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Insect Pests. 



Maijiivliii i/limea, Ilcv, ojiaca, ElKaijnua iriiijvstifoJla, Japanese rpiinee 

 and Gviisclierrii (1 tiud 2). 



Its distribution in Ikitaiu is wide. Newstead (1) records it from 



Cheshire, Caintiridgeshire, Nurfolk, GLiucestersIiire, Herefordshire, 

 London district, Kent and Wiltsiiire. I Iiave received it from Sussex, 



Devon, Cornwall and Hunts. I'ernald 

 (2) records it also i'roni Australia, Nova 

 Scotia and the United States. 



hlFF.-HlSTOllY AND HaIUTS. 



The adult I'emale is dusky yellow 

 and becomes j^'radually darkened with 

 an'c, paler in the middle with eight or 

 nine dark transverse bands and con- 

 lluent spots, oval and hemispherical 

 in form. The female at tlie period of 

 re])roductiiiu is shiny reddish-brown 

 with traces of the dark marking whieli 

 later disappear wheir they become deeji 

 chestnut-brown. The eggs are laid 

 middle of ilay under glass, and the larva' liatch in the 

 June. As many as 2,000 eggs are said to be laid (Newstead) 



aljout 

 middle 



the 

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