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Cram., is deep brown, its larva is yellow-green with broad black 
stripes and attains a length of two inches ; the foodplants include 
such cultivated leguminosae as Urid (Phaseolus mmgo) and indigo. 
It is one of the many caterpillars found upon indigo in the rains and 
is sometimes extremely abundant. R. frugalis, Fabr., is greyer and 
less distinctly marked ; the brown larva lives on rice, juar and other 
Gramineae, pupating in a cocoon surrounded by leaves. It is a common 
insect, not known to be often injurious. Trigonodes hyppasia, Cram., 
is readily recognised from the very distinct markings ; the yellow 
semi-looping larva feeds on indigo and other leguminosae, with Remigia 
archesia. The moths are often extremely abundant in long grass and 
are found at almost all times. T. cephise, Cram., though recorded only 
from Burmah, is found in India. 
Fig. 310— Remigia frugalis. 
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Fig. 311 —Trigoxodes hyppasia. 
Grammodes geometrica, F., is closely allied, the markings distinct 
and recognisable, found also in grass; the larva feeds on rice. G. stolida , 
F., a smaller moth is also found, though more rarely. Spirama retorta , 
Cram., and S. vespertilio, Fabr., are large dark moths with the pecu¬ 
liar “ inverted comma ” marking on the fore wing. In the former the 
female has the ground colour ochreous, the male having the forewing 
wholly dark. This insect appears in the hot weather. 
Ophiusa is a large genus of moderate-sized moths with upturned 
palpi, the tibiae fringed with long hair in the male. The larva is semi¬ 
looping, with the first or first two pairs of prolegs obsolescent and with a 
double process on the hind end of the body. There are several common 
species, the most abundant being 0 . melicerte, Dr., the common pest of 
