114 Indian Museum Notes. [Vol. V. 



top of page 123 of vol. iii of "Indian Museum Notes is the same 

 species. It was reported as tunnelling into the wood of the tree 

 Terminalia belerica, Roxb., Natural Order Combretacese* This beetle 

 is again referred to on page 22 of the same volume. 



On FiCMS religiosa, Linn. Natural Order TJrticacece. The Pipal 



tree. 



1. Glyphodes negatalis. Walker. Sub-family Pyraustinse. 

 Family Pyralidse. Sub-order Phalgense. Order Lepidoptera. Plate 

 XIV, fig. 5, 6 imago. 



The caterpillar of Glyphodes negatalis, Walker, has been 

 found in Calcutta in December feeding on the leaves of the Pipal 

 tree, Ficus religiosa, Linn., Natural Order Urticacese* It also 

 feeds on the fruit of Dillenia indica, Linnaeus, Natural Order Dille- 

 niaceae in November. This fruit in Calcutta is known by the ver- 

 nacular name u Chalta." Sir George Hampson gives the habitat of 

 this moth as "throughout India, Ceylon, Burma, and Australia." 



Plate XIV Fig. 5 shows a male of Glyphodes negatalis of the 

 natural size. Its coloration is almost exactly similar to that of the 

 figure, the markings being fuscous. 



2. Trigonodes ino, Drury. Family NoctuidcC. Sub-order Phalae* 

 nse. Order Lepidoptera. 



Plate XIII, Fig. 6, shows the upper and under side of the 

 imago ; Fig. 6a, lateral view of the larva ; Fig. 6b, laterat view of 

 the pupa — all natural size. 



On July 10th, 1901, Mr. R. S. Hole, Divisional Forest Officer, 

 Jubalpur, Central Provinces, sent some larvae, pupa, and imagines of 

 Trigonodes ino, Drury, to the Indian Museum, Calcutta. He notes: — 



" The larvae were found by me in large numbers on May 12th 1901, defoliating a 

 pipal tree in this division. Tne larvae appear to be of nocturnal habits, and do 

 most of their feeding at night. The full-grown larva is stout, about roo to 1-25 

 inches in length ; yellowish white or dark pink above, and yellowish white below ; 

 the head dirty white, pinkish or brown ; two lateral light-coloured lines, more or 

 less distinct, one on each side of the larva ; a few scattered colourless bristles on 

 each segment. The pupa stage appears to last about nine days ; the moths 

 emerged on May 22nd and 25th. The larva when about to pupate forms no cocoon 

 and the pupa is naked. Pupation takes place in the soil below the tree which 

 was being defoliated, where I found several larvae lying in the ground beneath the 

 stems of the tree in a mixture of fine earth, wood-dust, debris of leaves, bark, etc.j 

 which had accumulated between the buttresses of the lower part of the tree-trunk.'' 

 The moth, which is new to our collection, is recorded by Sir 

 George Hampson to be found in Sikkim, Nepal and Madras. It is a 

 very pretty and distinct species, pale salmon-pink in colour with 

 fuscous markings. 



