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Laspeyresia ptychora, Mep-. 



Meyr., B. J. XVIII 147. 



Reared at Coimbatore in February 1915 from larva on pods of 



Cajanus indicia. Also known from North Coorg, Queensland and 



South Africa ; in Rhodesia it has been reared from larvae feeding in 



pods of Vigna sinensis. 



COSMOPTERYGID^. 



Anatrachyntis simplex, Wlsm. (coriacella, Snell.) 

 S. I. I. pp. 458-459 f. 334 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 114. 

 Occurs throughout the Plains of India and Burma. Has been 

 reared in some numbers from cotton-bolls at Pusa, Coimbatore, Chidam- 

 baram (Madras), Shibpur Farm (Bengal) and Surat, and more occasion- 

 ally from cotton-leaves at Pusa, from maize cobs and stem of Capparis 

 diversifolia at Coimbatore, from mango inflorescence at Pusa, from 

 p'alas lac in Berar, from a rotten pomegranate at Gobichettipalayam 

 (Madras), from rotten bamboo stalk (Pusa), juar ear-heads (Pusa), dry 

 Vigna catjang pods (Pusa). 



It seems rather doubtful how far this is a pest of cotton bolls and 

 seeds. Perhaps it occurs only on dried-up bolls and leaves. At present 

 it appears to be a general feeder on dry vegetable refuse and hardly a 

 pest. 



Anatrachyntis JalcateUa, Stt. 



Gracilaria ? falmtella, Stainton, T. E. S. (n.s.) V 121 (1859). 

 Pyroderces spodochtha, Meyr., B. J. XVI 607 (1905). 

 Anatrachyntis falcatella, Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 114. 

 Has been bred in small numbers at Pusa from larvae on cotton shoots 

 " on Dactylopius on cotton " [probably eating the dried dead scales], 

 and from a rotten pomegranate at Gobichettipalayam (Madras). Has 

 also been bred from lac. 



Probably a rubbish-feeder and not a pest. 



Anataractis plumigera, Meyr. 



Meyr., Exot., Micr. I. 565-566 ; Entl. Note 83 ; Proc. Second 

 Entl. Meeting, p. 81. 

 Reared at Pusa and Coimbatore from larvae feeding in galls produced 

 in stem of Indigofera. 



Not known to be a pest. 



