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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  

  

  3. 
  Tachina 
  fallax, 
  Meig. 
  (Plate 
  XII, 
  lower 
  figure). 
  

  

  4. 
  Sturmia 
  himaculata, 
  Hartig. 
  (Plate 
  XII, 
  upper 
  figure). 
  

  

  5. 
  CypJiocera 
  varia, 
  F. 
  (Plate 
  X, 
  upper 
  figure). 
  

  

  6. 
  A 
  species 
  of 
  Chelonus 
  (Braconidse). 
  

  

  Appendix 
  II. 
  

   List 
  of 
  birds 
  known 
  to 
  feed 
  on 
  Spodoptera 
  mauritia. 
  

  

  1. 
  Common 
  Crow. 
  — 
  Corvus 
  splendens. 
  

  

  2. 
  Jungle 
  crow. 
  — 
  Corvus 
  macrorhynchus. 
  

  

  3. 
  Cattle 
  egret. 
  — 
  Buhulcus 
  coromandus. 
  

  

  4. 
  Paddy 
  bird. 
  — 
  Ardeola 
  grayi. 
  

  

  5. 
  Wliite-breasted 
  water-hen. 
  — 
  Amaurovius 
  phcenicocurus. 
  

  

  6. 
  Common 
  Mynah. 
  — 
  Acridotheres 
  tristis. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Gravely. 
  This 
  matter 
  interests 
  me 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  it 
  concerns 
  the 
  spiders. 
  The 
  

  

  species 
  sent 
  me 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Ballard 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  true 
  colonial 
  spider, 
  although 
  

   it 
  lives 
  in 
  groups, 
  but 
  is 
  a 
  Lycosid. 
  Subsequently 
  Mr. 
  Ballard 
  sent 
  me 
  

   live 
  specimens 
  which 
  escaped 
  in 
  transit 
  but 
  their 
  webbings 
  were 
  like 
  

   those 
  of 
  Stegodyphus, 
  a 
  true 
  colonial 
  spider 
  which 
  makes 
  webs 
  on 
  bushes. 
  

   Members 
  of 
  the 
  Lycosid 
  genus 
  Hippasa 
  usually 
  live 
  in 
  holes 
  or 
  crevices 
  

   on 
  branches 
  or 
  roots 
  of 
  trees 
  and 
  make 
  a 
  big 
  white 
  sheet 
  of 
  web 
  out 
  of 
  

   which 
  leads 
  a 
  tunnel 
  in 
  which 
  males 
  and 
  females 
  are 
  often 
  found. 
  How 
  

   they 
  feed 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  know. 
  It 
  is 
  quite 
  likely 
  that 
  a 
  spider 
  of 
  this 
  kind, 
  if 
  

   it 
  took 
  to 
  eating 
  caterpillars, 
  would 
  be 
  quite 
  useful, 
  in 
  case 
  its 
  webbing 
  

   is 
  not 
  too 
  heavy 
  to 
  interfere 
  with 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  paddy 
  crop, 
  and 
  if 
  

   the 
  spider 
  goes 
  night-hunting. 
  If 
  Stegodyphus 
  was 
  used, 
  the 
  very 
  dense 
  

   web 
  would 
  damage 
  the 
  paddy. 
  This 
  latter 
  spider 
  never 
  leaves 
  its 
  web, 
  

   and 
  an 
  insect 
  has 
  to 
  fly 
  into 
  the 
  web 
  before 
  it 
  is 
  caught. 
  A 
  further 
  

   investigation 
  would 
  be 
  very 
  interesting. 
  While 
  at 
  the 
  Science 
  Congress 
  

   at 
  Nagpur 
  last 
  year, 
  a 
  School-master 
  told 
  me 
  that 
  Stegodyphus 
  was 
  

   used 
  in 
  some 
  parts 
  of 
  India 
  for 
  catching 
  flies 
  and 
  mosquitos 
  in 
  houses. 
  

   The 
  point 
  about 
  Hippasa 
  is, 
  whether 
  it 
  ever 
  leaves 
  its 
  web. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Fletcher. 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  removing 
  a 
  Stegodyphus 
  nest 
  from 
  a 
  bush 
  to 
  a 
  

  

  paddy 
  field, 
  which 
  is 
  an 
  unsuitable 
  locality 
  for 
  the 
  spider, 
  would 
  result 
  

   in 
  all 
  the 
  spiders 
  separating 
  and 
  walking 
  about 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  a 
  suitable 
  

   place, 
  leaving 
  trails 
  of 
  silk. 
  The 
  colony 
  would 
  die 
  out 
  but 
  the 
  trails 
  

   will 
  catch 
  insects. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Hutson. 
  I 
  have 
  listened 
  to 
  this 
  paper 
  with 
  very 
  great 
  interest. 
  Our 
  difficulties 
  

  

  are 
  similar 
  in 
  Ceylon. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  hard 
  to 
  get 
  any 
  immediate 
  information 
  

   about 
  an 
  attack. 
  In 
  the 
  only 
  case 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  personal 
  knowledge, 
  

   the 
  information 
  was 
  not 
  received 
  till 
  the 
  attack 
  had 
  been 
  in 
  progress 
  

   for 
  two 
  weeks. 
  It 
  was 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  isolated 
  area 
  where 
  it 
  could 
  have 
  been 
  

  

  