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intervening blue-grey line ; a dorsal black stripe bordered by reddish- 

 white spots between fourth and fifth somites ; a pair of dorsal red 

 tubercles on anal somite ; spiracles and fore legs red ; the head black- 

 striped. 



Pupa. —This stage is stated to last about ten days. 



IMAGO.— According to the above observations the imago would 

 appear on the wing at about the end of June or first week in July. 

 No notes seem to have been recorded as to when the female lays 

 her eggs, or of the number of generations, if more than one, passed 

 through during the year. The moth is pale reddish-brown. Fore 

 wing with the markings usually prominent, but sometimes almost 

 obsolete ; a short sub-basal waved line ; obliquely waved antemedial 

 and excised postmedial lines, often with black suffusion inside them ; 

 a speck at end of .cell ; a diffused rufous band beyond the postmedial 

 line. Hind wing black, with medial white band ; three large white 

 spots on outer margin ; the cilia whitish. Underside both wings 

 suffused with grey; fore wing with an oblique white postmedial band 

 not reaching the costa ; two crenulate medial lines on each wing. 

 Exp. 60 — 76 millim. [Hampson). 



Distribution, — The insect has a very widespread range, being 

 found all over India, in Ceylon, the Malay Archipelago and Australia. 



Report of attacks in the cane fields.— -The Collector of Ganjam 

 in a report dated September, 1888, which was forwarded to the Indian 

 Museum, Calcutta, by the Revenue and Agricultural Department of 

 India, stated that sugarcane crops were being attacked in his district 

 by caterpillars of this insect. The insects were defoliating the 

 plants. 



Remedies.-^ The arsenical sprays should prove effectual in ridding 

 the sugarcane of this pest. 



5, Acantholipes pan sails, Wlk. 



References.— .Wlk. Cat xvi, p. 200; Hmpsn. 111. Het. ix, pi. 167, fig. 3 ; C . 



and S. No. 2941. 

 Apphadana evulsalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1213. 

 Poaphila concors, Wlk. Cat. xxxv, p. 1969. 

 Dragana pansalis, Indian Museum Notes, I. 1. 57. 

 Classification.— Order Lepidoptera. Sub-Order Heterocera. Family Noctuida;* 



Life history and description. — Nothing much seems to be known 

 about the life history of this insect in India. 



