PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING Qay: 
Termites, generally species of Odontotermes, often attack young 
mango plants. The only thing to do is to keep them away as far as 
possible by watering with a deterrent, such as Crude Oil Emulsion. 
Gryllodes melanocephalus is also an occasional local pest of young 
plants. 
Mango leaves are eaten by a large number of insects but there are 
few really serious pests in this group :— 
Parasa lepida. 
Natada velutina. 
Euthalia garuda. 
Cricula trifenestrata. 
Lymantria beatriz. 
Euproctis lunata. 
Bombotelia jocosatrix. 
Selepa (Plotheia) celtis. 
Thalassodes quadraria. 
Macalla moncusalis. 
Argyroploce aprobola. 
5 erotias. 
Acrocercops spp. 
Chelaria spathota. 
Anomala dussumiert. 
Amblyrrhinus poricollis. 
Myllocerus sabulosus. 
3 discolor. 
+5 11-pustulatus. 
Apoderus tranquebaricus. 
Eugnamptus marginalis. 
Rhynchenus mangifere. 
Parasa lepida |‘ South Indian Insects,’ pp. 410-411, figs. 283, 284] 
is fairly common on mango in most districts and is occasionally a serious 
pest, especially on young plants, stripping off the leaves. The young 
larvee are gregarious and may be collected by picking the affected leaves 
or, in the case of gardens, the trees may be sprayed with a stomach poison. 
The curious round shell-like pupe are also found clustered in large 
numbers on tree-trunks and may be crushed. « arasa lepida has a very 
wide range of food-plants, including coconut, tea, plantain, and Ficus 
spp. The larva is preyed on by the larvee of Phycita dentilinella, whose 
small red caterpillar is found sitting on the Parasa larva when the latter 
is about half-grown and ultimately devouring the Parasa pupa. 
In Madras Parasa lepida occurs chiefly on young mango plants. 
Mr. Ramakrishna 
Ayyar. 
