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was a small patch of oats on the Farm at Taru and this was swarming 
with larvae of Cirphis, mostly wnipuncta with a few lorey?. 
The Hispine which we have known as Phidodonta modesta has also 
been found on oats at Pusa. 
BarRLey (Hordeum vulgare). 
We seem to have very few insect pests of barley on record. Mr. Fletcher. 
Spodoptera mauritia was found doing damage to barley at Ootacamund, 
presumably to the young plants. I believe that attempts were made to 
grow barley in the Nilgiris, but it had to be given up on account of insect 
attack, chiefly by cockchafer grubs. 
The roots also are attacked by Termites, chiefly when the plants 
are young. 
The next group of plants includes the various Millets and of these 
the first is— 
MARUA or RAGI (Eleusine coracana). 
[| Marua—Hind. Ragi—Madras. | 
The leaves of marua are eaten by a good many insects, but few are 
of any great importance as pests. 
Estigmene lactinea. 
Amsacta albistriga. 
Dasychira securis. 
Marasmia trapezalis. 
Epacromia tamulus. 
Orthacris sp. 
Cyrtacanthacris ranacea. 
Monolepta signata. 
Myllocerus 11-pustulatus. 
Estiqgmene lactinea is sporadically a serious pest of ragi in Madras. 
Prompt hand-picking, before the pest gets out of hand, is the only remedy. 
But its occurrence is generally quite sporadic. 
Amsacta albistriga, and probably A. moorei also, will eat ragi leaves 
when the caterpillars are abundant, but they are not specific pests of 
rage. 
Dasychira securis and Marasmia trapezalis occur on ragi as on other 
cereals, but are scarcely pests. 
Epacromia tamulus, Orthacris sp., Cyrtacanthacris ranacea, and 
doubtless other common grasshoppers also occur more or less casually 
on marua and may do minor damage at times. 
