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PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRO ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 1C5 



Petasobathra S'tn>2«,Meyr. 



Meyr., Exot. Micr. I 355 ; Entl. Note 91. 



Found on indigo at Gorakhpvir and Dalsing Serai. N. Bihar, in Sep- 

 tember, the larva webbing the top-shoots and nibbling the leaves. A 

 very minor pest so far as is known. 



TlNEID^. 



Dasyses rugosellns. Stt. 



Stainton, T. E. S. (n. s.) V 113-114 (1859) [Cerosioma]; Proc. 

 Second Entl. Meeting, p. 257. 

 Reared at Pusa and Coimbatore from larvae in stems of Papaya 

 carica. The larva usually feeds on dead wood but may bore in below 

 the bark of old living stems ; the direct damage done is shght but the 

 indirect damage, by admission of disease, may be more serious. The 

 larval workings are easily seen and can be cut out and the wound tarred. 



TlSCHERIAD^. 



Tischeria ptarmica, Meyr. 

 Meyr. Rec. Ind. Mus. II 399 ; 1. 1. L. p. 540. 



Found mining leaves of ber {Zizyphus jufuba) in Orissa. May occur 

 in very large numbers constituting a minor pest. 



Hepialid^. 



Phassus malabancus, Mo. 

 S. I. I. pp. 467-468, f. 344 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 22. 

 Reared at Ootacamund from a pupa found in tea-stem. Also known 

 from Bangalore In the Bombay Presidency the larva sometimes does 

 much damage by boring in roots of Trema arientaUs {B. J. XXIII 765). 



It is only occasionally found on tea in Assam. Mr Andrews. 



It occurs in Burma, probably on teak. Mr. Beesoa. 



COLEOPTERA. 



MELOLONTHlDiE. 



Autoserica sp.* 

 Ann. Rept. Impl. Entom. 1917-18, p. 93, t. 12, f. 1 (1918). 

 This species has been reared in small numbers at Pusa from larvaa Mr. Fletcher, 

 at roots of lemon and sugarcane. It is probably a minor pest. 



♦This has since bean identified as A. in>anabilid, Brenske. 



