Mr. T. V. Rama- 
krishna Ayyar. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
250 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 
At Coimbatore a Mealy-bug occurs on the fruits. 
Monophlebus stebbingi octocaudata also occurs on Sapota, as on so 
many other trees, but there is nothing particular to say about it and it 
seems to be less of a pest on Sapota than on other trees. 
Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica). 
The leaves of loquat seem fairly free from any serious leaf-eating pests. 
Myllocerus discolor has been noticed nibbling the leaves at Pusa and a 
Megachile also cuts the leaves. At Maymyo, in Upper Burma, a species 
of Galerucella was also found. 
The fruits are attacked by a Fruitfly, Chetodacus ferrugineus, of 
which the forms ferrugineus and dorsalis have been bred at Pusa, but it 
is not very common. Virachola isocrates also occasionally attacks the 
fruits. 
The sucking insects found on loquat include :— - 
Pulvinaria psidii. 
Coccus (Lecanium) viridis. 
Saissetia (Lecanium) hemispherica. 
Pulvinaria psidii is usually common on the young shoots and leaves, 
and Coccus viridis and Saissetia hemispherica sometimes occur. We 
have already dealt with control of all these species. 
NECTARINE. 
We know practically nothing of any insect pests of Nectarine in India. 
Calpe ophideroides was found in Kumaon in July 1914 as recorded in 
Entomological Note 64 in. Bulletin 59; and a species of Lecanium has 
been observed in Kashmir. 
CHERRY (Prunus sp.). 
Cherry pests are also a very unknown quantity in India. Emperor- 
rhinus defoliator was found defoliating cherry trees in Kulu ; Anomala 
transversa has been recorded as a minor pest at Shillong [Entomological 
Note 13 in Bulletin 59]; and Myllocerus lefroyi is recorded as defoliating 
cherry trees at Dehra Dun [Marshall, Fauna of India, Curculionidae, 
Vol.T,,ip. 34): 
Fic (Ficus carica). 
The leaves of fig are eaten by numerous insects, including :— 
Adoretus versutus. 
5  duvaucelr. 
5,  horticola. 
Ocinara varians. 
Phycodes radiata. 
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