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Virachola isocrates 1s occasionally found boring as a larva in orange 
fruits but is not a regular pest. 
Vorachola isocrates was once reared from orange fruits at Nagpur. yp. Khare. 
Heliothis obsoleta is probably a mere casual pest of orange fruits but mp. Fletcher. 
at Peshawar last year some damage was done to young green fruits 
which were gnawed by caterpillars of this species. 
An Anthomyiad Fly occurs fairly commonly in orange fruits and is 
sometimes reported as a pest, especially in the Hills. It apparently 
attacks healthy fruit, although we seem to know very little about it. 
I have seen it im oranges sent from the Nilgiris as infested with ‘ Fruit- 
flies.”’ 
Chetodacus ferrugineus ferrugineus and C. ferrugineus dorsalis were 
both bred by me from larve collected in pomelo (Citrus decumana) fruits 
at Myitkyina, Upper Burma, in September 1914. ©. ferrugineus in its 
various forms seems to be a rather general feeder in various fruits, such 
as mango, loquat, guava, peach, etc. 
Chetodacus diversus is the Fruitfly figured as “ Dacus sp.”’ in “ Indian 
Tnsect Life,” tab. 66, fig. 2. It was originally bred from oranges (Citrus 
aurantium) but does not seem to be common. 
Chetodacus caudatus has been bred from lary in pomelo fruits at 
Myitkyina, in Upper Burma, and Taung-gyi, in the Southern Shan States. 
It also breeds in gourds. 
We have lately received some Fruitflies bred at Poona from oranges, 
but they have not been identified as yet. Apparently Fruitflies are not 
common in Citrus fruits in India. 
As regards control of Fruitflies, we will consider that when we come 
to deal with peach pests. 
The sucking insects found on Citrus trees include :— 
Cappea taprobanensis. 
Rhynchocoris humeralis. 
Chrysomphalus (Aspidiotus) aurantit. 
% ne aonidum (ficus). 
Aspidiotus latanie. 
Saissetia (Lecanium) hemispherica. 
Alewrocanthus (Aleyrodes) spiniferus. 
Dialeurodes citri. 
Toxoptera aurantii. 
Euphalerus citri. 
Cappea taprobanensis [‘‘ South Indian Insects,” p. 470, fig. 346] 
occurs in the Hill Districts of Southern and Northern India as a minor 
pest of orange trees. 
