Mr. Fletcher. 
Mr. Ramakrishna 
Ayyar. 
‘Mr. Fletcher. 
264 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 
Rose (Rosa spp.) 
Roses are cultivated in most gardens throughout India and we have 
naturally a long list of insect pests. The leaves are eaten by :— 
Adoretus versutus. 
Adoretus lasvopyqus. 
Adoretus bicaudatus. 
Adoretus caliginosus. 
Adoretus stoliczke. 
Chiloloba acuta. 
Cryptocephalus dodecaspilus. 
Megachile anthracina. 
Megachile disjuncta. 
Prodenia litura. 
Selepa celtis. 
Stauropus alternus. 
Eucosma zelota. 
Heleystogramma hibiser. 
The various species of Adoretus are bad pests of rose, the leaves 
being often practically eaten away by these beetles, which usually appear 
in Northern India at the beginning of the Rains. Adoretus bicaudatus 
is recorded from Fenchuganj in Entomological Note 17 in Bulletin 59 ; 
A. lasiopygus, A. caliqginosus and A. versutus in Entomological Notes 
18-20 ; and A. stoliczke occurs at Nagpur. 
Chiloloba acuta [** South Indian Insects’, p. 284, fig. 124] was found 
on rose at Poona, but is not common on rose as a rule. 
Cryptocephalus dodecaspilus occurs on rose as a very minor pest at 
Abbottabad in May. 
Megachile anthracina and M. disjuncta are both common leaf-cutting 
bees, which cut out large circular patches of leaf and often disfigure 
garden plants quite considerably. 
Prodenia litura [“ South Indian Insects,” p. 377, tab. 19] occasion- 
ally occurs on rose but is not common on this plant. 
Selepa celtis sometimes occurs in some numbers but is sporadic in 
its appearance. 
Stauropus alternus [{ l. c., p. 408, figs. 279-280] occasionally occurs 
on rose, but is a scarce insect as a rule. 
Stauropus alternus occurs on rose at Coimbatore. 
Eucosma zelota occurs commonly on rose at Abbottabad, the larva 
spinning together a bunch of leaves so that the growth of the stem 1s 
distorted and the plant disfigured. It occurs on cultivated and wild 
varieties. The bunches of leaves are conspicuous and the only remedy 
