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5. Dasychira mendosa, Hiibner. Family Lymantriidae, 



This moth occurs throughout India, Ceylon and Burma; in Java and 

 Australia. In "Indian Museum Notes," vol. ii, n. 1, p. 43 (1S91), this 

 species under the synonymic generic name Olene, was recorded to 

 feed on the leaves of tea bushes in Darjiling. It is referred to again 

 in n. 6, p. 159, n. 113. In vol. iii, n. 4, p. 21 (1896), the moth is 

 again mentioned as destroying tea in Darjiling, and on page 22 a 

 woodcut is given of a female moth and a caterpillar. The larva was 

 parasitized by a fly, Tricholyga bombycis, Beeher, Family Tachinidds 

 This fly is figured in " Indian Museum Notes, " vol. i, pi. v, fig. 1 

 (1889), and is also noted in vol. iii, n. 5, p. 11, n. 3 (1896) as being 

 parasitic on Olens mendosa. Another parasite, Masicera subnigra, 

 Vander Wulp, of the Muscidse, is described as affecting Olene, 

 mendosa, and is figured and described in vol. iii, n. 5, p. 14, n, 7, 

 pl« 'j %■ 5 ('896). Lastly in n. 5, p. 42, the two parasites Masicera 

 subnigra and Tricholyga bombycis are cited as being found in the 

 larva of Olene mendosa. The former fly is again referred to in vol. 

 iv ; n. 4, p. 119, n. x (1899). 



6. Eupyoctis scintillans, Walker. Family Lymantriidae, 



The moth is found throughout India and Ceylon, in Burma and 

 the Andaman Isles. The same insect is referred to on page 135 as 

 affecting the castor-oil plant, Ricinus communis, Linn. 



7. Lymantria ampla, Walker, Family Lymantriidae, plate xi, 

 fig s » 3 &i. larva ; 3 c, pupa shell ; 3, male moth ; 3 a, female moth, all 

 X i£. This moth occurs throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma. . The 

 larva, pupa, and male and female moths are figured in " Indian 

 Museum Notes," vol. iii, n. 6, p. 14 (1896), from specimens found 

 feeding on the leaves of the Pipal tree {Ficus religiosa, Linn., 

 Natural Order Urticaceae). These larvae were parasitized by a dipte- 

 rous insect which has not been identified. 



8. Leucoma {Kanchia) subvitrea, Walker, Family Lymantriidae. 

 Plate xi, figs. 4 a, larva x 3 ; 4 b ; pupa x 2 ; 4, female moth x 2. 



This moth is found in Hongkong, Bengal, the Nilgiri Hills 

 and Ceylon. 



9. Plotheia celtis, Moore, Family Noctuidae. Plate xii, figs. \oa, 

 larva ; 10c, the lower half of the inside of the cocoon showing the 

 ventral side of the pupa ; 10 b, showing the upper half of the cocoon, 

 the outside thickly studded with pellets of the frass of the larva ; 

 10, the female moth all x 2. 



This moth is recorded from the Naga Hills, India generally and 

 Ceylon. 



