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Anadastus .-^p. Within the past three or four year.5 the tenai 

 crop {Setarkt italica) on the Coimbatore farm has been found 

 subject to the attacks of a Languriad borer. The nature of the damage 

 and the external symptoms of the crop are similar to those caused by 

 ordinary borers — the fading and gradual death of the shoots and ears, 

 and death of the plant. The beetle appears to be a species of 

 Anadastus ; another Erotylid which I have noted as a borer till now is 

 Fatva longicornis, W., breeding on dry and rotting Euphorbia antiquorum 

 plants (See Fletcher, p. 290). The life-history of this tejiai beetle has 

 recently been worked out by my Assistant, Mr. P. V. Isaac* The 

 eggs are thrust into the stem at the nodes singly, a few inches above 

 the ground level. The grub feeds from inside and pupates in th*e hollow. 

 The beetle is small in size, about 6 mm. in length, and red and blue in 

 colour. 



Anthrenus pimfinelke, Fab., var. (Fig. 7G in Fletcher's book.) Sillc 

 and woollen goods are found subject to the attacks of a small 

 Dermestid in South India. The beetle is very small, oval in shape and 

 dark brown in colour with white patches on the elytra. The small dark 

 hairy larva is found feeding on silk cocoons, woollens, brushes, etc. 

 Antlnenvs jascialus has been reported more than once from Army 

 cloth' ng depots. 



Trachjs hicolar. (Plate 9, fig. d.) The pcdas tree {Butea frondosa) 

 is subject to the serious attacks of this Buprestid leaf-miner. In the 

 months from December to March, when fresh leaves are put out by 

 the bushes, every leaf is found mined and bUstered by this borer. The 

 beetle is comparatively small in size and dark bluish in colour. It is 

 very common in South Malabar. 



A species of Trachys is referred to as a pest of jute in Bengal (vide 

 Rejmt of Second Entomological Meeting, p. 134) but I do not know which 

 species this one is. 



Wire-Worms. Reports of Elaterid grubs attacking potatoes in the 

 Hills have been recently received. The actual species concerned has yet 

 to be bred out. 



The Morivga stem-borer. The larva, which in this case is a longicorn 

 borer, attacks the moringa tree {Mori^iga pterygosferma). The beetle is 

 a typical Lamiad appearing more or less like one of the species of 

 Monohammns. It is about 19 mm. long and greyish-brown in colour. 

 The insect is found occasionally serious. The life-history has recently 

 been worked out by my Assistant Mr. T. V. Subramania Ayyar. [See 

 paper No. 66 of these Proceedings.] , 



* fc'ee also Mr. Isaac's paper (No. C5 of these Proceedings). 



