314 TROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



Odontotermes bangalorensis, Holmg. 



Holmg. Entl. Mem., V, 151-152. 

 This species has been found at Hadagalli, nibbling roots of cholam. 



Odontotermes ohesus, Ramb. 



Holmg., Entl. Mem., V, 146-149. 



This species has been definitely noted from Quilandy (Malabar), 

 damaging young coconut palms ; Coimbatore, galleries on tree-trunks ; 

 Hadagalli, nibbling bark of small tree ; Mysore City, on bark of Grevillea ; 

 Lyallpur, on tree trunk ; Bankura, eating sugarcane setts. 



Protermitid^. 



Stylotermes fletcheri, Holmg. 



Holmg., Entl. Mem., V, 142-143. 



This species was found m the Shevaroys, burrowing in the rotten 

 interior and in sound wood of a mango tree. 



Hodotermes viarwn, Koenig. 



Hodotermes Jcoenigi, Holmgren, Entl. Mem., V, 138. 



This species occurs commonly at Coimbatore and sometimes does 

 some damage to grass lawns by cutting ofE grass. 



3.— SOME INSECTS RECENTLY NOTED AS INJURIOUS IN SOUTH 



INDIA. 



By T. V. Ramakrishna Ayyar, B.A., F.E.S, F.Z.S., Acting Govermnent 



Entomologist, Madras. 



The latest connected record of the injurious insects of South India 

 is the volume on Some South Indian Insects by Mr. Fletcher. In the 

 preface to that publication the author writes thus : — " The list of crop- 

 pests is not complete, and it must be clearly understood that it cannot 

 be complete for many years, if ever. Every month new pests come to 

 hght, many of them altogether unkno\\T^i even by name, and our know- 

 ledge of old pests is augmented." These words are only too true ; for, 

 since the publication of that volume in 1914, several new insects of 

 economic importance have been noted in South India within the last 

 three or four years. 



