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with several varieties, is common and has been reared from pupae found at 
the roots of trees. 
Cuculiince —Hampson lists 50 out of 590 species as Himalayan, 
Khasi Hills or Kashmir. One only extends further South, Euscotia 
inextricata , Mo., being found in the Nilgiris and Himalayas. We have 
one other and apparently undescribed species or variety reared at Pusa 
on Ocimum canum. 
Acronyctince. Euplexia conducta, Wlk., feeds on Niger seed, Jute, 
Safflower and on Coreopsis. It is not uncommon on the former plant. 
The smoky form dolorosa feeds on Kakaronda ( Blumea balsamifera). 
E. melanospila, Kolk, is a moth of varied markings with dark green 
and dark brown ground colour, common in the plains. E. indistans , 
Guen., has been reared from larvae found in the soft bark of the Gular tree 
{Ficus glomerata), whither they had retired to pupate. Others were 
found under the bark of teak. 
Mudaria cornifrons , Mo., is a grey moth with fuscous markings dis¬ 
tinguished by the possession of a three-pointed chitinous process on the 
frons. Its larva is commonly 
found feeding in the pods of silk 
cotton ( Bombax malabaricum). 
It “ hibernates ” as a pupa from 
May or June to the following 
March, in the soil; this has been 
conclusively .proved by actual 
breeding in the Pusa insectary. 
Prodenia littoralis, Boisd., is 
widely distributed and commonly 
destructive ; its foodplants include 
a great number of wild and 
cultivated plants. (Mem. Dept. 
Agric., Ent., Yol. I, No. 2.) The 
larva, up to the last instar, may 
be known by the transverse 
raised black band across the first 
Fig. 307— Mudaria cornifrons. 
abdominal segment above. A full account is given in Mem. Agric. 
Dept. Ind., Ent., Yol. II, No. 6. 
