Mr. Ghosh. 
Mr. Ramakrishna 
Ayyar. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
Mr. Ratiram. 
Mr. Ghosh. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
nS PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 
In 1907 it was reported from Bankipur, where it is known as Chatra- 
The diseased condition due to it was ascribed to drought by the culti- 
vators. 
Ripersia was noticed in patches in an experimental plot of rice on the 
Government Farm. The affected patches had a scorched appearance. 
The flowers of the rice-plant are attacked by Cetoniad and Meloid 
beetles. Chiloloba acuta has been reported from Cuttack, Nagpur, 
and Virajpet (Coorg) and is often common in rice-fields. Lytta tenuicollis 
has also been found at Hagari (Bellary) and Bhandara (Central Pro- 
vinces), and doubtless other species occur in other localities. They can 
be collected by hand or in hand-nets. 
Are there any more pests of paddy ? 
In the Central Provinces a fly maggot was observed mining the leaves. 
A similar maggot is found mining dubh grass (Cynodon dactylon) leaves. 
Such fly-maggots are found occasionally at Pusa mining the apical 
parts of the leaves, but this insect is not a pest. 
JuAR (Andropogon Sorghum). 
Andropogon Sorghum, commonly called juar in Northern India, cholam 
in Madras, is another very important crop in India and has also a large 
number of insect pests, although many of these have already been 
dealt with under sugarcane, paddy, and other crops. 
The seedlings are attacked by an Anthomyiad fly referred to in 
“South Indian Insects,” pp. 356-357, fig. 215, as the “Cholam Fly.” 
Mr. Ballard did some work on these flies and came to the conclusion that 
there are at least three species (1) the Cholam Fly, which does not 
breed in rotten fruit, but which is found in cholam, wheat, varagu (Pas- 
palum scrobiculatum), Panicum frumentaceum, maize and broom corn 
(a kind of cho'am) ; (2) the Cumbu Fly, which is very closely related to 
the Cholam Fly, but apparently distinct, and which feeds on cwmbu and 
Panicum miliaceum ; (3) the Tomato Fly, which breeds in rotting fruits 
and vegetable matter generally. I may add that Mr. Ballard informed 
me that the figure of the adult fly shown in my book, fig. 215, No. 4, is 
probably the female of the Tomato Fly. If Mr. Ballard returns to India, 
I hope that he will continue his investigations on this subject. 
The larva of the true Cholam Fly bores in the young stem of the 
foodplant, which may be cholam or any other of the plants I have just 
named, and causes a characteristic “‘ deadheart,’ and may be a serious 
pest of young seedlings. The only control-measures seem to be increas- 
ing the seedrate to allow for vacancies and prompt removal and destruc- 
tion of the young plants seen to be attacked. 
