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buds. P. pot eriella Zell. is one of the most injurious insects in the Baju 
district of Azerbaijan. The larvae feed on and destroy the fruit. The insect 
occurs in Egypt and Cyrenaica and in the Seychelles Islands. 
The larvae of Crypt o blabe s g nidiella (Mill.) are sometimes found in 
association with those of P. poteriella in Egypt. 
Loxpsjtege sticticali s (L. ) causes serious injury to leaves and stems 
in the North Caucasus. 
Tirathaba rufivena (Walk.) injures fruit in Java. 
Ephestia kuehniella Zell. is injurious in Cyrenaica. 
An unidentified pyralidid has been recorded as occasionally attacking 
the foliage in the Khartoum district of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. 
A lymantriid, Euproctis sc intillan s (Walk.), is a serious pest in 
India and the Malay Peninsula, where it defoliates the plant. It is also 
recorded from the Canton district of China. E. fraterna (Moore) is oc- 
casionally a serious pest in southern India by feeding on the leaves. It 
also occurs in the Malay Peninsula. Several species of Euproctis , of which 
the most injurious is E. lunata Walk. , are of considerable economic import- 
ance in the Punjab, where the castor-bean plant has become an important 
crop. E. flava (F.) probably ranks next. The caterpillars eat the leaves 
and even devour the small twigs and green cell layers of the stems. E. con - 
vergens B. Bak. is sometimes found in the Italian Somaliland. E. producta 
Walk, is common in Uganda and Zanzibar. E. taiwana (Shiraki) is injurious in 
Taiwan. 
Notolo phus posticus (Walk.) now and then assumes destructive propor- 
tions as a leaf feeder in India, in Mysore and Ceylon, in the Malay Penin- 
sula, and in Taiwan. N. georgianus (Faw.) has been recorded from Uganda. 
India, 
Dasychira mendosa (Hbn.) sometimes feeds on the leaves in southern 
Pseudodura dasychiroide s Strand has been recorded from Taiwan. 
A nymphalid, Ergolis merione (Cram.), occurs regularly in India, where 
it has a wide distribution, but is not sufficiently numerous to do serious 
damage. E. merione taprobana Dbldy. & Westw. occurs in Ceylon. 
V ane ssa cardui (L.) feeds on the leaves in North Caucasus. E urytela 
dryope (Cram.) attacks foliage in Natal and Tanganyika. 
Limacodids: P arasa le pida (Cram.) occasionally injures leaves in the 
southern peninsula of India and Ceylon, and m the Malay Peninsula; P arasa 
sp. and P. h erbifera (Walk.) are recorded from the Malay Peninsula; P. con - 
s ocia Walk, from Formosa, and P. vivida (Walk. ) from Nyasaland. 
