Mr. Anstead. 
Mr. G. R. Dutt. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
Mr. Anstead. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
Mr. Ramakrishna 
Ayyar. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
Mr. Anstead. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
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Another worker in Java, however, claims to have obtained results 
quite discordant with those [ have just described. 
The persistent destruction of ants-nests in the Coffee-Disiricts cer- 
tainly seems to have had a marked effect on the spread of this Scale. 
The fact that the ants take very great care of the Coccids they attend 
on has been observed many a time by me. In Pusa the workers of 
(CEcophylla smaragdina have been noticed on several occasions removing 
the young Lecanium hesperrdum, holding them very gently between their 
mandibles, from such leaves as get withered on account of the sap 
having been drained off, on to fresh and healthy leaves. 
We must get on to the next insect. Antestia cruciata sometimes 
occurs in very large numbers on coffee in Southern India and is said to 
do considerable damage by sucking the berries. 
It is very common in the Coffee-Districts but does not do much 
damage as a rule. 
The other sucking insects do not call for much comment. We have 
already considered Pseudococcus citri on the roots of coffee ; it is often 
found on the young shoots but not in large numbers as a rule. The 
other Scales I have already mentioned hardly seem to be serious pests. 
Rupser (Hevea brasiliensis). 
We now come to pests of Rubber. So far we seem to be fairly for- 
tunate in India in having practically no pests of this tree. In other 
rubber-growing countries things are not so satisfactory. In the Malay 
States, for example, one hears of trouble with a Coptotermes and in Ceylon. 
there is a Slug with a curiously perverted appetite for rubber latex. 
In Ceylon also the larva of Batocera rubus has been recorded as boring 
in the lower part of the stem and doing some damage. 
We have had Batocera rubus sent in a rubber stump from the Western. 
Ghats. 
The only insect I have seen on rubber in India, as a pest of any kind, 
is Saissetia nigra. One sees a few examples of this Scale-insect on. 
rubber-leaves in most districts, but it never seems to be really serious. 
Practically speaking, we have no insect-pests on this tree. 
Carpamom (Elettaria cardamomum). 
Cardamom is grown to some extent in the Hill Districts of Southern 
India, generally at an elevation of about 4,000-5,000 feet. Amongst 
insect pests we know of the following :— 
Attacking the stem and capsules :— 
Dichocrocis punctiferalis. 
Lampides elpis. 
