322 TROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETIKG 



Apomecyna perotteti (Plate 9, figure c) has recently been noted in 

 Godavari and Vizagapatam districts as a pretty bad pest of cucurbits, 

 especially of the vegetable called dondekaya in Telugu. 



Among Bruchids of economic importance the following might be 

 noted. — 



Bruchus analis — on stored pulses, 



B. theobromce — breeding on red-gram in the fields. 



B. chinensis — both in the fields and in the store room. 



Other unidentified species are, one species breeding on lab lab in the 

 fields, one on cow-pea also in the field, and another from agathi {Sesbania) 

 pods in the field. The correct identification of these species is a matter of 

 great importance, as confusion is sure to arise. 



Xyleborus foniicatus (PI. 14) was once noted pretty bad on a species 

 of red garden castor plant in Bangalore. Being a well-known pest of 

 tea and other plants in Ceylon, and this being the first record of it in the 

 Plains, it is necessary that the progress of this pest should be watched 

 carefully. 



The Bostrichid, Rhizopertha dominica, which was till now considered 

 a minor pest of stored cereals, has during the past two or three years 

 proved a serious pest of stored paddy. This was the case in the Coro- 

 mandel districts two years ago. 



The weevil, Tylopholis ballardi, mentioned in Marshall's Fauna 

 volume, has been noted attacking Bengal gram in Bellary, but has not 

 been noted as serious. 



Lepidoptera. 



Chilades laius. This Lycsenid is occasionally noted doing damage 

 to Citrus shoots in the Northern Circars. 



Parata alexis. The larva of this Skipper is found sporadically in 

 numbers attacking the foliage of Pongamia glabra, a tree the leaves of 

 which are largely used for green-manure in wet-lands. 



Psychidce. Among bag-worms we often have louble with some 

 species. One is sometimes found on castor in Coimbatore (probably 

 Psyche viirea). and another on fruit-trees in the Northern Circars, 

 especially on Sapota. 



Contheyla rotunda. A sporadic serious pest of coconut trees on the 

 South Malabar coast. It has also been noted by Mr. Ans ead as a pest 

 of tea in the Hills. (See my paper on this insect, p. 91, Madras Depart- 

 mental Year -Book 1917.) 



Natada nararia was once found as a bad pest of the garden 

 hedge plant, Pithecolobium dulce, in Coimbatore. 



