LYMANTRIIDiE. 
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(Plate XXVIII, fig. 8), is orange with black marks and with hair tufts on 
each side. It pupates in a cocoon of silk and hair; the foodplants in¬ 
clude cane, juar, bajra, marua 
(Eleusine coracana), guinea grass 
and other cereals, and the moth 
is common in the plains. It has 
a habit of sitting by day exposed 
on plants and grasses as does 
Scirpophaga auriflua which it 
closely resembles. This species 
is not known to occur in abun¬ 
dance at any time and is not 
injurious. 
Euproctis includes a large num¬ 
ber of small to moderate-sized 
white, yellow, brown or orange 
moths which are probably not 
really as numerous in distinct 
species as authors now state. 
E. lunata, Wlk., is said to feed 
on babul ( Acacia arabica), ber ( Zizyphus jujuba) and rose. E. scin- 
tillans, Wlk., feeds on linseed, bhindi ( Hibiscus esculentus), bajra ( Penni - 
setum typhoideum), and probably other plants, and is recorded as destroy¬ 
ing mango in Poona (Indian Museum Notes, II, p. 38), and Terminalia 
catappa in Calcutta (loc. cit. V, 108). E. fraterna, Mo., feeds on rose and 
castor, E. icilia , Stoll. (Plate XXXIX, figs. 5, 6), on the common Lor an- 
thus on trees. These are common throughout India, as well as, E. semi- 
signata,WYk., E. flavinata, Wlk., E. digramma, Guer., E. ftava, F. (guttata, 
Wlk.) The last is the species so destructive to fruit trees of all kinds 
in the Punjab, the caterpillars sometimes occurring in great abundance 
in the Canal Colonies. E. dama, Swinh., is a small yellowish species found 
very commonly ; its caterpillar feeds on Kakaronda (Blume abalsamifera ). 
The larva of Perina nuda, F., feeds on Kanthal (Artocarpus integri- 
jolia), and is common throughout India. A description of the larva will 
be found in Indian Museum Notes, IV, p. 14. 
Fig. 314— Euproctis fraterna ; male 
ABOVE, FEMALE BELOW, AND PUPA 
IN COCOON (I. M. N.). 
