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Argyroploce paragramma, Meyr. 



Report of Impl. Entom. 1917-18, p. 102, t. 17 ff. 1 a-d (1918). 



The larvae are! common at Pusa in July and August boring into 

 new shoots of bamboo, completely hidden under the protection of the 

 leaf-sheaths. They seem to damage the young shoots to some extent. 



I took a moth at Gauhati in May 1918, so that this species is pro- 

 bably widely distributed in the Plains. 



La.speyresia hemidoxa, Meyr. 

 Meyr., B. J. XVHI 145; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 300. 

 A single specimen was reared on 2nd August 1909 fi'om a larva 

 found boring in pepper-vine shoots at Tahparamba, Malabar. 

 The species is otherwise only known from the Khasi Hills. 



Laspeyresia leucostovw, Meyr. 

 Meyr., B. J. XXI 876 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 20. 

 Larvae were found at Hillgrove, Nilgiris, in May 1915, in some num- 

 bers, rolling tea leaves. Also from Munaar rolling tea leaves. 



The species is also known from Ceylon (MaskeHya), the Palnis and 

 Khasis, and occurs in 



Laspeyresia tricentra, Meyr. 



S. I. I. p. 451 t. 40 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 70. 



The Pusa Collection contains moths from Surat, Bassein Fort and 



the Shevaroy Hills. Also reared at Coimbatore from larvae in cow-pea 



pods. This species apparently accompanies L. pseudonectis as a pest 



of Crotdaria in Western (and Southern ?) India. 



Laspeyresia pseudonectis, Meyr. 

 Meyr., B. J. XVIII 146-1—7; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 69/ 

 Widely distributed in the Plains of India as a pest of sann-hemp 

 (Crotalaria juncea), the larva tunnelling in the stem and webbing top- 

 shoots. Originally recorded from Surat. We have examples, bred 

 from larvae in saim-hemp stems, from Pusa and Coimbatore. Also ' 

 moths from Peshawar. 



