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the first rain. What actually occurs is that when the first shower 
falls, the Moths come out from the ground and lay eggs. These 
Moths can be captured by means of light traps, and if these are used 
exactly at the right time for each tract, very much good can be 
done. This method is now being practised in two areas; the first 
year or two years the Department have carried it out; after that it 
is left to the people to carry on (see « A. J. I. », vol. III, p. 152, and 
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THE POTATO-MOTH. — For some years, seed potato has been 
imported from Europe owing mainly to the difficulty of preserving 
seed through the moist hot weather and with these have been im- 
ported the notorious Potato-Moth (Lita solanella), which attacks 
both the plant and the tuber. It was found that this pest rendered 
the storage of seed still more difficult and the matter was taken up. 
A long series of storage trials was done at Pusa from April to 
October; those tubers were then planted and the yields noted. 
A small number out of the methods tried were selected for their 
efficiency both as regards preventing the access of the Insect and 
as not encouraging the tubers to rot. Of these the best for local use 
was selected in one area in the Central Provinces and tried in 
several villages, the Department bearing the cost and doing the 
work for the growers. The results were so satisfactory that in the 
next year the same method was voluntarily adopted by the 
erowers, a fieldman from the Department being sent simply to see 
that they did the treatment properly. This method or modifications 
of it are taking on in other localities and will probably spread over 
the whole potato-growing areas (see « A. J. I. », vol. V, p. 19, article 
by H. M.-L. and G. Evans). 
RICE GRASSHOPPER. — This pest does serious damage to the 
rice crop, very much reducing the yield. At the present time it is 
being successfully checked by a very simple method. A bag is 
made of very coarse open gunny cloth (jute); one side is kept open 
by two bamboos and the bag is held by these and drawn through 
the rice. As the crop is grown in water, the work is slow, but in 
practice there are four men; two draw the bag so that the lower 
edge is just below the surface, two more go in front and a little 
outside, with a switch to brush the paddy; they frighten the Grass- 
hoppers in towards the bag and, as they are sluggish, they are 
mopped up in the bag and then destroyed. This method has been 
