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PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



Mr. Fletcher. 



Mr. Ramakrisbna 

 Ayyar. 



Mr. Fletcher. 



Chilo simplex, Butl. 



S. I. I., pp. 422-424, ff. 299, 300 ; Proc. Sepond Entl Meeting, 

 pp. 143, 174, 181 (tab.), 187, 191, 200 ; Ann. Rept. 1917-18, 

 pp. 90-92, t. 3. . 



Occurs everywhere throughout the Plains as a major pest of maize 

 and juar, less commonly in rice and sugarcane, the larvse boring in the 

 stems. 



In Western India, where seed is sown in excess and thinning practised,, 

 the first-attacked plants may be thinned out. 



Chilo oryzce, n. sp. (M. S.). 



Ann. Eept. 1917-18, pp. 88-89, 90-92, t. 8 [" Rice Chilo "]. 

 The larva occurs in rice at Pusa, boring stem. 



? Chilo sp. (C. S. 1795). 



[? Chilo suppressalis, Wlk.] 



Pusa ; larva in Saccharum fuscum, moth emerged 29, IV, 18 ; only 

 one bred so far. 



? Chilo sp. (C. S. 1831). 



Pusa ; larvse in Saccharum spontaneum stem ; moths emerged 21, 

 VIII~18, IX, 18. 



Ancylolomia chrysographella, Koll. 



S. I. I., pp. 424-425, f. 301 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 165. 



Occurs throughout India and Ceylon as a minor pest of paddy, the 

 larvse living in silken tubes usually constructed at about ground-level. 

 Has been reared on paddy at Pusa, Nagpur, and in North Malabar, 

 and at Pusa also on dabhi grass. The life-history has been worked out 

 at Pusa and sho\ATL on a coloured plate [exhibited]. 



Specimens of moths from the Hills of Southern India and from Ceylon 

 usually have the hindwings dark fuscous (form taprohancnsis, Z.). 



Have you found it again in Madras ? 



No ; we had trouble from it only once. 



Scirpophaga xanthogastrella, Wlk. {=.auriflua, Z.). 



S. I. I., pp. 425-426, f. 302 ; Entl. Note 69 ; Proc. Second Entl. 

 Meeting, p. 144. 



Occurs in most parts of the Plains of India as a pest of sugarcane, 

 the larvse boring the stems. Also in shoots of Saccharum arundinaceum. 



