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nobius, it will help us and others if you will send us in ample material, 
living if possible, for study and experiment. 
Schenobius immeritalis has been reared at Trivandrum in Travancore, 
from larvee boring in rice-plants. This species does not seem to have 
been bred otherwise but it is widely distributed and may prove to be a 
minor pest of paddy. 
Seirpophaga gilviberbis also is not definitely known to be a paddy- 
pest, but it is found very commonly in paddy areas in Lower Burma and 
is likely to prove to be a borer in paddy stems. 
Chilo simplex occurs as a stem-borer in paddy but is usually rather a 
minor pest of the rice-plant and we shall come to it again under juar. 
Chilo simplex is noticed in rice-plants at Pusa only when the crop 
is maturing. The dry ears are conspicuous and such plants contain 
several young borers, as many as ten to fifteen. 
Sesamia inferens is also found in rice-plants as a stem-borer but is 
usually a minor pest. 
Sesamia larve are found in large numbers late in the season (i.e., just 
before and in early winter) ; they are also found in large numbers in the 
stubble after the crop is harvested. As regards control, burning of the 
stubble is an essential step against this, as well as against Chilo and 
Schenobius. 
A few insects attack the roots of rice-plants and this group of pests 
will doubtless be extended considerably in the future. 
Phyllognathus dionysius. 
Anomala polita. 
Conosia wrrorata. 
Phyllognathus dionysius is described and figured in Entomological 
Memoirs, Vol. II, pp. 139-143, tab. 13, from specimens sent from 
Belgaum as injuring roots of young paddy plants in areas of black soil. 
We also have a record of the adult cutting stems of young paddy in 
South Kanara on one occasion. The insect is widely distributed and 
the Pusa Collection contains examples from South Kanara, Coimbatore, 
Belgaum, Igatpuri, Hoshangabad, Seoni, Pusa, Chapra, Dehra Dun and 
Simla. It does not seem to be a pest asa rule, or perhaps it would be 
more correct to say that we do not know it as a pest. 
Anomala polita is probably the species referred to as A. varians 
in Entomological Memoirs, Vol. II, pp. 143-146, tab. 14, the name varians, 
as generally used hitherto, including two species, A. polita and A. benga- 
lensis [see Entomological Note 12]. The larvee may occur commonly at 
roots of rice in dry areas, but we know very little about them. 
