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PllOCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



Mr. Pillay. 

 Mr. Fletcher. 

 Mr. Pillay. 

 Mr. 'haveri. 

 Mr. Fletcher. 



It is a serious pest in Travancore. 



Do you do anything against it ? 



Nothing. 



We have found the grubs parasitized at Surat. 



The parasite is probably not very successful. 



( Un identified His fine . ) 



This species was found by K. D. Shroff on 7th September 1908 at 

 Hmawbi (Lower Burma) boring into plantain stems. 



Wallacea sp. 



Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 262. 



This species has been found at Pusa, the adult on top-leaves and the 

 larva on top-shoots of the date palm {Phoenix sylvestris). The larvae 

 and adults eat the epidermis of young leaflets. 



( Unidentified Hi spine . ) 



This species has been found in some numbers at Pusa on Saccharum 

 arundinaceum. On 21st June 1918 the larvae were found living gregari- 

 ously inside rolled leaves, nibbUng the epidermis, and on 10th July 1918 

 the adults were found in the field nibbhng the leaves. The larvae collected 

 in June emerged on 25th July 1918. 



Oncocephala tuberculata, Ohv. 



Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 292. 



We have this from Bulsar (Bombay), in numbers on 20th May 1904 ; 

 from Coimbatore, on sweet-potato ; and from Moulmein, adults on sweet- 

 potato. It is not known to be a pest. 



Oncocephala sp. 



This was reared at Pusa from larvae found in September 1915 on sweet- 

 potato leaves, mining them, September 1915. It is not known to be a 

 j3est. 



Plalypria andrewesi, Weise. 



Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 253. 



This species occurs on ber {Zizyphus jujuha), the larva damaging the 

 leaves to a small extent. We have it from the Punjab, Surat, Pusa, 

 Sripur, and Coimbatore. 



