Mr. Ramakrishna 
Ayyar. . 
Mr. Fletcher. 
500 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 
Mytilaspis piperis [* South Indian Insects,” p. 519, fig. 409] occurs 
in the Wynaad and is a local minor pest as a rule, occasionally destruc- 
tive within a limited area, a few adjacent plants being sometimes badly 
atiected. In such a case, spraying or destruction of badly affected 
plants is indicated to check spread. 
Hemichionaspis aspidistre is very widely distributed, having been 
recorded from France, England, India, Ceylon, Formosa, Japan, Aus- 
tralia, Brazil, and the United States on a variety of plants, including 
pepper, orange, mango, fig, Acacia and Areca. It occurs on pepper in 
the Wynaad and on the Malabar Coast, but we do not know whether 
it is serious as a pest. 
Aspidiotus destructor [l.c., p. 518, fig. 408] occurs throughout Southern 
India and is an occasional pest of pepper. [See under Coconut. ] 
Lecanium marsupiale [l.c., p. 516, fig. 405] is a very large Scale found 
on pepper in the Wynaad. I have no more to add beyond what has 
been published already. 
The shoots of pepper are bored by the larva of Laspeyresia hemidoza, 
which was reared at Taliparamba, but we do not know it as a pest. 
At Taliparamba Halticine Chrysomelid larve were found boring 
the berries badly. This insect has not been identified. 
Beret Lear (Piper betle). 
Betel leaves seem to be eaten by few insect pests. Popillia chlorion 
was found at Coimbatore, and Capua invalidana (Tortricide) was bred 
at Nagpur in December 1915 from caterpillars on betel leaves, but 
neither insect has been noted as a pest. 
Sucking insects, however, are of more importance as pests and 
amongst these we have :— 
Cyclopelta siccifolra. 
Disphinctus politus. 
Aleurocanthus (Aleyrodes) nubilans. 
Coccids. 
Cyclopelta siccifolia [*‘ South Indian Insects,” p. 476, fig. 357] is 
common in most betel-leaf-growing districts and is a minor pest, pro- 
bably worse in districts where Erythrina is used as a support for the 
betel vines. The bugs are sluggish and tend to cluster together and 
so are easily collected by hand. 
Disphinctus politus [L.c., p. 489, fig. 375] is widely distributed through- 
out India, Burma and Ceylon and has been noted as a pest of betel 
chiefly in Madras, Kanara and Bassein (Bombay), the leaves pe 
by this bug withering and being useless for the market. The life-history 
