Mr, Khare. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
Mr. P. C. Sen. 
Mr. H. L. Dutt. 
Mr. Ghosh. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
Mr. Ghosh. 
Mr. P. C. Sen. 
Mr. H. L. Dutt. 
Mr, Fletcher. 
Mr, M. M, Lal. 
154. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 
Tarache crocata was found in one year in large nambers on jute at: 
Nagpur, but jute is not grown as a field-crop at Nagpur. 
Perigea capensis has been found on jute at Pusa but is not known 
as a pest of this crop. 
Nisotra madurensis | South Indian Insects,” pp. 310-311, fig. 160]; 
has been recorded on jute in Madras, the beetles eating the leaves. But. 
it is not a serious pest, and does not seem to be known outside of Madras. 
Trachys sp. This is a small Buprestid beetle which seems to be: 
confined to Bengal and Bihar. At Pusa it is not common, but in Bengal 
it has been noted as a pest, and we have records of it from Purnea, Rang- 
pur, and from near Dacca. In the last case the plants left for seed were. 
riddled with holes, the larva mining the leaves. 
In Bengal Trachys is only a minor pest on Jute. 
So it is in Bihar also. 
Trachys has not been noticed at Pusa for the last three or four years.. 
It used to occur in small numbers. The larva mines the leaf, pupating 
inside the mine. 
Tanymecus indicus and Myllocerus discolor have been found on jute: 
leaves at Pusa and M. wridanus at Kumbakonam, but none of these 
are regular pests. 
Boring in the stem of jute we find an unidentified Apion, referred. 
to as the “ Jute Apion ” in “ South Indian Insects,” p. 331, fig. 188. 
In Madras it is known from Bellary and Godavari and it is also known 
in Bengal and Bihar. 
The grub is usually found just at the junction of the leaf-petiole 
with the stem and it bores sufficiently to cause a break of a good many 
fibres at that place. Its presence can usually be detected by the withered 
and drooping leaf. At Pusa it occurs every year in small numbers, 
attacking the plants in all stages of growth. It sometimes occurs in 
the top-shoots as well. 
This Apion is a minor pest in Bengal. 
A serious attack was reported from Chinsura five or six years ago.. 
It is not common as a rule. 
No control seems called for as a rule and indeed the damage is only 
seen after it has been done. 
Sucking insects on jute include :— 
Mites. 
Graptostethus servus. 
Mites sometimes occur on jute-leaves but are not important as a 
rule in the wetter districts in which jute is grown. 
At Lyallpur, in the experimental plot of jute, mites were noticed. 
last year for the first time. 
