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 Blastobasid^. 

 Blastobasis crassifica, Meyr. 

 Meyr., Exot. Micr. I 595-596. 

 Bred at Pusa in March from pods of Crotalaria juncea. Probably a 

 refuse-feeder, eating dried seeds rather than attacking the crop in the 

 field. Not noted as a pest. Also occurs at Coimbatore. 



Prosintis florivora, Meyr. 

 Meyr., Exot. Micr. I. 598. 

 Bred at Pusa in June and August from larvae feeding on mango in- 

 florescence. Not noted as a pest. 



Heliodinidje. , 

 Stathmofoda theoris, Meyr. 



Meyr., B. J. XVII, 410-411 (1906) [^oloscelis] ; I. I. L. p. 537 ; 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 96. 

 Reared at Pusa from sunflower-heads. The larvae are probably 

 merelv rubbish-feeders, eating the dried remains of the flowers and not 

 the seeds. Also reared at Coimbatore frona palm-fibre chewed by 

 Oryctes grub, from rubbish, and from cholam heads. 

 Not a pest. 



Stathmopoda sycastis, Meyr. 



Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 251. 



The larva of this species occurs in cultivated figs in the Peshawar 



Valley in May and June, the moth emerging in July. The larva9 are 



well-known locally, so much so that the country-folk are chary of eating 



the fruit on account of the presence of the larvae. 



Eretmocera impaciella, Wlk. 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting p. 296. 

 Occurs throughout the Plains of India, Burma and Ceylon. 

 In Bihar the larva webs up Aniaranthus plants, especially single- 

 plants, sometimes badly, and eats back the tops. 



