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known by the presence of ants (Monomorium indicum) 

 which attend the scale-insects for the sake of their honey- 

 dew. 



A short account of the " Tukra " disease was prepared 

 and read by Mr. C. S. Misra at the Third Entomological 

 Meeting. 



Fruit Pests. Special attention was paid during the 

 year to the collection of information regarding fruit-pests. 

 An Index to Indian Fruit Pests, summarizing the informa- 

 tion to date under each plant attacked, was prepared and 

 read by Mr. C. S. Misra at the Third Entomological 

 Meeting, and the information under the various insects 

 was also included in the Annotated List of Indian Crop- 

 pests prepared by the present writer for the same Meeting. 

 The information under this head has, therefore, been 

 written up already, but the following short notes on new 

 pests may be of interest. 



Alcides mali, Mshll. MS. (Curculionidae), was found 

 at Shillong, the larva boring shoots of apple and causing 

 a gall-like swelling. The adult weevil makes several, 

 usually four, holes with its snout in a row in a tender shoot 

 of a<pple and in one of these holes, and only in one, it 

 deposits an egg. The larva? tunnel in the stem, which 

 becomes swollen in consequence. Pupation takes place in 

 the larval tunnel. Control is practised by collecting the 

 adult beetles as they rest on the twigs and by cutting off 

 the twigs which show the punctures or the swelling caused 

 by the enclosed larva. 



A dees cribratus, Gyl. (Curculionidse), was found at 

 Shillong in June-July 1918, the larva boring into the main 

 i-tem of fig (Ficus carica) and doing considerable damage. 

 The adult beetles occur on the stems by day and may be 

 collected by hand although they readily drop to the ground 

 when disturbed. 



Deiradognathus (n. g., Curculionidse, Mshll. MS.) 

 n. sp., was found at Shillong in June-July 1918, the adults 

 occurring on mulberry, apple, pear and fruit trees 



