Mr. Ratiram. 
Mr. Gupta. 
Mr, Fletcher. 
Mr. H. L. Dutt. 
Mr. Jhaveri. 
Mr. Gupta. 
Mr 
Mr 
. Ghosh. 
. Fletcher. 
45 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 
Sphenoptera. We have Sphenoptera recorded as boring in Soy-bean 
at Nagpur, but it seems rather doubtful whether the species concerned 
is avachidis or gossypii. 
Sphenoptera occurs as a stem-borer in Soy-bean at Nagpur and 
Tharsa. 
Riptortus linearis and R. pedestris are bad on the pods in Assam. 
The next crop is 
GRAM (Cicer arietinum). 
There are a good many insects which attack the young plants. 
especially :— 
Agrotis ypsilon. 
Agrotis flammatra, 
Prodenia litura. 
Cirphis loreyt. 
Zizera otis ?. 
Chrotogonus. 
Agrotis ypsilon is an important pest of gram in some localities, especi- 
ally on the tal lands along the Ganges, as around Mokameh. I said 
something about this yesterday and full accounts of the work done on 
it have been published in the “ Agricultural Journal of India ”’ and the 
‘ Bihar Agricultural Journal,” so we need not traverse all that ground 
again. About the only new point that I need mention is the large number. 
of eggs, well over two thousand, which may be laid by the female moths.. 
This makes it the more important to catch as many females as possible 
and this can be done by means of the Andres-Maire trap. 
[ may mention that I have had some of these traps made here and 
will be glad to let any Provincial Assistants have one on loan for trial. 
In Bihar Agrotis ypsilon is the chief trouble in low lands. 
An Agrotis—I do not know the species—does serious damage to this. 
crop in Panch Mahals. 
In Assam Agrotis ypsilon occurs in gram fields. 
At Pusa both Agrotis ypsilon and A. flammatra occur in young gram. 
fields in numbers. 
We will take Agrotis flammatra next. It occurs throughout Northern 
India, Pusa being apparently its most southern limit so far as our re- 
cords go. As a pest, it is minor and sporadic in most localities, but is 
stated to be a serious pest of gram and almost all low-growing plants 
in the spring at Lyallpur and throughout the Punjab. It is common 
in the North-West Frontier Province also. It is not attracted to Andres- 
Maire traps in any numbers, so far as I know, so some other control- 
method requires to be worked out. Judging by the sudden appearance: 
