Mr. Fletcher. 
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of batches of eggs and young larve, whilst still gregarious, hand- 
picking should be done. 
Estigmene lactinea and Amsacta lineola are also said to have occurred 
at Pusa in 1905 together with Deacrisia. Our collection contains a good 
many £. lactinea reared then, but no A. lineola, so that the latter record 
requires confirmation. The same treatment as for Diacrisia should 
afford control. 
The weevils, Tanymecus indicus and Myllocerus 11-pustulatus and 
blandus, also occur on sunflower leaves but are scarcely pests. 
Amongst sucking insects, we have a record of Dolycoris indicus,. 
but this insect has a very wide range of foodplants and is scarcely a 
pest. 
At Pusa the sunflower heads were bored by :— 
Heliothis obsoleta. 
Xanthotrachelus superciliosus. 
. faunus. 
e perlatus. 
Stathmopoda theoris. 
Of these, Heliothis obsoleta seems to have done most damage according 
to the Report which I quoted just now. The badly affected heads were 
picked off and those slightly affected were washed over with Crude Oil 
Emulsion. 
The species of Xanthotrachelus also occurred in the heads but are 
not referred to in the Bulletin, as they were only recently identified, 
and I had a note on them in Bulletin No. 59, Note No. 27. 
Stathmopoda theoris seems to be a mere rubbish-feeder and not a real 
pest. 
SAFFLOWER (Carthamus linctorius). 
| Kusum—Hind. | 
Safflower is grown to a considerable extent, partly for dye obtained 
from the flowers and partly for oil expressed from the seeds. In some: 
districts, as in Bihar, the young leaves also are used as a vegetable. 
The plant is attacked by a few insect pests. 
On the leaves we find :— 
Perigea capensis. 
Tanymecus indicus. 
Perigea capensis is usually a minor, but occasionally a serious pest 
of safflower, eating the leaves and also the capsules. The insect is: 
described and figured in ‘‘ South Indian Insects,” pp. 376-377, fig. 239 
and a coloured plate [exhibited] is now in the press. When I was at 
Coimbatore we had rather a bad attack of this caterpillar on safflower 
