Mr. Harihar 
Prasad. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
Mr. Robertson- 
Brown. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
Mr. Shroff. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
Mr. T. V. Rama- 
krishna Ayyar. 
246 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 
At Almora (7,000 feet), near Raniket, I found a Pentatomid bug 
thrusting its proboscis into ripe apricot fruit. 
Apricots are also attacked by a Lachnus which occurs throughout 
the North-West Frontier Province and as far down as Saharanpur, and 
also in Baluchistan. 
This Black Aphis is very common on the trunks of apricot trees in 
the North-West Frontier Province. It is checked by spraying with 
Katakilla. 
AuMonD (Amygdalus communis). 
We have a very meagre list of insect pests of almond. When I was 
at Haripur Hazara, in the North-West Frontier Province, in May 1915 
I saw some almond trees which were said to be attacked by an insect 
which was apparently the same as the Eurytomine Chalcidid found in 
apricot ; the symptoms were the same, the fruit falling from the trees 
before it became full-g:own ; I collected a quantity of the fallen fruit 
but we have not yet bred anything out of it, so whether almonds are 
attacked by a Chalcidid in this way is still an open question. 
The Green and Black Aphids (Hyalopterus and Lachnus) found on 
peach in Peshawar are also common on almond. They also are said to 
occur in Baluchistan. 
Country AtMonpD (Terminalia catappa). 
The leaves are attacked by a few insects :— 
Apoderus tranquebaricus. 
Selepa celtis. 
Trabala vishnu. 
Saissetia (Lecanium) hemispherica. 
Apoderus tranquebaricus is described and figured in ‘‘ South Indian 
Insects,” pp. 335-336, fig. 193, and there is little to add to this account. 
It has been noticed chiefly at Saidapet and in South Arcot, twisting 
the leaves, but is scarcely a pest. 
Selepa (Plotheia) celtis has been recorded on Terminalia and may 
occur at times as a sporadic pest. 
Trabala vishnu has been recorded on Terminalia catappa at Man- 
dalay. 
It was reared once on the leaves, but did not occur in any numbers. 
Terminalia catappa is a new record for this, I think. 
Saissetia (Lecanium) hemispherica also occurs on Terminalia and 
may be a pest at times. ® 
It was very bad on this tree at Kollegal. 
