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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  

  

  response 
  to 
  a 
  serious 
  report 
  from 
  the 
  Anantapur 
  district. 
  Later 
  on, 
  

   in 
  December 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  year, 
  I 
  visited 
  Narsapur 
  taluq 
  in 
  the 
  Kistna 
  

   district 
  and 
  found 
  that 
  my 
  original 
  observation 
  was 
  further 
  confirmed 
  

   by 
  seeing 
  hundreds 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  insects 
  dashed 
  against 
  house 
  lights 
  

   all 
  along 
  the 
  canal 
  in 
  the 
  paddy 
  deltas. 
  Though 
  I 
  am 
  unable 
  to 
  state 
  

   definitely 
  at 
  present 
  whether 
  light 
  traps 
  will 
  prove 
  an 
  efficient 
  control 
  

   for 
  this 
  pest 
  or 
  not, 
  I 
  feel 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  not 
  enough 
  grounds 
  to 
  warrant 
  

   us 
  to 
  condemn 
  this 
  method 
  even 
  to 
  the 
  smallest 
  extent. 
  As 
  such 
  I 
  

   am 
  unable 
  to 
  agree 
  with 
  the 
  statement 
  made 
  under 
  this 
  insect 
  on 
  p. 
  121 
  

   of 
  the 
  Proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  Third 
  Entomological 
  Meeting 
  at 
  Pusa, 
  1919. 
  

   In 
  1919 
  on 
  a 
  certain 
  night 
  during 
  the 
  Christmas 
  holidays 
  I 
  happened 
  

   to 
  be 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  big 
  railway 
  stations 
  situated 
  right 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  

   a 
  paddy 
  area 
  in 
  Malabar. 
  Here 
  on 
  the 
  overbridge 
  which 
  was 
  pretty 
  

   high 
  and 
  commanded 
  a 
  good 
  distance, 
  a 
  power 
  light 
  was 
  put 
  up. 
  Around 
  

   this 
  light, 
  I 
  found 
  thousands 
  of 
  Schcenobius 
  females 
  hovering 
  about 
  ; 
  

   at 
  a 
  moderate 
  estimate 
  the 
  number 
  was 
  no 
  less 
  than 
  5,000. 
  Another 
  

   important 
  phenomenon 
  I 
  noticed 
  was 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  framework 
  of 
  the 
  

   bridge 
  below 
  the 
  light 
  were 
  found 
  hundreds 
  of 
  eggmasses 
  laid 
  by 
  gravid 
  

   females 
  ; 
  some 
  'moths 
  were 
  even 
  actually 
  found 
  depositing 
  their 
  eggs. 
  

   From 
  these 
  and 
  similar 
  observations 
  I 
  feel 
  that 
  this 
  method 
  has 
  to 
  be 
  

   tried 
  properly 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  proper 
  season 
  to 
  make 
  us 
  come 
  to 
  some 
  definite 
  

   conclusions 
  on 
  this 
  point. 
  

  

  Dactylethra 
  Candida, 
  Stt. 
  (Gelechiadse.) 
  

   The 
  Kolingi 
  plant 
  {Tephrosia 
  purpurea), 
  a 
  valuable 
  green 
  manure 
  

   weed, 
  harbours 
  a 
  small 
  caterpillar 
  which 
  breeds 
  inside 
  the 
  pod-forming 
  

   flowers 
  of 
  this 
  plant 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  Coromandel 
  Coast, 
  in 
  Negapatam, 
  

   Tanjore, 
  South 
  Arcot, 
  etc. 
  The 
  flowers 
  do 
  not 
  form 
  ordinary 
  pods 
  

   but, 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  irritation 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  caterpillar, 
  a 
  globular 
  gall 
  is 
  

   formed, 
  inside 
  which 
  the 
  larva 
  remains 
  feeding 
  and 
  pupates. 
  It 
  is 
  

   very 
  commonly 
  found 
  during 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  May-June. 
  The 
  moth 
  is 
  

   a 
  small 
  pale 
  whitish 
  insect. 
  

  

  Ergolis 
  merione, 
  Cr, 
  (Nymphalidee.) 
  

   This 
  insect, 
  which 
  is 
  noted 
  as 
  a 
  pest 
  of 
  castor 
  in 
  different 
  parts 
  of 
  

   India, 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  noted 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  know 
  in 
  South 
  India. 
  I 
  saw 
  the 
  

   insect 
  as 
  a 
  pest 
  of 
  castor 
  on 
  the 
  Samalkot 
  farm 
  and 
  Pithapuram 
  in 
  

   1907 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  noted 
  the 
  insect 
  or 
  any 
  allied 
  species 
  as 
  a 
  pest 
  

   of 
  castor 
  anywhere 
  in 
  the 
  south. 
  Mention 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  this 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  

   Proceedings 
  (page 
  107) 
  but 
  I 
  believe 
  this 
  information 
  regarding 
  the 
  

   locality-distribution, 
  showing 
  the 
  southern 
  limit 
  up 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  

   as 
  a 
  pest 
  of 
  castor, 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  interest. 
  

  

  