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PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



Mr. Senior- White, 



Mr. Fletcher. 

 Mr. Andrews. 

 Mr. penior- White. 

 Mr. Andrews. 



It is a bad pest of tea in Ceylon, so mucTi so tliat one of our entomolo- 

 gists, Mr. Jardine, Las been working especially on tbis insect and has 

 recently issued a Bulletin on it. 



No Bulletin on Homona coffearia has been received at Pusa as yet. 



Have you noticed any effect on three years' pruning ? 



None. There seem to be three species concerned in the attack. 



Homona coffearia occurs occasionally in Assam and almost invariably 

 on the new flush which comes up after the plants have been cut back. 



CaccBcia micaceana, Wlk. 

 Wlk., Cat. XXVIII, 314 (1863). 



Bred at Mandalay in January 1909 by K. D. Shroff, from larvae found 

 on broad bean and on guava. We have also moths from Minbu, in 

 Lower Burma, and from Peshawar. 



Not known to be a pest. 



Cacoecia eficyrta. Meyr. 



We have specimens from the following localities and foodplants : — 



Madulsima (Ceylon). 



Coimbatore, larva on green chillies, Dwanta shoots, webbing 



Lanfana flowers. 

 Shevaroys, larva on Lanfana flowers. 

 Palnis. 



Bangalore, larva on Lanfana. 

 Sidapur. larva on Lanfana fruits. 

 Solan, larva on orange leaf. 

 Pusa, larva boring guava fruit. 

 Darjihng. 



EUCOSMID^. 



Sfilonofa rhofhia, Meyr. 



Meyr., T. E. S., 1910, 368. 



' Probably widely distributed in the Plains of India. The larva rolls 

 young leaves of guava, Engenia jamholana and mango, but is not a pest. 

 We have it from Pusa on guava and Evgenia, from Koilpatti* (Madras) 

 on tender mango leaves, and from Coimbatore. 



Ancylis hdescens, Mew. 



Meyr., Exot. Micr. I, 32 (1912). 



The larva rolls tender leaves of Zizyphts jujvba fairly commonly 

 at Pusa and has once been found boring in the fruit. Scarcely a pest. 



