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PROCEKDlNCiS f>F Tlir, TltlUD K.NTOMOLOGIC'AL MEETING 



MeranopJvs bicolor, Guer. 



F. I., Hym. II., 1G8-169, f. 6G. 



Occurs throughout the Plains of India (except in hot, dry districts); 

 Burma and Ceylon. 



In the Pusa collection we have specimens from Pusa, Bihar ; Tran- 

 quebar, Madras ; Minbu, Lower Burma ; Ranchi (Kankey Farm). 



At Padu Farm, in Burma, this ant was noted as biting holes in leaves of 

 Cajamis indicus. Otherwise, we do not know it as a pest. 



Seaicr-White. 



Fletcher. 



Seiiior-White. 



Fletcheic. 



Solenopsis geminata, Fb. 



F. I., Hymi II., 158-159, f. G4. 



Occurs throughout the Plains of India, Burma and Ceylon. We- 

 have specimens from Calcutta, Chakradharpur, Madura, Coimbatore, 

 Mandalay and Tat k on. 



At Calcutta the workers have been found destroying brinjal seed- 

 lings, and at Mandalay, biting holes into the leaves of Cajanus indicus. 



We have tried with success the banding of plants with a rag and tar 

 just at the collar. 



Can you do this in the case of young plants, such as brinjal seedlings, 

 for instance ? 

 Yes. 



Cremastogaster^hodgsoni, Forel. 



F. I., Hym. II., 131-132. 



At Pusa this is a distinct pest on Citrus trees by protecting Icerya 

 wgyptiaca and other Rhynchota. In the " Fauna " volume it is only 

 recorded from Burma but our specimens appear to be Iwdgsoni. 



Myrmicaria brunnea, Saunders. 



F. I., Hyn>: II., 118-119, f. 55. 



Occurs almost everywhere in the Plains of India, Burma and Ceylon,, 

 except in dry areas. We have males from Chapra and Peradeniya, 

 and workers from Belgaum, Trichinopob^ Tanjore, Sidapur (Coorg) 

 and Pegu. 



At Bangalore this ant was found attacking garden plants of Arctoiis. 

 grandis and doing some damage by biting the leaves. 



