l46 PROCEEDI.N'GS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING- 



Argyroploce illepida, Butl. 

 S. 1. 1., pp. 449-450, f. 327 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 230,234, 2.57. 

 Widely distributed in the Plains of India and Ceylon, the larva boring- 

 in various fruits and seeds. Oiu: records include the following localities 

 and foodplants : — 



Coimbatore .... Agathi pods, Acacia arabica seeds. 

 Surat ..... Fleshy substance of wood-apple. 



Puga ..... Bael fruit. Cassia fistula pod, litchi fruits 



and seeds, dkaincha pods. 



Argyroploce aprobola, Meyr. 



Meyr., T. E. S. 1886. 27-5 [Eccopsis]; Proc. Second Entl. 

 Meeting, pp. 219, 230, 267. 

 Widely distributed throughout the Plains. The larva is a very minor 

 pest of mango and litchi, rolling the leaves, but is polyphagons. It 

 has been reared at Coimbatore from larva boring rose-bud, at Poona 

 and Bassein Fort on mango, at Pusa on mango, rose, and Utchi leaves, 

 rose flower, Cassia tora and Polyalthia longifoUa leaves, and at Kallar 

 on Lantana. It is also said to have been reared on DahUa at Nagpur,. 

 but this record requires confirmation. 



Argyroploce erotias, Meyr. 



MevT.. B. J. XVI 584-585 (1905) [Platypejilus] ; Entl. Note 75 ; 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting p. 219. 

 The lai-va has been found at Pusa rolling tender mango leaves and 

 feeding on them ; also reared in Bombay from larva boring in mango 

 shoots. At Pusa it has also been reared from larva rolling Loranthus 

 leaves [probably on mango] and from a larva webbing Cynoglossum 

 leaves. Also occurs in Ceylon. 



Argyroploce leucaspis, Meyr. 



Meyr., Gardiner's Fauna Geogr. Maldives I 126 (1902) 



[Eiicosina] ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 229. 



Has been bred at Pusa in some numbers from larvse rolling litchi 



leaves but is scarcely a pest. Also reared at Nagpur from larva on 



"kamji" (1 Malva sylveslris) [perhaps error in labelling]. We also- 



have moths from Kandy and the Khasi Hills. 



