﻿PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  23 
  

  

  was 
  the 
  highest 
  figure 
  obtained 
  in 
  the 
  non-experimental 
  area. 
  In 
  the 
  

   experimental 
  fields 
  the 
  average 
  was 
  2 
  per 
  cent. 
  We 
  are 
  studying 
  the 
  

   broods 
  of 
  Schcenobius 
  throughout 
  the 
  year. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  wish 
  to 
  say 
  more 
  

   at 
  present 
  as 
  our 
  work 
  is 
  really 
  just 
  beginning 
  but 
  records 
  of 
  males 
  

   and 
  females 
  and 
  of 
  spent 
  and 
  gravid 
  moths 
  attracted 
  to 
  a 
  light 
  are 
  

   kept, 
  the 
  time 
  when 
  moths 
  are 
  flying 
  most 
  freely, 
  etc. 
  The 
  selection 
  

   of 
  attacked 
  seedlings 
  is 
  quite 
  easy 
  once 
  boys 
  have 
  been 
  trained, 
  and 
  

   they 
  can 
  be 
  trained 
  quickly 
  ; 
  the 
  cost 
  is 
  about 
  E.s. 
  2 
  an 
  acre. 
  I 
  am 
  

   not 
  at 
  all 
  convinced 
  that 
  light-traps 
  are 
  or 
  ever 
  will 
  be 
  of 
  much 
  use. 
  

   It 
  also 
  occurred 
  to 
  me 
  that, 
  even 
  suj^posing 
  that 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  moths 
  

   are 
  caught, 
  all 
  those 
  who 
  are 
  not 
  or 
  who 
  lay 
  before 
  coming 
  to 
  light, 
  

   transmit, 
  or 
  might 
  transmit 
  their 
  slight 
  negative 
  phototropism 
  to 
  their 
  

   offspring 
  so 
  that 
  in 
  time 
  a 
  light-trap-proof 
  brood 
  will 
  be 
  evolved. 
  Such 
  

   an 
  eventuality 
  is, 
  I 
  think, 
  possible. 
  While 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  doubt 
  the 
  total 
  loss 
  

   caused 
  by 
  Sch^nohius 
  I 
  am 
  doubtful 
  about 
  the 
  loss 
  caused 
  to 
  the 
  indivi- 
  

   dual 
  raiyat. 
  I 
  am 
  of 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  the 
  magnitude 
  of 
  Schmnohius 
  

   attack 
  in 
  any 
  given 
  year 
  is 
  much 
  exaggerated. 
  I 
  was 
  once 
  informed 
  

   by 
  a 
  Farm 
  Manager 
  that 
  the 
  loss 
  due 
  to 
  Schanobms 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  wet 
  

   lands 
  was 
  25 
  per 
  cent. 
  ; 
  actual 
  counts 
  showed 
  0-4 
  per 
  cent, 
  to 
  0-7 
  per 
  

   cent. 
  

  

  P. 
  126. 
  Nymphula 
  defunctalis. 
  A 
  serious 
  pest 
  of 
  paddy 
  in 
  the 
  

   second 
  crop 
  in 
  Malabar. 
  Complaints 
  are 
  universal 
  about 
  this 
  insec^ 
  

   in 
  South 
  Malabar. 
  It 
  was, 
  I 
  think, 
  sometimes 
  confused 
  with 
  Cnaphalo- 
  

   crocis 
  but 
  I 
  am 
  doubtful 
  about 
  this. 
  

  

  P. 
  127. 
  Cnafludocrocis 
  medinalis. 
  From 
  what 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  in 
  

   Malabar 
  and 
  South 
  Kanara 
  I 
  think 
  this 
  insect 
  does 
  more 
  damage 
  than 
  

   is 
  generally 
  realized. 
  

  

  P. 
  138. 
  Clania 
  crameri 
  (?), 
  I 
  am 
  told, 
  is 
  a 
  serious 
  pest 
  of 
  Tea 
  in 
  

   the 
  Anamalai 
  Hills. 
  

  

  P. 
  149. 
  Anatrachyntis 
  simplex, 
  {Pyroderces 
  coriacella). 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  

   evidence 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  pest. 
  Everything 
  points 
  to 
  its 
  being 
  purely 
  a 
  

   scavenger. 
  

  

  P. 
  157. 
  Ne'phantis 
  serinopa 
  ; 
  parasitized 
  by 
  Elasmus 
  ne^pliantidis, 
  

   Rohwer. 
  

  

  COLEOPTERA. 
  

  

  p. 
  185. 
  Xylehorus 
  hiporus 
  '^ 
  

  

  „ 
  noxius 
  V 
  Rubber. 
  All 
  from 
  Mooply 
  valley. 
  

  

  „ 
  per 
  for 
  an 
  s 
  ) 
  

  

  „ 
  com'pactus. 
  Robusta 
  Cofiee. 
  But 
  did 
  not 
  attack 
  

  

  Arabica 
  on 
  same 
  estate. 
  

  

  o2 
  

  

  