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(5) Virachola isocrates was found in small numbers 

 in May 1919 infesting peach fruits at Pusa. This butterfly 

 does not seem to have been recorded previously as attacking 

 peach. 



(0) E arias fabia and E. insulana have been found in 

 fair numbers in the flower-buds of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. 



(7) Heliothis peltigera occurred in fair numbers in the 

 larval state on leaves of Carthamus tinctorius. It is prob- 

 able that this insect will prove to be a specific pest of 

 safflower, but it has hitherto been overlooked and confused 

 with H. obsoleta. 



(8) Platyedra gossypiella. A sample of Cambodia 

 cotton brought from Coimbatore showed that about 28 per 

 cent, of the seeds had been bored by the caterpillars of 

 this insect. 



Grain Storage Experiments. These experiments were 

 concluded and the results written up in a paper read at 

 the Third Entomological Meeting and in which full instruc- 

 tions have been given regarding the methods to be adopted 

 for, storing cereals, pulses, etc., in order to keep them free 

 from insects in the store-house. 



Protection of wood against Termites. The results 

 so far obtained have been embodied in a paper read at the 

 Third Entomological Meeting. The work is being con- 

 tinued. 



Lantana work. This work was taken up in November 

 1916 on instructions from Government, and has had for 

 its object the collection of information regarding the occur- 

 rence within the Indian Empire of any insects which may 

 be utilized as efficient checks on the growth of Lantana. 

 With this object Mr. Y. Ramachandra Rao, M.A., Entomo- 

 logical Assistant in Madras, was placed on special deputa- 

 tion under the Imperial Entomologist, and during the year 

 under report worked in Assam, the Punjab, the United 

 Provinces, Bihar, the Central Provinces and Madras. His 

 period of deputation expired on 31st March, 1919, when 

 he returned to Madras. A complete report on his work 

 has been submitted for publication as a Memoir. 



