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PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



Mr. Fletche". 



Mr. David. 

 Mr. Kbare. 



Mr Haiuakrislina 

 Ayyar. 



Mr. Fletcher. 



Mr. Ramakrisbna 

 Ayyar. 



Mr. Kunbi Eannan 

 Mr. Fletcher. 



Mr. Ramakrisbna 

 Ayyar. 



Mr. Senior-White. 



Orycles rhinoceros, L. 



Arrow, F. I. Dynast., pp. 278-281, ff. 6, 63 ; S. I. I. p. 285, 

 t. 3 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 135, 145, 259, 262. 



Throughout Southern India and Ceylon as far north as Pusa and 

 Bandra, apparently not found in the United Provinces and we have 

 no records from the Central Provinces. The larva occurs in farmyard 

 manure, cofiee pulp, rotting aloe stems and decaying vegetation generally, 

 the adult beetle boring into crowns of palm trees, occasionally into 

 sugarcane. It has been found in sugarcane at Coimbatore, and in 

 Travancore is said to occur rarely in cane when 3-4 feet high. 



The Pusa Collection contains specimens from Pusa, Bangalore, 

 Kanara, N. Coorg (larva in rotten cofiee pulp), Virajpet in S. Coorg 

 (damaging coco palms) and Trichinopoly. 



The northern limit of the distribution of Orydes rhinoceros in India 

 does not seem to be definitely known. We have no records from the 

 United Provinces and no specimens from the Central Provinces. 



It is not found at Cawnpur. 



In the Central Provinces we find it breeding in manure heaps. It 

 is found throughout the Central Provinces. 



A new control method has been tried in Travancore. A powdered 

 oil-cake is prepared from a plant called marrali (? Hydrocafpus sp.) 

 and placed in the crowns of the palms. This has a strong smell and a 

 bitter taste and probably acts as a repellent. 



How far is it actually practical ? 



I do not know. I have only heard of it. 



Fermented ragi water was tried in Mysore and found to attract the 

 beetles in large numbers. 



Do the people keep pigs in these coconut-growing districts in Southern 

 India ? 



No ; but they make pits filled with rubbish and when the beetles 

 have collected they are killed ofi. 



In Ceylon, in the low-country at an altitude of about 400 feet, the 

 Singhalese keep pigs and, so far as I know, they do not have much 

 trouble with Oryctes. 



Heteronychus sacchari, Arrow. 



Arrow, F. I. Dyn., p. 297, f. 69. 



Recorded by Arrow from Rangpur (Bengal) and " reported as causing 

 considerable injury to sugarcane." 

 No specimens in Pusa Collection. 



