Mr. Ghosh. 
Mr. Ratiram. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
200 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 
Monolepta signata and Myllocerus I1-pustulatus are both very 
general feeders, also found on marua, but not as pests. 
Boring insects found in ragi include :— 
Saluria inficita. 
Chilo simplex. 
Sesamia inferens. 
Saluria inficita is a specific pest of ragi and is described and figured 
in “‘ South Indian Insects,”’ pp. 427-428, fig. 304. The larva bores low 
down in the stem, near the roots. This insect occurs every year at 
Coimbatore about August but has not yet been noticed elsewhere, al- 
though it is probably more widely distributed. 
Chilo simplex occurs in ragi and that is about all we can say. It is 
scarcely a pest of this plant. 
Sesamia inferens |‘ South Indian Insects,” pp. 379-380, tab. 21] is 
a bad pest of ragi in Madras but in other parts of India it seems to be 
of minor importance. 
The heads of marua are attacked by— 
Anatona stallata. 
Leptocorisa varicornis. 
Anatona stillata |“ South Indian Insects,” p. 282, fig. 122] is recorded 
as attacking ragi heads in the Bellary District, devouring the pollen of 
flowers and the milk of developing grains. 
Leptocorisa varicornis also sometimes sucks the ripening grains but 
is of little importance as a pest as a rule. 
Leptocorisa has been noted on marua ear-heads at Pusa, but only 
in small numbers. 
It is found in the Central Provinces also. 
The sucking insects found on ragi include :— 
Nezara viridula. 
Ragi Root Aphis. 
Nezara viridula is sometimes found on this, as on nearly all other crops, 
but is of very minor importance as a pest. 
The Ragi Root Aphis was first described in “* South Indian Insects,” 
pp. 502-503, fig. 390, but has not yet been identified, and I do not think 
there is any more to add to the account given. It seems to occur at 
Coimbatore regularly every year and is often a serious pest. 
SETARIA ITALICA. 
[Kauni—Hind. Tenai—Madras. | 
Kauni, or Tenai, has few specific pests, but is attacked by a good 
many polyphagous insects. 
