EXPLANATION OF PLATE 41. 



ScirpopJiaga xanthogastrella . 



Fig. 1. Attacked shoot of sugarcane cut open, showing larva inside. Note " dead- 

 heart " and egg-mass on leaf. 

 Fig. 2. Attacked shoot of sugarcane with" dead-heart " and side-shoots (typical 

 ol attack) thrown out. On leaf is a moth in resting position (natural 

 size). 

 Fig. 3. Egg-mass with covering hairs removed, magnified ( x 2i). 

 Fig. 5. Full-grown larva, magnified ( x 2i). 

 Fig. 6. Pupa in stem (cut open), natural size. Note hole of exit closed by silken 



barriers, prepared for escape of the moth. 

 Fig. 7. Pupa of female, magnified ( x 2J-). 

 Fig. S. Pupa of male, magnified ( x 2^). The smaller figure shows the natural 



size. 

 Fig. 9. Moth in natural resting position, magnified (x2i). The natural size is shown 



in the moth on the leaf in Ggure 2. 

 Fig. 10. Moth, female, foim with reddish anal tuft, natural size. 

 Fig 11. Moth, male, natural size. 



Fig. 12. Moth, female, form with yellow anal tuft, natural size. 

 Fig. 13. Newly-hatched larva, magnified. The natural size is indicated by the 

 smaller figure to the right. 



