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HyPONOMEUTIDjE . 



Prays citri, Mill. 

 Entl. Note 89 fig. ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 17, 212. 

 A well-known pest of various species of Citrus, the larva devouring 

 the flowers, boring in the shoots and tunnelling in the rind of fruits. 

 Has been recorded as a pest in S. Europe. E. AustraUa and the Phihp- 

 pines. It occurs in Ceylon and Coorg and at Pusa, but has not yet 

 been noted as a pest in India, although it probably is so. 



Atteva faflricielh, Swed. '' 



S. I. I. pp. 461-463, f. 338 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 263. 

 A common pest of Aila.nthis at Coimbatore, the larvse living in a 

 common web. Also reared at Nagpur on salai (Boswellia serrata). 

 Also from Ahmadabad on Ailanthiis. 



Atteva niveigvtta, Wlk. 

 Wlk., Cat. 11 526-527 (1854) ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 263. 

 The larva has been recorded as webbing and defoliating Ailanthvs 

 in Sikkim and Sylhet. 



^therastis cirathta, Meyr. 



Bred at Trivandrum, Travancore, in May 1914 from larvae found 

 making galleries on the bark of Evgenia jamholana. Not known to be 

 a pest. 



The caterpillars are found feeding on the bark of Eugenia making 

 galleries on the stem. 



Do you find them in any numbers ? 



Yes, I have found in some numbers. 



Comocritis pieria, Meyr. 

 Meyr., B. J. XVII, 416 (1906). 

 Eecorded from Ceylon and Assam, the larva in galleries on bark 

 of Para Rubber {Hevea brasiliensis). Its status as a pest seems doubt- 

 ful. [See also Mr. Senior- White's paper on this species (No. 53 of 

 these Proceedings. )] 



