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PEOCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



Pundalvoya simplicia, Dist. 



Dist., F. I., Ill, 468-469, f. 255, VI, 134 ; South Ind. Ins, p. 

 494, f. 382 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 185, 193. 



We have this from Pusa, on maize, and from Coimbatore, on cholam 

 and maize. It occurs probably throughout the Plains, but has been" 

 little noted, although it is a bad pest of sorghum and maize. The 

 attack is usually localized in patches, the attacked plants assuming an 

 unhealthy yellow appearance and producing practically no grain. 



Control is very difficult, as the bugs live protected inside the leaf- 

 sheaths, where it is practically impossible to get at them. They are 

 usually attended by ants and one line of attack might deal with these 

 ants' nests. Beyond that the only method is by cutting the attacked 

 plants and using them for fodder. 



Mf. Ramakrishna 

 Ayyar. 



{Unidentified Fulgcnid). 



Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 216. 



This insect has been found at Coimbatore in all stages in swarms on 

 shoots of Murraya koenigi, arresting the growth of the shoots. 



In South Kanara we find this small Fulgorid in large numbers on 

 Murraya koenigi, and it does some damage to the leaves. 



Mr. Fletcher. 



Sogata pitsana, Dist. 



Dist., A. M. N. H. (8), IX, 191 (1912) ; Dist., F. I. Rhyn., YI, 

 139-140, f. 100 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 177. ' 



This insect has been found on rice-plants at Pusa, Bilaspur and 

 Sambalpur, and has also been recorded from Calcutta, Berhampur, 

 and Chikkaballapura (Mysore). It appears to be a minor pest of rice. 



Sogata distincta, Dist. 



Dist., A. M. N. H. (8), IX, 191 (1912) ; F. I. Rhyn., VI, 140; 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 177. 



This species has been found on rice at Pusa and has also been recorded 

 from Chikkaballapura (Mysore) and Peradeniya. It occurs, together 

 with S. piisana, as a minor pest of rice. 



[Since this paper was read, Mr. F. Muir has stated ifianad. Entom. W, p. 8 ; 

 January 1919) that S. distincta is the same species as Megamelus furctfera, Horv. — 

 Editor.] 



