Vir. Khare. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
126 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 
Euproctis scintillans [“ South Indian Insects,” p. 399, fig. 268] is 
occasionally serious on gogu in Madras, but is usually a minor pest of 
little importance. 
Diacrisia obliqua may occur on this plant in districts where this 
insect occurs as a general pest of low-growing plants, but ambadi is not 
grown very much in the districts chiefly troubled with Diacrisia. 
Telchinia viole has been found in Bihar as an occasional minor pest, 
but is of no real importance. It feeds also on a wild Passion-flower 
(Modeca palmata). 
Phycita infusella is found in the top-shoots but is scarcely a pest. 
Cosmophila erosa may occur on the leaves as a very occasional pest, 
usually minor. 
Nisotra madurensis [“‘ South Indian Insects,” pp. 310-311, fig. 160] 
has been noted as a minor pest in Madras. 
Dereodus mastos [Fauna of India, Curculionde, Vol. I, pp. 124-125, 
fig. 41] has been found on gogu at Coimbatore but is not a pest so far 
as we know. 
Myllocerus 11-pustulatus has been found on ambadi at Pusa and 
Poona and probably occurs in all districts as a minor pest. 
Myllocerus discolor has been found on gogu at Coimbatore but is 
probably not a real pest. 
Sucking insects found on Hibiscus cannabinus include :— 
Dysdercus cingulatus 
Oxycarenus letus. 
Both of these occur in much the same way as on bhindi and need not 
be mentioned further. 
In the Central Provinces both these bugs occur on the pods in very 
large numbers. 
Boring insects in the stem of Hibiscus cannabinus include :— 
Alcides leopardus 
»  affaber 
Pempheres affinis. 
Alcides leopardus seems to occur chiefly in Northern India, all our 
specimens being from Bihar. The larva bores in the shoots and stems 
and may be a minor pest, but we seem to know very little about it. 
Alcides affaber occurs in gogu stems at Coimbatore in December- 
February as a pest. Probably it occurs throughout Madras but we 
do not know its exact distribution. 
Pempheres affinis also breeds in stems of Hibiscus cannabinus and 
this plant serves as an alternative foodplant. It is not of any great 
importance as a pest in this plant. 
