﻿PEOCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  47 
  

  

  The 
  larva 
  of 
  Prodenia 
  is 
  distinguishable 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  Spodoptera 
  

   by 
  a 
  dark 
  line 
  traversing 
  the 
  thoracic 
  segments 
  ; 
  this 
  difference 
  is 
  not 
  

   apparent 
  at 
  a 
  young 
  stage. 
  Collected 
  at 
  Salcete. 
  

  

  3. 
  Nymphalidw. 
  

  

  Melanitis 
  ismene, 
  Cram. 
  (Salcete). 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  caterpillars 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  were 
  found 
  feeding 
  upon 
  rice 
  in 
  1918. 
  

   This 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  pest 
  of 
  any 
  importance 
  in 
  Portuguese 
  India. 
  

  

  4. 
  PyralidcB. 
  

  

  Nymphula 
  sp. 
  Quepem. 
  

  

  A 
  species 
  of 
  Nymjjhula 
  has 
  been 
  recorded 
  every 
  year 
  from 
  1918 
  up 
  

   to 
  date 
  on 
  irrigated 
  rice 
  in 
  several 
  localities 
  at 
  some 
  distance 
  apart 
  ; 
  it 
  

   appears 
  early 
  in 
  December 
  and 
  is 
  active 
  for 
  about 
  fifteen 
  days. 
  It 
  has 
  

   also 
  been 
  noticed 
  late 
  in 
  January, 
  possibly 
  as 
  a 
  second 
  brood. 
  This 
  

   pest 
  is 
  again 
  under 
  observation 
  in 
  the 
  current 
  season 
  and 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  possible 
  

   the 
  species 
  will 
  be 
  identified. 
  

  

  Sylepta 
  sp. 
  (Salcete). 
  

  

  A 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  leafroller 
  is 
  common 
  on 
  Hibiscus 
  plants 
  in 
  the 
  rainy 
  

   season. 
  

  

  5. 
  Gelechiada?. 
  

  

  Sitotfoga 
  cerealella, 
  01., 
  is 
  a 
  serious 
  pest 
  of 
  stored 
  paddy. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  

   popular 
  belief 
  that 
  this 
  pest 
  attacks 
  only 
  parboiled 
  rice. 
  It 
  was, 
  

   however, 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  current 
  year 
  (December) 
  to 
  attack 
  raw 
  paddy 
  

   harvested 
  in 
  September. 
  The 
  moisture 
  conditions 
  which 
  render 
  stored 
  

   paddy 
  liable 
  to 
  the 
  attack 
  of 
  this 
  pest 
  under 
  Konkan 
  conditions 
  are 
  being 
  

   investigated. 
  

  

  6. 
  Papilionidm. 
  

  

  Papilio 
  demoleus, 
  Linn., 
  has 
  been 
  recorded 
  feeding 
  upon 
  lime 
  and 
  

   orange 
  trees, 
  eggs 
  being 
  laid 
  in 
  June 
  and 
  July, 
  when 
  the 
  tender 
  shoots 
  

   appear. 
  It 
  is 
  only 
  tender 
  shoots 
  and 
  leaves 
  that 
  are 
  destroyed. 
  (Salcete, 
  

   Ichas). 
  

  

  7. 
  ArbelidcB. 
  

  

  Arbela 
  sp., 
  recorded 
  at 
  Nova 
  Goa 
  boring 
  into 
  Anona 
  spinosa. 
  

  

  COLEOPTERA. 
  

  

  1. 
  Dynastince. 
  

  

  Oryctes 
  rhinoceros, 
  L., 
  is 
  a 
  widespread 
  coconut 
  pest, 
  more 
  common 
  

   in 
  the 
  coastal 
  tract 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  It 
  is 
  active 
  

  

  