peoceedixgs of the thied entomological meeting 157 



Xyloryctid.^. 



Procometis trocJiala, Meyr. 



Pusa. The larvae usually feed on dry sugarcane stems, dry arliar 

 Btalks, etc. Once bred at Pusa (C. S. 1708) from a larva found boring 

 into stem of sugarcane. 



Probably not a pest. 



Nephantis serinopa, Meyr. 



S. I. I. p. 460, f. 336 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 259, 262. 



Occurs throughout the Plains of Ceylon, Southern India, Bengal and 

 Burma as a pest of palms, often serious, especially on coconut and 

 palmyra. 



In Travancore it was very bad last year on coconut palms. Nearly Mr. Pillay. 

 5.000 tre:s were attacked. It spreads very rapidly and completes its 

 whole hfehistory on the leaf. Cutting and burning the affected branches 

 has been found very effective. We engaged a teipporary fieldman and 

 treated the whole lot in this way. 



Ptochoryctis smihleuta, Meyr. 



Meyr., B. J. XVIII 150-151 ; I. I. L. p. 535 {Metatlirinca:\. 

 Recorded from Gazepore (Assam). The brick-red larva feeds, beneath Mr. Fletcher, 

 a web covered wath refuse and pieces of bark, on bark of tea-shoots, 

 eating right through the c ambium and thus killing the branch or plant. 



Stenomid.e. 



Bynclialara rhombofa, Meyr. 



Meyr., B. J. XVII 982 [Agriophara]. 



Occurs in the Khasis, Silchar, and Assam Tea Districts. The larva 

 is yellowish-red, sides yellow-orange, subdorsal stripe broad, blackish, 

 head and prothoracic segment black ; it feeds between spun leaves of 

 tea and, when foliage is stripped, will attack the bark, doing great 

 damage (Antram). 



Control consists in leaving leaves on the bushes when pruning. All 

 prunings should be buried or burnt immediately. 



For the last three years we have had no trouble from this insect. Mr. Andrews. 

 It can be controlled by collecting the pupa. 



