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  proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  foueth 
  entomological 
  isieeting 
  

  

  Anoplura. 
  

   Family 
  Pediculid^. 
  

  

  Genus 
  Pediculus. 
  P. 
  capitis, 
  de 
  Geer 
  ; 
  P. 
  vestimenti, 
  de 
  Geer, 
  Nitscli. 
  

   Genus 
  Phtirius. 
  P. 
  pubis, 
  L. 
  

  

  Genus 
  Hcematopinus. 
  H. 
  tuherculatus 
  , 
  Giebel 
  ; 
  H. 
  vituli, 
  Enderlein 
  ; 
  

   R. 
  spinulosus, 
  Burm. 
  

  

  Common 
  throughout 
  Portuguese 
  India. 
  

  

  Agriculturral 
  ENTOMOLOGY, 
  (observations 
  made 
  only 
  for 
  the 
  

  

  last 
  two 
  years). 
  

  

  Lepidoptera. 
  

   1. 
  Hesperiadw. 
  

  

  Parnara 
  {Chapra) 
  mathias, 
  Fb., 
  appeared 
  as 
  a 
  serious 
  pest 
  in 
  some 
  

   localities 
  in 
  1918. 
  It 
  was 
  not 
  possible 
  to 
  collect 
  the 
  eggs. 
  At 
  the 
  stage 
  

   in 
  which 
  the 
  larvse 
  were 
  collected 
  they 
  were 
  green, 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  head 
  ; 
  

   after 
  a 
  week's 
  growth 
  the 
  head 
  likewise 
  turned 
  green 
  with 
  two 
  lines 
  of 
  

   dark 
  green 
  colour 
  above 
  the 
  eyes. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  dark 
  green 
  line 
  running 
  

   along 
  the 
  dorsal 
  region 
  from 
  the 
  head 
  to 
  the 
  anus. 
  Twelve 
  days 
  after 
  

   collection, 
  probably 
  15 
  days 
  to 
  18 
  days 
  after 
  emergence 
  from 
  the 
  egg, 
  

   the 
  larvae 
  had 
  a 
  length 
  of 
  3 
  centimetres 
  and 
  entered 
  the 
  pupal 
  stage 
  within 
  

   folds 
  of 
  rice 
  leaves. 
  Larvae 
  which 
  pupated 
  on 
  the 
  4th 
  of 
  June 
  emerged 
  

   as 
  moths 
  on 
  the 
  11th. 
  The 
  butterfly 
  is 
  two 
  centimetres 
  long, 
  has 
  dark 
  

   wings 
  with 
  dots 
  upon 
  the 
  first 
  pair. 
  

  

  Two 
  parasites 
  were 
  found 
  to 
  kill 
  the 
  larvae, 
  the 
  one 
  emerging 
  from 
  

   the 
  cocoon 
  being 
  a 
  Hymenopteron. 
  The 
  material 
  was 
  unfortunately 
  

   lost 
  before 
  identification 
  could 
  be 
  made. 
  Eice 
  fields 
  from 
  Salcele 
  (1920), 
  

   October 
  1920. 
  ■ 
  

  

  2. 
  NoctiddcB. 
  

  

  (a) 
  Spodoptera 
  maiiritia, 
  Boisd. 
  

  

  (6) 
  Prodenia 
  litura, 
  Fb. 
  

  

  These 
  two 
  pests 
  appeared 
  in 
  large 
  mixed 
  swarms 
  in 
  1919, 
  the 
  first 
  

   having 
  been 
  also 
  recorded 
  singly 
  in 
  the 
  irrigated 
  crop 
  of 
  1918. 
  

  

  They 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  nocturnal 
  habits 
  ; 
  such 
  was, 
  however, 
  not 
  the 
  

   case 
  during 
  the 
  attack 
  above 
  referred 
  to 
  ; 
  the 
  larvae 
  were 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  

   actively 
  feeding 
  even 
  at 
  11 
  a.m. 
  and 
  4 
  p.m. 
  When 
  they 
  appear 
  on 
  an 
  

   irrigated 
  crop 
  (November-March) 
  the 
  nocturnal 
  habit 
  is 
  noticed. 
  The 
  

   pupae 
  of 
  the 
  insects 
  which 
  were 
  reared 
  were 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  among 
  the 
  roots 
  

   of 
  the 
  rice 
  plant 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  2 
  centimetres. 
  Under 
  natural 
  

   conditions 
  they 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  go 
  deeper. 
  The 
  pupal 
  stage 
  lasted 
  8 
  to 
  10 
  

   days. 
  

  

  