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-'Ricania sp. 

 Dist., F. I. Ehyn., Ill, 375. 

 This insect was also found at Pyinmana (Upper Burma) on sugar- 

 cane on 9th September 1914. 



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^ ' Pyrilla aberrans, Kby. y/' 



Dist., F. I. Rhyn., Ill, 326-327, f. 161 [Zamila], VI, 85 ; Entl. 

 Note 97; Entoml. Mem. V, 73-136, t. 10-15, figs. ; 



Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 150, 185, 192. 



We have this from Alcola, on sugarcane ; Cawnpur, on cane, IGth 

 October 1905 ; Kasandra (Ahmedabad), on sugarcane, 6th January 

 1915 ; Bassein Fort'(Bombay), in October 1909 ; and Pusa, on Sacchanim 

 ■simntaneum, 13th September 1906, Pennisetum tyjjhoideum , 18th Sep- 

 tember 1906, grasses 20th September 1906, sugarcane, juar, wheat, 

 oats and Setaria italica ; and Distant has recorded it from Chikkaballa- 

 pura*^Mysore). 



All the available information on this and the other two species of 

 Pyrilla has recently been given in Mr. Misra's Memoir. 



Pyrilla pusana, Dist. 



A. M. N. H. (8), XIV, 326 (1914), F. I. Rhyn., VI, 84 ; Entl. 



Mem., V, pp. 76-78 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 150. 



We have this from Akola (Berar), on sugarcane, in December 1909 ; 



Talodi (Chanda District), on sugarcane, 9th October 1914 ;'^ Pusa, on 



sugarcane, juar, and grasses ; and'^Chapra. Distant also records this 



fromHjpper Burma. ^/^ 



In habits it is practically identical with P. aberrans. 



Pyrilla ferfusilla, Wlk. 



Dist., F. I. Rhyn., Ill, 2,2{\Zamilal VI, 85 ; South Ind. Ins., 



pp. 493-494, f. 381 ; Entl. Mem., V, p. 78 ; Proc. Second 



Entl. Meeting, pp. 150, 185, 192. 



We have this from Pusa, on sugarcane in March and April ; Cawnpur, 



on cane and juar ; X5oimbatore, on sugarcane, maize and cliolam and 



Palur. It is, a common pest of sugarcane and cereals, occurring more 



especially irrSouthern India. 



