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cultivated brinjal or egg plant (Solatium melongena). The larva is pink, 
smooth and almost hairless as are most boring larvae. 
The male of Crocidolomia hinotalis , Zell., has a tuft of long hair on 
the forewing, and is ochreous with ferruginous markings. The caterpillar 
lives upon cruciferous plants, including cultivated cabbage and c halim 5 
(.Lepidium sativum) and appears abundantly in the hot weather in April 
in gardens. It is green with median and lateral white stripes, a black 
prothoracic shield and three black dots on the side of each segment. 
Another small caterpillar that feeds on cabbage and cauliflower at the 
same time is Hellula undalis, Fabr., a small white-marked greyish moth 
which has a very wide distribution in the tropics. 
Isocentris opheltesalis , Wlk., has been reared from larvae found upon 
sunflower plants. The larva is green with a dorsal white stripe on each 
side of the median line and a crescent shaped black spot on the meson o- 
tum on each side. Maruca 
testulalis , Gey., is a rather 
larger moth fuscous, 
brown with a semi-trans- 
parent band in the fore¬ 
wing and a large part of 
the hindwing semi-trans¬ 
parent. Its larva feeds 
upon pulse, entering the 
pod at one end and go- 
it is the usual smooth 
Mg. 342.— Maruca testulalis. • [I. M. N.] larva greenish-yellow in 
colour, with small spots 
on each segment. It occurs abundantly in the rains on pulses and is 
widespread in India. Nomophila noctuell'a, SchifL, is likely to confuse those 
who attempt to place moths on their general appearance alone since it 
has the appearance of a Noctuid. Hampson remarks : c Universally distri¬ 
buted.’ ? Pachyzancla licarsicalis, Wlk., and P. phoeopteralis, Guen., are 
fuscous moths in which the mid-femora of the male are dilated and 
clothed with scales ; both are common and widespread, the latter having 
been reared from green larvae which roll the leaves of Anisomeles ovata. 
P. oegrotalis, Wlk., is a small brownish orange moth, whose green cater¬ 
ing completely through; 
