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PEOCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



Pyrausta bambucivora, Mo. 



Hmpsn., F. L, IV, 442. 



Recorded from the Khasis, Jubbiilpur and Ceylon. The larva " lives 

 in rolled-up leaves of bamboo " (Hampson). 

 Not known to be a pest. 



[{Undetermined Pyralid.) 

 Mr. Ramakrishna There is another Pyralid which is very bad on cultivated chrysan- 



^^^^* themums in the Madura district. 



Mr. Fletcher. Possibly it is Hapalia ferrugalis.] 



Pterophorid^. 



Diacrotricha fasciola, Z. 



Pusa. — Larva, AverrJioa carambola. Bores into flowers and destroys 

 them. 



Galle. — Larva, Averrhoa bilimbi. Bores into flowers and destroys 

 them. 



SpTienarcTies cajfer, Z. 



S. L L, pp. 443-444, f. 320 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 44, 

 56, 306 (tab.). 



Occurs throughout India, Burma and Ceylon as a minor pest of cucur- 

 bits and pulses. The larva is polyphagous and feeds on various wild 

 plants, e.g., BiopJiytmn sensitivum. The Pusa Collection contains 

 examples from the following localities and foodplants : — 



Coimbatore 



Surat 



Pusa 



Allahabad 

 Cawnpur . 

 Lyallpur . 



Lablab [also on bottle -gourd]. 



White gourd. 



Kaddu (bottle gourd) leaves, Cajanus 

 indicus pods.. Hibiscus mvtahilis petals. 



Luffa buds. 



Kaddu. 



Kaddu. 



Ur. Senior- White. 



Has also been reared at Galle from larvae on flowers of Averrhoa 

 bilimbi. 



At Matale I have reared it from larvae on young shoots of cacao and 

 on cultivated Geranium flowers. 



Mr. Fletcher. 



Oxyptilus laducce, Fletcher MS. 



Reared in small numbers on lettuce at Dehra Dun by Mr. Ollenbach 

 in October 1906. 



