Mr. Ramakrishna 
Ayyar. 
Mr, Fletcher. 
216 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 
and the young shoots are stunted by the boring of the larve, which 
also tunnel in the petioles and mid-ribs of the leaves. Control has not 
been applied. 
Phyllocnistis citrella mines the leaves of bael and Papilio demoleus 
also eats the leaves, both as caterpillars, and need only be noted because 
bael is an alternative food-plant to these pests of Citrus. 
Myllocerus discolor and other common weevils are found commonly 
on bael leaves but are scarcely pests. 
Chetodacus zonatus (persice) has been reared at Pusa from fallen 
bael fruits which had broken in falling from the tree. So far, it has not 
been reared from fruit on the tree, but the fallen fruits are capable of 
providing a breeding-place for this fruit-fly which normally attacks 
peaches, mango and other fruits. 
Aspidiotus orientalis has been found on bael but is scarcely a pest. 
It is recorded from Osbeckia, Cycas revoluta, Dalbergia and Tamarindus. 
Curry Lear PLrantr (Murraya kenigqt). 
Murraya is chiefiy grown in Southern India and is important as an 
alternative food-plant for some Citrus pests. If grown near Citrus in 
gardens, therefore, a sharp watch should be kept on the Murraya plants. 
Papilio polytes breeds on Murraya, and is sometimes serious as a 
pest on this plant. 
Papilio demoleus may perhaps feed on Murraya also but we seem 
to have no definite evidence of this in Northern India. In Madras it 
has been found at times on Murraya. 
A Phyllocnistis, perhaps P. citrella, also mines the leaves but the 
moth has not been bred as yet, so its identity is uncertain. 
The Orange Psyllid (Huphalerus citri) also occurs on Murraya, which 
may be an alternative food-plant for this insect. 
At Coimbatore, a leaf-hopper bug, at present unidentified, occurs in 
swarms on the shoots, arresting the growth of the plants. 
We will go on to the other Fruits, of which the first is the— 
Manco (Mangifera indica). 
The Mango is grown practically all over India and is indeed the most 
typically Indian of all fruits and seems to be also the most popular, 
so far as insects are concerned, judging by the large number of insects 
found feeding on it. 
Mango seedlings are attacked by :— 
Termites. 
Gryllodes melanocephalus. 
