Mr. Jhaveri. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
188 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 
The flowers and heads of bajra are attacked by :— 
Anatona stillata. 
Chiloloba acuta. 
Idgia cardont. 
Lytta tenwicollis. 
Cumbu Cecidomyiad. 
Heliothis obsoleta. 
Anatona stillata {** South Indian Insects,” p. 282, fig. 122] is recorded 
from Hadagalli (Bellary District), Bangalore and Poona, and is a local 
pest of some importance, the beetles devouring the pollen and unripe 
orains. The beetles may be collected in hand-nets. 
Chiloloba acuta {[l.c., p. 284, fig. 124] occurs in most parts of India 
and occurs on the heads in the same way as Anatona stillata. It has 
been recorded from Madras to the Punjab. 
Idgia cardoni (Melyrinz) has been reported on bajra flowers in the 
Punjab but does not seem to have occurred in recent years and is pro- 
bably not a pest as a rule. 
Lytta tenuicollis [“ South Indian Insects,” p. 303, fig. 148] occurs 
in South India and Bombay principally, on bajra heads, which are dam- 
aged by the adult beetles feeding on the pollen and young grain. It 
has been reported from several parts of Madras and from Surat. 
At Nadiad Blister Beetles are serious at times when the bajr7 plants 
are in flower. 
In Madras a Cecidomyiad fly has been found on cumbu at Coimbatore 
and Mettupalaiyam. ‘The larva bores in the seeds of the plants in the 
field, the eggs being laid only at night. During the daytime the flies 
hide away among the sheathing leaves at ground-level. The damage 
done may be very considerable. This Cumbu Cecidomyiad is unlikely 
to be confined to the Coimbatore District and will probably be discovered 
to be widely spread in India if search is made. 
Heliothis obsoleta has been bred at Pusa from larvee found in bajra 
heads, in which it is occasionally found boring, but it has not been 
noticed as a real pest. 
Maize (Zea mays). 
Maize is another important food-crop, especially in Northern India, 
and has a long list of insect pests, but many of these are identical with 
those already discussed under sugarcane, paddy, juar and bajra so that 
we need only mention these briefly. 
Maize seedlings are attacked by the Anthomyiad Fly found in cholam 
seedlings. The species of fly, damage done and control methods are 
all identical. 
