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FEOCEEDINGS Or THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



H YPONOMEUTID^ . 



Prays citri, Mill. 



Entl. Note 89 fig. ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 17, 212. 



A well-known pest of various species of Citrus, the larva devouring 

 the flowers, boring in the shoots and tunnelling in the rind of fruits. 

 Has been recorded as a pest in S. Europe, E. Austraha and the Philip- 

 pines. It occurs in Ceylon and Coorg and at Pusa, but has not yet 

 been noted as a pest in India, although it probably is so. 



Atteva fabriciella., Swed. 



S. I. I. pp. 461-463, f. 338 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 263. 



A common pest of Ailanthus at Coimbatore, the larvae hving in a 

 common web. Also reared at Nagpur on salai (Bostvellia serrata). 

 Also from Ahmadabad on Ailmiihus. 



AUeva mveigutfa, Wlk. 



Wlk., Cat. II 526-527 (1854) ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 263. 



The larva has been recorded as webbing and defoliating Ailanthus 

 in Bikkim and Svlhet. 



Mr. Pillay. 



Mr. Fletcher, 

 Mr. PUlay. 



.Ether astis circulnta, Meyr. 



Bred at Trivandrum. Travancore, in May 1914 from larvae found 

 making galleries on the bark of Eugenia jamholana. Not known to be 

 a pest. 



The caterpillars are found feeding on the bark of Eugenia making 

 galleries on the stem. , 



Do you find them in any numbers ? 



Yes, I have found in some numbers. 



Comocriiis jiieria, Meyr. 



Meyr., B. J. XVII, 416 (1906). • 



Kr. Fletcher. Recorded from Ceylon and Assam, the larva in galleries on bark 



of Para Rubber [Hevea hrasiliensis). Its status as a pest seems doubt- 

 ful. [See also Mr. Senior-White's paper on this species (No. 53 of 

 these Proceedings. )] 



