Mr. Fletcher. 
Mr. Andrews. 
Mr. Anstead. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
Mr. Anstead. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
Mr. Anstead. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
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Are there any particular conditions under which such outbreaks: 
occur 2 - 
There is no evidence as to what conditions are favourable to a 
sporadic attack of Red slug, but there seems to be a breeding ground 
somewhere in the Tondoo Forest in North Bengal; gardens situated 
close to this forest are most subject to attack. 
In Southern India, in the case of Heterusia virescens, the pest is cleared 
out by hand-picking. 
Do you not find any difficulty in getting that done ? In the case of 
Heterusia cingala, my recollection is that in Ceylon there was some. 
difficulty in collecting the larvee by hand-picking on account of their 
stinging. 
The caterpillars do sting but on the estate in question we had no 
complaints from the coolies. 
The next insect is Homona coffearia, which is of course a very bad 
pest of tea in Ceylon. Whether it occurs on tea in Southern India 
appears to be rather doubtful ; I have not yet seen any specimens from 
tea and the only South Indian examples I have seen at all were a couple 
which I took at Pollibetta, in South Coorg, where there was no tea near. 
In North-East India Mr. Andrews has lately informed me that he has 
recently obtained it in small numbers, but, so far as we know at present, 
it does not appear to be a regular pest of tea in India. However, as it 
occurs in the Tea-Districts and is a potential pest of tea, we had bettez 
leave it on the Pest-List for the present. 
In Southern India, however, we get another leaf-roller on tea. We 
have specimens reared from larve found twisting tea-leaves in the 
Nilgiris. But this species is Laspeyresia leucostoma. How far it is 
a regular pest I cannot say. If Mr. Anstead will try to procure us some 
specimens of these tea-rollers in Southern India, it will doubtless help 
out our present knowledge on this point. 
I will try to get some specimens. 
The next insect on the list is Contheyla rotunda, a small Limacodid 
moth, which was sent in to us recently by Mr. Anstead as damaging tea 
in the Wynaad. It is rather interesting, because this same species, 
which is apparently rather a rarity as a rule, suddenly appeared about a 
year ago as a pest of coconut in Malabar. Like a good many of these 
Limacodids, it probably feeds on various trees and plants and may 
occur on almost anything and, when it does occur, it appears in large 
numbers and does considerable damage for a generation or two, after 
which it disappears again. I do not think it is likely to occur regularly 
as a pest of tea. 
