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a rule they are small palms and their pests are amenable to treatment 
by hand. Besides the palm pests we have already noted under coconut, 
palmyra, date and betel-nut, we often find the leaves attacked by 
Psychids, whose larval cases are easily hand-picked. Scales of various 
sorts may also occur at times and can be dealt with by spraying or 
rubbing. 
Ornamental palms lead us on to a few miscellaneous 
GARDEN PLANTS 
of which the first is 
AILANTHUS EXCELSA. 
The leaves of Aclanthus excelsa are eaten by :— 
Solenopsis genunata. 
Eligma nareissus. 
Atteva fabriciella. 
Solenopsis geminata [‘* South Indian Insects,” pp. 274-275, fig. 112] 
does considerable damage to tender Ailanthus leaves, especially 
of small plants, by gnawing the leaves—not “ growing ”’ the leaves, as 
misprinted in “ South Indian Insects.” 
Eligma nareissus [l. ¢., pp. 383-384, figs. 58, 247, 248] 1s common 
throughout Southern India and the caterpillars often strip the leaves 
of Ailanthus. The caterpillars are conspicuous and may be hand-picked, 
and the long, greyish cocoons, which are thickly clustered on the stem, 
may also be squashed. 
Atteva fabriciella [l. c., pp. 461-463, fig. 338] also attacks Ailanthus 
in Southern and Central India, whilst the allied A. niveigutta is found on 
Ailanthus in Bengal and Sylhet. The caterpillars feed in a common 
web, which is conspicuous and easily torn down and the caterpillars 
destroyed. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM. 
The leaves of Chrysanthemum are at times attacked by larvee of 
Diacrisia obliqua but this is rarely a bad pest. The larvee may be hand- 
picked whilst young and still gregarious. 
Aphids are common on Chrysanthemum, especially on the tender 
stalks. They are usually checked by Coccinellids and Chrysopids 
or may be sprayed with a soap solution. 
The roots of Chrysanthemum also are sometimes attacked by termites 
and the application of a deterrent, such as Crude Oil Emulsion, will 
drive them away temporarily. 
