﻿rROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  35 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  not 
  found 
  recorded 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  know. 
  The 
  moth, 
  which 
  is 
  rather 
  

   slow 
  flying, 
  when 
  caught 
  emits 
  a 
  frothy 
  juice 
  from 
  the 
  prothoracic 
  

   region 
  near 
  the 
  root 
  of 
  the 
  wings. 
  The 
  fluid 
  is 
  yellowish 
  green 
  and 
  

   has 
  a 
  frothy 
  consistency. 
  This 
  is 
  perhaps 
  a 
  protective 
  adaptation 
  to 
  

   repel 
  natural 
  enemies. 
  On 
  two 
  successive 
  occasions 
  I 
  found 
  this 
  moth 
  

   on 
  Ficus 
  glomerata. 
  

  

  Cricula 
  trifenestrata, 
  H. 
  (Saturniadse.) 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  pepper 
  gardens 
  of 
  North 
  Malabar 
  this 
  wild 
  silk 
  insect 
  is 
  very 
  

   commonly 
  found. 
  It 
  chiefly 
  attacks 
  cashew 
  and 
  mango 
  trees. 
  Often, 
  

   the 
  standard 
  trees 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  pepper 
  vine 
  grows 
  up 
  are 
  subject 
  to 
  

   the 
  attentions 
  of 
  this 
  insect. 
  The 
  tree 
  Carey 
  a 
  arbor 
  ea 
  often 
  suffers 
  

   considerably 
  from 
  this 
  insect. 
  The 
  whole 
  foliage 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  is 
  com- 
  

   pletely 
  stripped 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  stems 
  and 
  forks 
  of 
  the 
  branches 
  may 
  be 
  

   seen 
  masses 
  of 
  golden 
  yellow 
  cocoons 
  of 
  these 
  caterpillars. 
  And 
  often 
  

   the 
  caterpillars 
  are 
  found 
  to 
  pupate 
  in 
  masses 
  under 
  cover 
  of 
  pepper 
  

   leaves 
  also 
  ; 
  but 
  so 
  far 
  no 
  appreciable 
  damage 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  

   done 
  to 
  pepper 
  vines. 
  

  

  Stauropus 
  alternus, 
  Wlk. 
  (Notodontidse.) 
  

  

  This 
  insect 
  has 
  occasionally 
  been 
  noted 
  in 
  small 
  numbers 
  on 
  red 
  

   gram. 
  Tamarind, 
  etc., 
  in 
  Coimbatore. 
  In 
  December 
  1919 
  in 
  the 
  Walayar 
  

   forests, 
  I 
  found 
  small 
  plots 
  of 
  red 
  gram 
  {Cajanvs 
  indicus) 
  very 
  badly 
  

   infested 
  by 
  these 
  caterpillars. 
  But 
  one 
  remarkable 
  point 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  

   was 
  the 
  heavy 
  parasitization 
  of 
  the 
  worms. 
  More 
  than 
  90 
  per 
  cent, 
  

   of 
  the 
  larvae 
  were 
  parasitized 
  by 
  a 
  Braconid 
  (Apanteles 
  sp.). 
  

  

  Casuarina 
  seedling 
  caterpillar. 
  (Pyralidse.) 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  new 
  pest 
  reported 
  from 
  the 
  Coast 
  tracts 
  of 
  Tanjore 
  district 
  

   near 
  Negapatam 
  where 
  Casuarina 
  plantations 
  are 
  found. 
  This 
  insect 
  

   is 
  a 
  slender 
  ^ale 
  green 
  elongated 
  caterpillar 
  which 
  lives 
  by 
  day 
  under 
  

   the 
  soil 
  near 
  the 
  young 
  plants 
  in 
  tubular 
  galleries 
  of 
  sand 
  and 
  during 
  

   the 
  night 
  comes 
  out 
  and 
  cuts 
  the 
  tender 
  plants 
  carrying 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  

   cut 
  shoots 
  into 
  the 
  burrow 
  underneath. 
  In 
  habits 
  I 
  found 
  the 
  creature 
  

   exhibiting 
  the 
  same 
  features 
  at 
  Ancylolomia 
  chrysographella, 
  which 
  

   I 
  saw 
  in 
  the 
  sandy 
  coast 
  fields 
  of 
  Cannanore 
  in 
  North 
  Malabar 
  in 
  June 
  

   1908. 
  The 
  Casuarina 
  plantations 
  are 
  practically 
  on 
  the 
  sandy 
  sea 
  coast 
  

   and 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  the 
  very 
  young 
  plants 
  that 
  are 
  found 
  to 
  suffer. 
  

  

  Schcenohius 
  bipunctifer, 
  Wlk., 
  at 
  lights. 
  (Pyralidse.) 
  

  

  That 
  the 
  female 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  is 
  attracted 
  to 
  lights 
  was 
  noted 
  by 
  

   me 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  April 
  in 
  1907 
  when 
  I 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  investigate 
  the 
  peBt 
  in 
  

  

  