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Apple fruits are apparently little subject to attack in India. Tessa- yp, Fletcher. 
rotoma quadrata has been reported from Kalimpong and a larva of Vira- 
chola isocrates was once found at Bangalore boring into an apple. 
So far as we know, the apple-growing districts in India are as yet 
free from the notorious Codling Moth (Laspeyresia pomonella) about 
which one sees so much in the literature of Economic Entomology in 
Kurope, America, South Africa and Australia. I have never seen any 
signs of attack in any Indian-grown apple nor have I ever been able 
to hear of any such attack. But I would remind you that Laspeyresia 
pomonella has been recorded to occur in Kashmir, at a place called Dras 
Ladak (7,000 feet) [Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) VI, 435 (1900)] and, if it 
is really native in Kashmir, it is curious that it has never been noticed 
or spread in other localities. Possibly the Kashmir record was founded 
on a mistaken identification but, on the other hand, LZ. pomonella may 
occur inIndia. Ifany of you have an opportunity of obtaining evidence 
of its occurrence we should very much lke to know about that. 
Sucking insects found on apple include the notorious ‘‘ Woolly 
Aphis,” Eriosoma (Schizoneura) lanigera, which has been introduced 
into India on various occasions with nursery stock and which is 
thoroughly established in the Nilgiris and at Bangalore [‘‘ South 
Indian Insects,” pp. 500-501, fig. 389], and has proved a serious pest. 
It is also common at Simla. 
The Woolly Aphis is found on the roots and trunks of apple trees Mr. Shroff. 
at Taung-gyi in the Southern Shan States. 
It seems to have been brought into all apple-growing districts with mr, Fletcher. 
imported nursery stock and is an excellent example of the danger of 
introducing stock without any system of inspection or fumigation. 
Control is dealt with in “ South Indian Insects’ and there is little 
to add to that. But control of this pest is decidedly difficult when it is 
living on the roots of the trees attacked. 
Sarota ; SapopiLua (Achras sapota). 
The leaves of Sapota seem to be little attacked by insects as a rule. 
The caterpillars of Metanastria hyrtaca [‘‘ South Indian Insects,” pp. 
409-410, fig. 282] were found on the leaves at Pusa in June 1916, but this 
insect is quite a sporadic pest. 
The larva of Rhodoneura myrseusalis also webs up the leaves, but is 
not a pest ; and the leaves are also nibbled by Myllocerus 11-pustulatus. 
The fruits of Sapota are occasionally attacked by Fruitflies, of which 
Chetodacus ferrugineus versicolor and C. zonatus have been reared at 
Pusa, but Sapota fruits are rarely attacked by Fruitflies. 
