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PaumyRaA (Borassus flabelliformis). 
The pests of palmyra are practically identical with those of coconut, 
so that we need only run over the list very bee: Attacking the 
leaves and shoots we get :— 
Suastus gremius. 
Parasa lepida. 
Nephantis serinopa. 
Oryctes rhinoceros. 
and boring in the stem we find :— 
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus. 
All these attack palmyra in the same way as they do coconut and there 
is nothing special to say about them. 
Date Pato (Phenix sylvestris). 
The pests of the date palm are very similar to those on coconut and 
palmyra, but date is grown more in Northern Irdia. On the leaves 
and shoots we find :— 
Oryctes rhinoceros. 
Oryctes nasicornis. 
Wallacea sp. 
Oryctes rhinoceros occurs on date in just the same way as on coconut. 
Oryctes nasicornis probably occurs in date palms in North-West 
India. We have specimens from Quetta and had for determination 
from Mr. Milne one specimen captured by him at Dalhousie. 
Wallacea sp. is a Hispine beetle which has been noted at Pusa as 
doing minor damage to top-leaves of date-palms. 
The beetle and grubs were gnawing the epidermis of unopened tender 
leaves. 
In the stems of date-palms we get Rhynchophorus ferrugineus boring 
in the same way as in coconut and control will be similar. 
Beret-Nut Paum (Areca catechu). 
[Supari—Hird. | 
The Betel-nut Palm differs from coconut, palmyra and date in being 
singularly free from insect attack—indeed, none of the palm-living insects 
that we have just discussed seem to have been found on_betel-nut. 
The only pests noted on betel-nut palms are Chrysomphalus (Aspidiotus) 
aonidum (ficus) ard Hemichionaspis aspidistre, which occur not un- 
commonly, but are scarcely pests. 
ORNAMENTAL PALMS. 
Urder the heading of Ornamental Palms we may consider the palms 
grown in gardens and kept in houses for ornamental purposes. As 
