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58 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 
The next crop is 
Kuesari (Lathyrus sativus). 
On this we find Plusza larve on the leaves as sporadic minor _pests,. 
and larve of Etiella zinckenella attacking the pods, especially in Bengal, 
where Eétella is a sporadic pest of this crop. 
Etiella is a bad pest of khesart in Bengal. The caterpillars eat the 
seeds inside the pods, there being practically no external symptom of 
damage. 
Has anyone anything more to add ? 
When the crop is harvested the caterpillars are brought into the 
farmyard with the pods but soon leave the pods and wander about and 
may be collected in numbers and destroyed at that time. 
That seems rather late in the day, but it helps to reduce the namber 
of the species as regards leguminous crops later on. 
In Broach khesari is being grown on a large scale. This year a 
caterpillar has been reported to do serious damage to the pods; I am 
not sure of the identity of the insect, but it may be Htiella. 
The next plant is 
SwEET Pea (Lathyrus odoratus). 
It is not exactiy a crop, but is extensively grown in gardens and you 
may be called on to deal with pests on it and also it belongs to the same 
genus as khesari and acts as an alternative foodplant for many of these 
pests of regular leguminous crops ; so we will consider it here. 
The leaves are sometimes attacked by Dvuacrisia obliqua larve, 
which feed on practically any low-growing crop. 
Diacrisia obliqua occurs on sweet-pea leaves at Dacca. 
In the pods we find larvee of 
Heliothis obsoleta, 
Etiella zinckenella. 
Probably Catochrysops enejus and Polyommatus boeticus also occur 
in the pods. but we do not seem to have any definite records of either. 
Heliothis obsoleta and Etiella zinckenella are both pretty common 
and sometimes do some damage when it is required to collect seeds for 
the next sowing. 
Etiella was noted at Sabour in sweet-pea pods. 
Aphids also occur at Sabour on sweet-pea. 
Aphids occur at Pusa also but do not seem to do much harm as a 
rule. 
