PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING Wd 
Conosia irrorata is a Tipulid found commonly in rice areas in India 
and Burma. We know nothing of its life-history but it seems likely that 
the larva will be found to feed on roots of paddy. 
The sucking insects on paddy include :— 
Menida histrio. 
Tetroda histerovdes. 
Leptocorisa varicornis. 
Nephotettix bipunctatus. 
: apicalis. 
Tettigoniella spectra. 
Kolla mimica. 
Sogata pusana. 
»  pallescens. 
»  dostincta. 
Inburnia sp. + 
Ripersia sacchari oryze. 
Menida histrio [* South Indian Insects”, pp. 474-475, fig. 354] has 
been recorded as a minor pest of paddy in Southern India. It is probably 
unimportant as a pest and may be collected in hand-nets, if required. 
Tetroda histeroides [“‘ South Indian Insects”, p. 477, fig. 359] has 
been recorded from Salem and Coimbatore as an occasional minor pest 
of paddy, but also seems of little importance. It is widely distributed 
in India. 
Leptocorisa varicornis [“ South Indian Insects”, pp. 479-480, fig. 
363] seems to be the common pest of rice, so far as I can make out. 
Distant describes three species of Leptocorisa in his Fauna volume but I . 
have been quite unable to make out more than one species from our 
series from India and Burma. Its life-history and occurrence have been 
described at length in Entomological Memoirs, Vol. II, pp. 1-13, tab. 
1, and there does not seem to be much to add to that. 
As regards control, the keeping of bunds and other areas adjacent to 
paddy-fields clear of wild grasses will reduce the numbers of this 
insect and, when it does occur in paddy-fields, the use of hand-nets will 
‘keep it under control. When I was at Coimbatore, we made com- 
parative trials of the efficiency of hand-nets and bag-nets against this 
insect, and found that the hand-nets gave much better results. 
With regard to Leptocorisa varicornis, 1 was informed by a gentle- Mr. Ghosh. 
man, residing in Burdwan, Bengal, that he had a sad experience of the 
damage done by this bug. In Burdwan district, Raniganj Sub-division, 
there is no aus paddy cultivated, but he wanted to try it. The local 
cultivators tried to dissuade him, saying that aus paddy was never 
