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rROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



Mr. Fletcher. 



Odoiforvs longicollis, 01. 



Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 238 (tab.). 



We have this from Pusa, Munshiganj, Buxar- Duars and Jorhat, 

 and the form planipenms, Gyll., from Munshiganj, Buxar Duars, Helem 

 (Assam) and Maymyo. The larva bores into the stem of plantain and 

 kills the tree. Destruction of the attacked and wilting stems is the only 

 practicable measure ; in any case, the plant will be destroyed by the 

 beetle grubs, which occur in numbers. The adult beetle is very long- 

 hved and may live for one or two years. 



Mr. Ramrao. 



Mr. Senior- White. 



Mr. Fletcher. 



Mr. Ramakrishna 



Ayyar. 



Ml'. Fletcher. 



Cosmopolites sordidus, Germ. 



S. I. I., pp. 342-343, f. 201 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 238. 



We have this from Mahim (Bombay), Poona, Tellicherry and Mayanad, 

 and doubtfully from Baroma (Assam). The larva bores in plantain 

 stems, low down and in the roots. It is a decided pest and may be 

 introduced in planting setts. It does not occur at Pusa and we have 

 nothing new to add to what was said at the last Meeting. 



I have found eggs laid in leaf-sheaths. They are cyhndrical. They 

 have not been found before. No wound is made, but the eggs are simply 

 pushed under the sheath. 



In Ceylon, when a fruit-bearing stump is cut away, the stool is simply 

 riddled by the weevils ; but, when you thin a clump and remove the 

 stumps that have not yet borne fruit, you find them quite healthy. 



Has anyone found any parasites of this weevil ? 



No. 



We should like to know of any parasites if anyone should find any, 

 especially as we have not this weevil at Pusa. It has been introduced 

 with plantain setts into several other parts of the world and has proved 

 a bad pest, notably in Fiji, so that other countries are keenly interested 

 in knowing about anything that will check it. 



Calandra stigtnaticollis, Gyll. 



Annl. Kept. Impl. Entom. 1917-18, pp. 98-99, t. 15, f. 1. 



We have this from Malvan (Ratnagiri) and Tamarasseri (Malabar), 

 where it was found"in both cases boring stems of coconut in the larval 

 stage. Specimens were reared at Pusa from a sample of attacked wood 

 from Ratnagiri and we found that they were able to breed in sugarcane 

 under insectary conditions. 



It is a very bad pest in the Ratnagiri district. 



