Mr. David. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
Mr. P. C. Sen. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
‘Mr. P. C. Sen. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
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Chrotogonus, and doubtless other grasshoppers, attacks young poppy 
plants. Control by bag-netting. 
Thrips is also said to occur on poppy, especially on young plants, but 
we know nothing of the species concerned or the damage done. 
Mr. David, can you tell us any more about Poppy Pests m the United 
Provinces ? 
In the United Provinces cutworms are bad on opium poppy. Cine 
wise we do not know of any pests. 
We do not seem to have much information about opium poppy 
pests. I will send a fieldman from Pusa to examine and collect material 
in the poppy districts of the United Provinces. 
InpiaAn Hemp (Cannabis sativa). 
We seem to have very little information also on pests of Indian Hemp. 
On my list I have only :— 
Heliothis obsoleta. 
Pempheres affinis. 
Heliothis obsoleta has been reared in Madras on Indian Hemp. 
In Benga! Heliothis obsoleta is a bad pest, eating the leaves and cut- 
ting the topshoots. 
Pempheres affinis was also reared at Pusa, a few specimens only, from 
Cannabis stems. It occurs every year on wild plants but does no damage. 
Diacrisia obliqua also occurs on the leaves in Bengal, but is not very 
common. 
In Bengal Red Spider is very bad on Indian Hemp. This is the worst 
pest we have in Bengal on this plant. 
HENBANE (Hyoscyamus niger). 
| Khorasani ajywain—Hind. | 
Henbane grows wild in the Western Himalayas from 8,000 to 11,000 
feet, and I believe that it is grown to some extent for medicinal purposes. 
The only pests I have noted are Aphids. 
BABUL (Acacia arabica). 
Babul may be considered here, as the bark is used to some extent 
for tanning and it i: also a firewood tree of some importance in some 
districts. We could make 1 p a long list of insects found on babul, but 
need only note a few now. 
The leaves are often eaten to some extent by the larve of Clana 
cramert [‘‘ South Indian Insects,” p. 448, fig. 325] whose large larval 
cases are easily seen and hand-picked. 
