Publisher's Synopsis
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: ...when abundant. Larva.--1 inch. Head reddish-brown, shining. Dorsal surface of body white, with lateral black line, black lines and patches entering and crossing the white. A lateral yellow line, with an orange spot in each segment. Hairs black above, light below. Fig. 43. Diacrisia Obliqua, larva. I., p. 187 (Fig. i). Male 42--58 m.m. Female 50--66 m.m. Pale buff; forewing with black striae and points; hindwing with black spots. Wings suffused with crimson in var confusa. Abdomen crimson with dorsal, lateral and sublateral series of black spots. Spots on wings often obsolete. Var confusa is chiefly concerned. Distinct by the red suffusion of wings, which is not however universal in all of a brood. The buff colour and spots separate from Amsacta below. Fig. 44. Diacrisia Obliqua. Distribution.--Japan, China, India, Burma. The variety confusa, Bombay, Travancore, Burma (Hmspn.), Behar, Oudh, Balaghat. Biology.--Eggs in clusters. Larva the typical hairy caterpillar, occurring in swarms. Feed openly, colouration warning. Pupa in cocoon of silk and hairs on soil. Hibernation from November to February. Six broods yearly. Food Plants.--Labiate weeds, groundnut, mangel wurzel, sunflower, til, jute, sann hemp, cotton, rice, peas, bajra, urad, soy bean, juar, maize, linseed. In swarms fairly omnivorous. Status.--Locally a serious sporadic pest, one of the major general pests. Destructive principally in sub-Himalayan districts of Behar and Oudh. Larva.--1 inch. Hairy. Head black. Thoracic segments orange with black blotches. Abdominal segments orange with rounded tubercles dorsally and laterally. Last two segments black. Arctiide--(contd.) 233. Amsacta Moorei. Butl. Cist. Ent. II, p. 23. (Creatonotus). Hraspn. Lep. Phal. Ill, p. 329. Hmpsn. F. Ind....