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PEOCEEDINGS OF THE THIED EXTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



Laspeijresia torodelta, Meyr. 



S. 1. 1, p. 451, f. 329 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 56. 



Apparently confined to Southern India, where it is a minor pest of 

 Dolichos lablab, the larva boring into the shoots, especially of young, 

 plants. The affected top-shoots may be picked o£E. 



Dr. Gough. 



Mr. Fletcher. 



Dr. Gough. 



Mr. Senior- White. 



Mr. Fletcher. 



Dr. Gough 

 Mr. Fletcher. 



Mr. Fletcher. 



Laspeyresia pomonella, Linn. 



Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 249. 



This insect, the notorious Codling moth of Europe, North America 

 and Australia, has been recorded from Dras Ladak (7,000 feet) in Kashmir, 

 but I have as yet been unable to obtain any evidence of its occurrence- 

 in any apple-growing districts in India. 



I have found this insect in Syria and the Greek islands and also in 

 South Africa. These places are worth guarding against in India. But 

 we do not find it in Egypt. 



It occurs also in Australia and there is some importation of Australian 

 apples into India and I think, Ceylon also. There is some danger of 

 the importation of this insect with fruit but it is probably very sUght 

 as there is little chance of this infected fruit being sent to any of our 

 apple-grcwmg districts. 



It might be brought in from the Levant. 



Is it a specific pest of apples ? If it has any alternative foodplant, 

 it may crop up in Ceylon. 



It occurs principally in apples and pears but attacks many other 

 fruits also. It is a very bad pest in apple-growmg districts. In America 

 it causes a loss of two to three million sterling a year, what with damage 

 and control. We do not want to get it in India. 



Does it occur in quince ? 



In America it has been found in fruits of j)each, prune, plum, cherry, 

 quince and apricot. 



[ Unidentified Torlricid.] 



Whilst discussing Lasjyeyresia pommiella, I may mention that when 

 I was in Kumaon last year I found a Tortricid larva boring into apple 

 fiuits. It was said to be common at Ramgarh in one orchard but I 

 was only able to secure one larva, which was brought back to Pusa but 

 which we were unable to rear out. I cannot therefore say definitely 

 what this is, but I had a drawing made of the larva and the arrange- 

 ment of the tubercles is dift'erent to that found in pomonella and so we 

 may presume that it is not pomoneUa although the type of damage done 

 is almost exactly similar. 



