Mr, Shroff. 
Mr. Ramakrishna 
Ayyar. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
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Mr. 
Mr. 
. Shroff. 
Fletcher. 
Jhaveri. 
. Fletcher. 
. shaveri. 
. G. R. Dutt. 
. Ghosh. 
. Fletcher. 
. Jhaveri. 
a4 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 
Termites damage the seedlings at Mandalay. Crude Oil Emulsion 
has been tried, with good results, but all the seeds did not germinate. 
Adisura atkinsoni also attacks the seedlings at Coimbatore. 
On the leaves we get a few pests :— 
Diacrisia obliqua. 
Amsacta mooret. 
Acherontia styx. 
Platypria hystriz. 
Episomus lacerta. 
Diacrisia obliqua does considerable damage in districts where it 
occurs, especially in Bihar and Bengal. 
It occurs on lablab in Burma also. 
Amsacta moorei also occurs as a pest in some districts, especially 
in Gujarat. Mr. Jhaveri, will you tell us about your work on it 2 
Amsacta moore is very bad on lablab seedlings in Northern Gujarat. 
We make trenches round about the infested plots and put in the trenches 
the leaves of a kind of Prickly Pear.* The caterpillars are attracted to 
these leaves and can be killed there. 
Where do you get these Prickly Pear leaves 2 
The Prickly Pear is grown as a hedge plant. 
If Prickly Pear is preferred by the caterpillars, why do they attack 
the lablab instead of remaining in the hedges 2 
If they eat both, there is no reason why they should not attack the 
lablab as well. 
Probably these Prickly Pear leaves in the trenches attract the larve 
which fall into the trenches by providing shelter and so act as traps. 
To protect the lablab fields light-traps have also been used. In 
1911 twenty light-traps were used and 22,500 moths were caught. In 
1912 strong Kitson lamps were used and 12.840 moths were 
attracted, of which 6,663 were males and 6,177 were females. In 
1913 ordinary lamps were used and 8,336 moths were caught, of which 
761 were females and 7,575 were males; the Kitson lights were 
placed at a height of four or five feet from the ground and the traps 
were put on the ground. In 1914, 9,062 moths were collected, of which 
7,330 were males and 1,732 were females. In 1915, 1,551 moths were 
caught, of which 1,234 were males and 317 females. In 1916, 1,175 
moths were caught, of which 919 were males and 256 were females. 
When stronger lights were used, the proportion of females was higher. 
The total number of eggs in one female is about 700. 

*I have since seen this so-called “ prickly pear ” at Surat. It is not an Opuntia 
at all but is an Euphorbiaceous plant. T. B. F. 
