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boriiig into the stem, similar damage by this weevil having been 

 recorded in Malabar, while in confinement it has also been reared on 

 sugar-cane stems ; an miidentified Longicorn, the larvae of which bore 

 into young orange shoots in spring, causing them to wither ; a small 

 Eurytomine Chalcidid infesting Seshania pods, which shrivel without 

 setting seed if attacked when young, the pest being best controlled 

 by picking oflt the dry pods at frequent intervals. 



Other insects reared during the year included : Amsacta moorei sara, 

 the life-cycle of this moth occupying a full year ; the weevil, 

 Engnamptus marginatus, the larvae of which sometimes remain 

 underground in a resting state for more than a year ; Agrotis ypsilon. 

 which is capable of breeding in thf^ plains during the rains ; Azygophleps 

 scalaris, found for the first time boring in Seshania stems, there being 

 onlv one generation in the year, aestivation and hibernation taking 

 place in the larval state ; Agromyza sp., attacking pea plants to the 

 extent of about 8 per cent. ; Cryptorrhynchus gravis, a weevil seriously 

 damaging mango fruits ; a Longicorn borer {Wherea sp.) in stems of 

 Phaseolus aconitifolius, living for 2 years in the larval state ; Cosmopteryx 

 phaeogastra, Meyr., referred to in the previous report as C. tnanipularis 

 and mining in bean leaves ; Argyroploce paragramma boring into new 

 bamboo shoots and causing the death of a large number of them ; 

 Nodostoma subcostatum, a Chrysomelid pest of plantain and young 

 grape-vine leaves ; Balaninus c-album, a weevil reared from seeds of 

 Eugenia jarnhplana, practically every one of which harbom's a larva, 

 the only remedy being the thorough destruction of the seeds ; a 

 white mite which attacks the young leaves of jute, but which was 

 effectively controlled by a spray composed of 1 lb. olene soap and 

 6 oz. flowers of sulphur in 12 gals, water ; a Pyralid, Glyphodes caesalis, 

 a jak pest in southern India, but not before noted as a pest north of 

 the Madras Presidency ; a Buprestid, Belionota pmsina, apparently 

 causing the death of a mango tree ; a weevil, Alcidesfrcnatus, and a moth, 

 Chlutnetia transversa, infesting mangos ; Giaura sceptica, the caterpillars 

 of which roll the young leaves of velvet bean ; the Lepidoptera, 

 CatocJirysops cnejus, Anarsia ephippias, Eucos/na melanaula, and 

 Eublemma hemirhoda, all of which damage the flowers of Phaseolus 

 mungo ; Argyroploce leucaspis, the larvae of which roll and nibble 

 the young leaves of litchi, which were also mined by the larvae of 

 Acrocercops liierocosma. 



The method of storing grain under sand continued to give good 

 results, but straw granaries, when tested, were not so satisfactory as 

 had been anticipated. Tribolium castaneum does great damage to 

 wheat flour by imparting to it a characteristic nauseous taste and 

 smell, especially during the rains, and in bad cases rendering it quite 

 uneatable. Whole wheat in the grain, when undamaged by Calandra 

 or Rhizopertha, is not affected by this beetle. For the first time in the 

 Pusa area, Bruchus chinensis and another unidentified species were 

 found to breed to a limited extent in cow-pea pods in the field. This 

 beetle is essentially a pest of stored pulse, to which it causes serious 

 damage. Another unidentified species of Bruchus was found breeding 

 in Sesbania pods in the field, the emergence of adults lasting from 

 February to June. Breeding did not occur in stored seeds. Damage • 

 to seeds of pea {Pisum arvense) by Bruchus affinis was reduced by 

 drying them in the sun for 7 days. 



