Mr. Fletcher. 



Mr. Ramakrisbua 

 Ayyar. 



152 PROCEEDINGS "OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



Phthorimcea blapsigona, Meyr. 



Meyr., Exot. Micr. I, 569 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 288. 



Has been reared at Coimbatore, Saidapet and Nagpur from larvae 

 boring and feeding in flower-buds of brinjal. Probably widely distributed 

 in the Plains as a minor pest of brinjal. 



Five per cent, of brinjal buds are attacked by this insect. 



Mr. Fletcher. 



Dr. Gough, 



Mr. Ramrao. 



Mr. Kunhi Kannan 

 Mr. Ramrao. 



Phthorimcea operculeUa, Z. 



S. 1. 1, p. 455, t. 44 ; Entl. Note 77 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, 

 pp. 286, 288. 



Introduced with potatoes into Bombay, this moth has spread until 

 it is now found in practically all parts of India. It is a serious pest 

 of stored potatoes and the larvae w^ere found at Dharwar mining leaves 

 of brinjal. It is likely to be found as a leaf-miner in tobacco plants. 



In Egypt it was introduced by the military authorities, but with us 

 it remained restricted to the plants in the field. We store no potatoes 

 in summer, so it died out again. 



We find it attacking the crop whilst it is still standing in the field. 

 The larvae work as leaf-miners to begin with and later on attack the 

 tubers. 



It is very rare in the tubers in Mysore. 



When there is a break in the monsoon, the soil cracks and the larvae 

 get down into the cracks and attack the tubers. 



(See also page 763.) 



Kt Fietcner. 



Phthorimcea ergasima, Meyr. 



Meyr. Exot. Micr. I. 568-569 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 288. 



The larvae mine brinjal leaves at Pusa in February and March. 

 Probably widely distributed in the Plains as a minor pesr. 



Stomojiteryx nerteria, Meyr. 



S. I. I. pp. 457-158 f. 333 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 43, 47, 92. 



[Ajyrocerema.] 



Widely distributed in most parts of the Plains of India but apparently 

 not kno-wn in Bombay. Well known in Madras, under the name Surul- 

 fuchi, as a serious pest of groundnut ; also occurs on Cajanus indicus^ 



