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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ... occasionally in swarms. Larva.--3 inches long, green, horn yellow. Oblique lateral stripes on abdomen. Pupa.--With an external proboscis sheath, red brown. COSSID/E. Zeuzera Coffee.--Nietn. Edin. New. Phil. Journ. XV, 1862, p. 36. Hmpsn. F. Ind. Moths, I, p. 312. Bidie, Rept, on Ravages of the Borer, 1869, Madras (Figs.). Indian Museum Notes, II, III (Fig. 1. p. i). Fio. 41. Zeuzera Coffee. Larva in coffee branch, pnpa emerging, imago. Expanse, male 40, female 46 m. m. Head and thorax grey, with black spots. Wings white with blue-black spots at edges. Abdomen, black with white hair. Distribution.--Naga Hills, Rangoon, Ceylon, Borneo, Cachar (I. M.), Sikkim, Bhutan (Ddgn). Coffee districts of South India. Biology.--Larva tree boring. Pupa in bore, emerging partially before escape of moth.? One brood annually. Food Plants.--Coffee, sandal. Status.--Serious pest of coffee. 'Tht/ Red Borer.' Larva.--2 inches, red-brown, smooth. Thoracic shield black. LASIOCAMPIDSE. 205. Trarala Vishnu. Lef. Zool. Journ., IlI, p. 27. Hmpsn. F. Ind. Moths, I, p. 421. Indian Insect Pests, p. 158. Male 50--60 m. m. Female 80--90 m. m. Male pale green, with an oblique line across wings. Inner area of hindwing white. Female yellow, an oblique line across wings, a red-brown patch on inner margin, a dark spot and an outer series of fuscous markings. Distribution, --China, Java, India, Ceylon, Burma. In India principally Himalayan and sub-Himalayan. Biology.--Eggs in double rows. Larva leaf-eating, hiding by day at root of plant. Pupa in cocoon of hairs on soil or on plant. Hibernation as pupa. About three broods in year, dependent upon food supply. Food Plants.--Castor, Sal, Country almond. Status.--Sporadic pest of castor, destructive when abundant...."