PEOCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 155- 



Anarsia ephippias, Meyr. 



1. 1. L. p. 534, t. 56 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 51, 53, 91. 



Occurs probably tliroughout the Plains of India as a very minor 

 pest of pulses. AVe have it from the following localities and food 

 plants : — • 



Coiinbatore 

 Virajpet (Coorg) 

 Nagpur 

 Gondra (Bihar) 

 Pusa 



Red-gram {Cajanus indicus). 



Wild Acacia flowers. 



Vrid. 



Indigo. 



C4roundnut leaves and top-shoots, moth 

 leaves and top-shoots, tirid top-shoots,. 

 Dolichos biflorus, soy-bean, mu7ig (boring, 

 flowers and pods). 



Control : — Hand-picking of spun-up leaves and shoots. 



Anarsia acerata, Meyr. 



Meyr., B. J. XXII, 169 (1913). 



Bred at Saidapet in October 1906 from larva on Red-gram {Cajanus 

 indicus). Not a pest. 



Anarsia melanoflecta, Meyr. 



Meyr., B. J. XXII 774 (1914) ; I. I. L. p. 534 ; Entl. Note 78; 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 221. 



At Pusa the larva burrows in young mango shoots but it is not 

 common as a rule and scarcely a pest. Also reared at Nagpur from 

 mango flowers [? from twigs in cage with the flowers]. 



Anarsia omoptila, Meyr. MS. 



Bred at Coiinbatore in October 1908 from larva folding leaves of 

 Red-gram {Cajanus inclicus). Not known to be a pest. 



Anarsia exallacta, Meyr. MS. 



Bred at Pusa, 7 October 1912, from larva in top-leaves of Cajanus 



indicus. 



Anarsia sagittaria, Meyr. 



Meyr., B. J. XXII, 774-775 (1914). 



Bred at Pusa in June- August from larvee in top-shoots of ber 

 Zizyphus jujuha). Not a pest. 



