300 HYBLA:A CONSTELLATA. 

seen; besides teak leaves, the leaves of the wild plantains and 
the spring leaves of canes were made use of. No cocoons were 
found on the dead leaves upon the ground. 
Locality from where reported. 
Mr. S. Carr has recently reported this moth from the Ran- 
goon Teak Plantations as a serious teak defoliating pest. 
Hampson gives the distribution as:—China; throughout India, — 
Ceylon, and Burma; Malacca; Borneo; Australia. 
Its relations to the forest and methods of protection against 
it are the same as already given for Hyb/lxa puera. 
Points in the life history requiring further observation. 
1. The number of generations in the year. This is 
important. 
2. Is the larva described above the larva of the moth 
fH. constellata ? 
3. Where the eggs are laid. 
4, Where the insect passes the winter and in which 
stage. 
5. Length of time passed in the various stages of its 
metamorphosis, 
6. Does it attack other trees besides teak ? 

