Mr. Andrews. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
Mr. Andrews. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
22 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 
Phassus malabaricus was reared from a larva found eating the roots: 
of a tea-bush in Southern India, but is not a specific pest of tea, so far 
as I know. 
Coelosterna scabrator is recorded by Watt and Mann as found on tea 
in Assam but is not a pest, I think. 
We come now to the species of Arbela, known as Bark-eating Borers 
of tea in Assam. Mr. Antram wrote a bulletin on these insects and 
perhaps Mr. Andrews will tell us some more about them. 
Both Arbela dea and A. quadrinotata occur in tea-gardens in North- 
East India. It has been found that the application of Soda washes is 
very eflective in controlling them. After such treatment the cater- 
pillars do not eat the bark. 
Can you tell us something more about these washes, and how they are 
applied ? 
Any of the following three solutions may be used :— 
(1) Caustic Soda (98 per cent.) —. j : C : ~~ ous 
Water . : : : : ; : : : . 10 gallons.. 
(2) Washing Soda ; ; ; : : 3 j Pen ieel: 
Quicklime . ; . ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ 3 oe: 
Water . , : : : : : : : . 10 gallons. 
(3) Soda Ash : . . ° . : : . . 24 |b. 
Quicklime j ; ; ‘ 7 . ‘ 2 |b. 
Water . : : ; : : : : : . LO gallons. 
The soda wash may be applied by means of a brass spraying machine or, 
better, by means of a swab of cloth at the end of a short bamboo stick. 
We now come to the various sucking insects, bugs, and scales, which 
attack tea, and with these we may consider a few miscellaneous pests 
such as mites and eelworms. On my list I have :— 
Pecilocoris latus. 
Helopeltis theivora. 
Helopeltis antoni. 
Disphinctus humeralis. 
Empoasca flavescens, 
Lecanium hemisphaericum. 
Lecanium nigrum. 
Aspidiotus camellia. 
Chionaspis manne. 
Hemichionaspis thee. 
Aphids. 
Thrips. 
Tetranychus broculatus. 
Phytoptus carinatus. 
EKelworms. 
