Mr. Ramakrisbna 

 Ayyar. 



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TROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



[Idgia belli. 



Idgia belli was found in enormous numbers in October in the Wynaad, 

 the adults attacking flowers of wild and thatching grass but not any 

 cultivated crop. They occur in such enormous numbers that three or 

 four baskets-full could be collected in a couple of hours by one man.] 



Hajmlochrus jasciatus, Fb. 



Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 168, 207. 



Mr. Fletcter. This species has been found on rice at Chapra, and at Pusa on rice 



in small numbers in July 1915, on grass and on lucerne. We have it 

 also from Kasara (Bombay). It is not known as a pest. 



Harcband Singh. 



COCCINELLID^. 



Epilachna dodecastigma, Muls. 



South Ind. Ins., p. 292, t. 6 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, 

 pp. 59, 285, 287, 289, 302, 307. 



We have this in the Pusa Collection from Igatpuri, Pusa, Nilgiris, 

 Tatkon, Jorhat, Chapra, Cheniot (Punjab) and Coimbatore. 



At Pusa it occurs on leaves of Ltiffa cvgyj)tiaca, potato, brinjal, tomato 

 and cucumber in all stages. At Tatkon the adults were found on Tri- 

 chosanthes cucumerina. At Coimbatore it was reared on Solaniim sp. 



It also occurs less commonly on cowpea. 



It is a decided pest of brinjal, potato and cucurbits, both the larva? 

 and adults feeding on the leaves. It may be collected in all stages or ^ 

 treated by spraying. 



Epilachna 28-punctata, Fb. 



Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 59, 285, 287, 289, 302, 307. 



This species occurs commonly throughout the Plains and we have 

 it in the Pusa collection from Belgaum, Jalpaiguri, Palur, Pusa, Baroma, 

 (Assam), Jorhat, Nongpoh, Chapra, Tatkon. 



At Pusa and in the Philippines it occurs on potato, brinjal, Cepha- 

 landra indica, and it is regular pest of brinjal, potato and cucubits when- 

 ever it occurs. Life-history and control as in E. dodecastigma. 



This beetle did enormous damage to desi varieties of potatoes at 

 Solan and Kanda Ghat, near Simla. Scotch varieties, which were 

 put down nearby, were untouched. 



