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(Unidentified Agromyzid.?) 



This fly was found at Pusa in March and April 1918, the larva boring 

 into lucerne stems in small numbers. It has not been noted as a pest 

 but might become so. 



CECIDOMYIADiE. 



Pachydiplosis oryzce, Wood-Mason. 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 169-170, tab. (1917). 



This Cecidomyiad occurs commonly in Madras, Orissa and Bengal 

 but does not seem to have been noticed elsewhere so far. It attacks 

 the r!ce-plant, the larva causing the formation of a long white gall which 

 has earned the name of " elephants tusk disease " in some districts. 

 We went into this insect fairly fully at the last Meeting. Has anyone 

 anything new to say about it ? 



It is still very bad in Madras. Mr. Ramakrishna 



Ayyar, 

 ■ The flies are attracted to light. Mc Senior-White, 



The flies are attracted to light in fairly large numbers. The speci- Mr. Ramachandra 

 mens were sent to Dr. Felt, who has confirmed the identification. ^^o- 



Light-traps are of little use as a control measure because, by the time Mr. Fletcher, 

 the adult flies emerge, the damage has been done. 



It is very bad in Ratnagiri district, but on the monsoon crop only. Mr. Deshpande. 

 It is not found on summer or winter rice. 



We have not had it reported from Bombay before. Mr. Fletcher. 



AspJiondijlia sesami, Felt. 



" Gingelly Gall-fly ", S. Ind. Ins. p. 364, ff. 224, 225, (1914). 

 Asphondylia sesami, Felt, Canad. Entom. (1916). 



„ Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 84, (1917). 



This species has been found at Coimbatore, the larva'in buds of Sesa- 

 mum indicum, and at Nadiad and Surat, the larva in immature pods of 

 Sesamimi indicum. 



At Coimbatore it has also been reported as attacking flowers of 

 cluster bean {Cymnopsis psoralioides) [Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 

 60-61] but it seems doubtful whether this is the same species. 



Dasyneiira gossypii. Felt. 



Confarinia sp., S. I. Ins., pp. 363-364, f. 223, (1914). 

 Dasynema gossypii. Felt, Canad. Entom. 1916, pp. 29-30, (1916). 



Proc. Second Intl. Meeting, p. 103, (1917). 



This species was found in 1913 at Coimbatore, the larva boring into 

 cotton buds, pupation taking place in the withered bud. It was then a 



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