Mr. Ramachardra 
Rao. 
Mr. Andrews. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
Mr. Andrews. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
Mr. Anstead. 
Mr. Andrews. 
Mr. Anstead. 
Mr. Andrews. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
Mr. Andrews. 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 
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At Coimbatore Helopeltis antonii breeds on Nim shoots, as described 
in my note in the Agricultural Journal. 
At Tezpur Helopeltis (thewvora) has also been found breeding on 
mango. 
We will go-on to Empoasca flavescens, which is said to occur abun- 
dantly on tea in Assam and the Duars. Doubtless Mr. Andrews can 
tell us about that. 
It is found all over the Hills in North-East India. The leaves of the 
attacked bushes get a peculiar flavour which improves the quality of 
the tea made from them. In the Plains this insect does not give such a 
marked flavour and may do harm. In one instance, three years ago,. 
Empoasca suddenly appeared in the middle of a 5,000 acre block of tea 
in Assam in June, and completely checked the growth on one section. 
It had not been known there before for at least twenty years back ; it 
never spread to any other section; it lifted in July, and has not 
reappeared since. Why it apeared, where it came from, and why it 
has never reappeared, I can not say. 
We will go on to Scale Insects, on which there is a paper by Green 
and Mann in Vol. I of our Entomological Memoirs. 
In Southern India the worst scale is Aspidiotus camelliae, which is 
very troublesome on young plants. Spraying is the best remedy and 
this is easy on young plants. 
Chionaspis manni is another bad pest of tea-bushes. It interferes 
with the ordinary processes of digestion of the plant ; as a result of the 
attack the shoots get starved below the point of attack. It is serious 
in the Darjiling District only. The application of Soda Wash in the 
Cold Weather is the best remedy. 
In South India, Pmk and Purple Mites do more harm to the tea 
than any other mites. Spraying is very difficult as a control-measure. 
Red Spider is bad in North-East India. Lime-Sulphur has been 
found to be the best treatment and, if well prepared and well applied, 
is successful cent. per cent. Soap solution is also useful and soaps 
containing a higher percentage of Sodium Silicate give better results 
than purer soaps. 
Can you tell us something about the Lime-sulphur treatment ; how 
the spray is prepared and applied ? 
A stock solution is made of 20 lb. Quicklime, 223lb. Sulphur, and 
This is diluted to one in ten with water and apphed 
The best machine for the purpose is the Holder 
brass alloy. Copper vessels 
50 gallons of water. 
by means of a Sprayer. 
Knapsack Sprayer, made of “ Virex ” 
should not be used. 
