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It is said to be very bad in the Wynaad over small areas but I have Mr. Anstead. 
not seen it myself. 
The next insect is Dasychira (Olene) mendosa. It is a polyphagous Mr. Fletcher. 
Insect, occurring on tea occasionally as a minor pest, but does not appear 
to be of much importance. 
The next tea-pest is Andraca bipunctata, which occurs in Assam, 
Cachar and Sylhet as a serious pest of tea. There are two broods, in 
January-February and in April-May. The whole of the leaves may ve 
eaten off, leaving the tea-bushes stripped. The larve occur in con- 
spicuous clusters and may be hand-picked. 
Yes; they can be collected by hand easily and nothing else requires Mr, Andrews. 
to be done. 
We now come to two weevils, both recently described by Dr. Marshall Mr. Fletcher. 
and stated to do damage to tea-bushes in Assam. They are, (1) Phytos- 
caphus dissimilis, recorded on young tea-shoots in Assam and (2) Corv- 
getus bidentulus, recorded as a serious pest of tea in Assam and also 
occurring in Upper Burma. Perhaps Mr. Andrews can tell us something 
about them. 
In Assam Corigetus is found on leaves but no control measures are Mr. Andrews. 
practised because no satisfactory measure has been devised so far. In 
the case of old trees the damage done is negligible, because the tender 
leaves alone are eaten. 
That brings us to the end of the leaf-eating pests of tea. Has any Mr. Fletcher. 
one any other leaf-eating tea pests for discussion ? [To this question 
there was no reply.| Then we will proceed with the boring insects which 
attack tea and with the borers we will include the bark-eaters also. 
I have the following species on my List, viz. :— 
Xyleborus fornicatus. 
Zeuzera coffer. 
Phassus malabaricus. 
Coelosterna scabrator. 
Arbela dea. 
Arbela quadrinotata. 
Of these we have lately had some inquiries from Ceylon regarding 
the occurrence in India of Xyleborus fornicatus, the well-known “ Shot- 
hole borer” of Ceylon, and we can only say that at present it seems 
rather doubtful whether this insect occurs in India at all. 
Zeuzera coffee, the ““ Red Borer” of the Coffee Districts, occurs in 
tea as well as in various other plants. We have, for example, a record 
of its occurrence in cotton in Burma. I have seen it in tea in Ceylon 
and it occurs, boring in tea, throughout North-East India but is scarcely 
A serious pest. 
