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Ehrhorn (E. M.). Report of the Chief Plant Inspector, June 1921. — 



Haxvaiian Forester & Agvic, Honolulu, xviii, no. 8, August 

 1921, pp. 179-181. [Received 9th December 1921.] 



The pests intercepted at Honohilu during June 1921 were : 

 From Austraha, Prenolepis longicornis on lotus nuts and water 

 chestnuts. From Japan, Chermes sp. on pine trees. From the 

 United States, Anarsia lineatella on peaches. Examples of a tree 

 cricket, Oecanthus longicauda, imported by a Japanese passenger 

 were seized and destroyed. 



Fifty-ninth Annual Report of the Government Cinchona Plantations 

 and Factory in Bengal for the Year 1920-21. — Calcutta, The 



Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, Price 8 annas. 



A new pest of cinchona, a boring beetle, identified as Xylehonis 

 fornicatus (shot-hole borer of tea), is recorded on page 2 as attacking 

 the stems. The only treatment is to cut down and burn affected 

 trees. So far no great damage has been done. 



PiLLAi (R. M.). Short Notes on the Insect Pests of Crops in Travancore. 



— Travancore Dept. Agric, Trivandrum, 1921, 53 pp. [Received 

 12th December 1921.] 



This paper contains a brief account of the life-histories, habits 

 and control of numerous agricultural pests in Travancore. These 

 include : — On rice [Oryza sativa), Chapra mathias, F., Chilo simplex, 

 Butl., Cnaphalocrocis medinalis, Guen., Dasychira securis, Hb., 

 Hispa armigera, 01., Leptispa pygmaea, Balj^ Leptocorisa varicornis, 

 F., Melanitis ismene, Cram., Nymphula depunctalis, Guen., Schocnobiiis 

 incertellus Wlk. {bipunctifer , Wlk.), Scirpophaga gilvibcrbis, Z., Sesamia 

 inferens, Wlk., and Spodoptera mauritia, Boisd. 



On coconuts {Cocos nucifera), Adoretus lithobius, Aspidiotus 

 destructor. Sign., Gangara thyrsis. Mo., Nephantis serincpa, Meyr., 

 Oryctes rhinoceros, L., Parasa lepida, Cram., and R/iyncIicpIioiiis 

 ferrugineus, F. 



On ginger (Zingiber officinalis), Udaspes folus, Cram. ; on castor 

 [Ricinus communis), Euproctis fraterna, Mo., Pericallia ricini, F., and 

 Prodenia litura, F. ; on gingelly [Sesamum indictim), Antigastra 

 catalaunalis, Dup. ; on yams [Colocasia antiqiwrtim) , Pericallia ricini, 

 ¥., Prodenia litura, F., and Theretra oldenlandiae, F. ; en sweet 

 potatoes {Ipomoea batatas), Cylas formicariiis, F., and Euchromia 

 polymena, L. 



On Citrus, Papilio demoleus, L., P.polytes, L., P. polymncstor. Cram., 

 and Phyllocnistis citrella, Stn. ; on mango (Mangifera indica), 

 Cryptorrhynchus mangiferae, F., Euthalia garitda. Mo., Rathinda 

 amor, F., and TJialassodes quadraria, Guen. ; on cashew-nut 

 {Anacardium occidentale), Cricula trifenestrata, Helf., and Prioncmma 

 atratum, Gmelin ; on pomegranate {Punica granatum), Virachola 

 isocrates, F. ; on figs {Ficus carica), Glyphodes pyloalis, Wlk. ; on 

 Eugenia jambos, Metanastria hyrtaca. Cram. 



On egg-plants {Solamim melcngena), Achercntia siyx, West., 

 Eublemma olivacea, Wlk., Leucinodes orbonalis, Gn., Phycita clientella, 

 Zell., and Ureniius echinus, Dist. ; on cow-peas (Vigna catjang), 

 Epilaclmadodecastigma, Muls., Eublemma hemirhoda, Wlk., Euchrysops 



