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little more to say about its life-history. The larvee occur commonly in 
cane-fields and sometimes damage the roots, but it is difficult to apply 
any control-measures directly. The adult beetles occur in the early 
summer and may be caught in numbers at that time. In this connec- 
tion it may be of interest to note that last year, when we were working 
an Andres-Maire trap at Pusa in May and June, numerous examples 
of Anomala spp. were attracted and caught in the trap and it is interesting 
to note that larger numbers of A. bengalensis were caught than of A. 
polita, although the later is the commoner species at Pusa. An appa- 
rently trival observation of this sort sometimes givesa useful hint regard- 
ing control. 
Anomala was rather bad last year round about Gurdaspur. The Mr. M. M. Lal. 
attack occurred when the plants were fairly young. Nothing could 
be done to check the pest. 
We now come to the leaf-eating pests of sugar cane. We know of :— Mr. Fletcher. 
Mieroglyphus banian. 
Oxya velox. 
Dasychira securis. 
Telicota augqias. 
Leucophlebia lineata. 
Marasmia trapezalis. 
Phidodonta modesta. 
Astycus lateralis. 
Tanymecus sciurus. 
% hispidus. 
Thrips. 
Hieroglyphus banian (furcifer) [“ South Indian Insects,” pp. 531-532, 
tab. 50, figs. 1-3] 1s rather a pest of paddy in most districts and we 
shall come to it again when we deal with pests of the rice-plant. In 
some districts, however, notably in the United Provinces, it is a decided 
pest of sugarcane, and perhaps Mr. David will tell us about that. 
In the United Provinces Hieroglyphus banian is a very serious pest Mr, David. 
of the sugarcane crop. In Azamgarh District it is at times so bad that 
after the attack the crop is reduced to half ; some years ago the attack 
was very serious, but it has not been reported of late. Ploughing up 
the fields in March and bagging the hoppers later on is practised. 
In Mysore Hieroglyphus is found on paddy. I am of opinion that Mr. Kunhi 
if the South-West monsoon rains are timely and heavy, that is, if they Kannan. 
come at the time when the egg-capsules are just bursting, and the water 
soaks through the soil, the ege-pods are destroyed and there is no 
emergence. 
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