain Tree (Pithecolobium soman). 



In one garden we poured petrol in the galleries and found this treat- jjj Kjjare 

 ment quite successful. 



At Poona we tried spraying with Paris Green, using twice the usual ^r- Ramrao. 

 strength after removing the webbing. We noticed that several cater- 

 pillars died when they came out at night to feed on the bark. The trees 

 treated were those of Bassia latijolia on the roadside and the treatment 

 was quite successful. 



What time of the day do you spray ? Jyyf/"'^''"'^* 



You can spray at any time. The larva comes out at night, feeds on Mr. Ramrao. 

 the bark and dies. 



How high do you find the larvse in the trees ? Mr. Fletcher. 



Whole stems up to twenty feet from the ground were covered Mr. Ramrao. 

 with webbing. This webbing was brushed off before spraying. 



" Arbela " dea, Swinh. 

 Hmpsn., F. I., I, 315 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 22. 

 The larva has been recorded as eating tea bark in Sylhet and Cachar. 



