PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 167 
Mr. Ramachandra 
Oxya velox has been under observation in the Insectary at Coimbatore 
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and its lifehistory has been worked out. Under natural conditions 
the eggs are laid on the stalks whilst the stubble is in the field ; later on, 
in the field bunds. In April and May the eggs hatched in 14 days, im 
‘about 3 weeks during the monsoon, and in 4 to 5 days during the winter, 
at Coimbatore. The grasshoppers are found to damage the ears of 
paddy sometimes. When paddy is not available, they feed on grasses. 
As regards control-measures, hand-netting has been found quite 
useful. 
In Burma Oxya velox was sent in in large numbers from Bhamo Mz. Shroff. 
as attacking paddy. 
Oxya velox is ordinarily found in grasses and it is only under excep- yx, Ghosh. 
tional. circumstances that they come into paddy. 
The conditions evidently vary in different localities. In Madras Mr. Fietcher. 
they apparently prefer paddy. 
We will go on to the beetle pests of paddy. 
~ Hispa armigera (@nescens). 
Leptispa pygmea 
Hapalochrus fasciatus. : 
Oides affinis. 
Tanymecus chloroleucus. 
5 indicus. 
- hispidus. 
Myllocerus discolor. 
5 blandus. 
2 dentifer. 
Athesapeuta oryz@. 
Hispa armigera [‘ South Indian Insects”, pp. 315-316, tab. i0) 
occurs in most paddy-growing districts in Southern and Eastern India, 
but we have no records from the United Provinces or further North. 
It is sporadically a serious pest in Madras, Bengal and Orissa ; apparently 
less common in Bihar but sometimes a pest even there, chiefly in nurseries. 
The larvee mine the leaves of paddy and the pupa is found in the leaf 
whilst the beetles also occur on the leaves. Collection in bag-nets or 
hand-nets may be tried where it can be done. 
In Mysore and Cuddapah lands irrigated from tanks, and in Malabar Mr. Ramakrishna 
rain-fed lands, suffer most from Hispa. ave 
As regards control, in Salem there is a curious custom of smearmg 
a long stick with pig’s fat and placing iv in the middle of the fields where 
it is burnt, and it is believed that the smoke drives away the beetles. 
