Mr. Shroff. 
Mr. Fietcher. 
958 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 
The young plants are attacked by :— 
Termites. 
Dorylus orientalis. 
Termites are sometimes serious pests of young coco-palms, especially 
in Malabar. The use of a deterrent is indicated, to keep them away, 
and trials might be made with Apterite or some such insecticide in a 
ring around the young plants. Possibly waste tobacco stems, if avail- 
able locally, might also prove useful. 
Dorylus orientalis [“ South Indian Insects,” p. 274, fig. 111] attacks 
young plants in the same way as termites do and control will be on 
similar lines. 
The leaves and shoots of coconut are attacked by :— 
Gangara thyrsis. 
Suastus gremius. 
Parasa lepida. 
Contheyla rotunda. 
Nephantis serinopa. 
Oryctes rhinoceros. 
Aularches miliaris. 
Stephanitis sp. 
Aspidiotus destructor. 
Vinsonia stellifera. 
Pseudaonidia trilobitiformis. 
Coconut Aphid. 
Gangara thyrsis [‘ South Indian Insects,” p. 417, figs. 290-291] 
is a common species throughout the Plains of India, Burma and Ceylon. 
The larva feeds on palms of various kinds and may do some damage 
to ornamental plants and in nurseries of young coco-palms. The cater- 
pillar rolls the leaves and lives inside the rolled tube, its presence being 
easily determined by the flufly white waxy matter which surrounds 
the caterpillar and is also scattered over the leaves. It may be hunted 
down and killed by hand in the case of small palms which are the only 
ones badly affected. Pupation takes place in the larval tube. 
In Burma, Gangara thyrsis is a bad sporadic pest on young coco- 
palms. 
Suastus gremius [South Indian Insects,” pp. 418-419, fig. 293] 
is widely distributed in the Plains, the larva feeding on various palms ; 
mostly on palmyra, but also on coconut and date. It is a minor pest 
as a rule, sometimes occurring in considerable numbers. In the case 
of small palms, the larvee may be killed by hand. 
Parasa lepida [l. c., pp. 410-411, figs. 283-284] is an occasional serious 
pest of coconut, especially in Southern India, even large palms being 
