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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  

  

  A 
  Statement 
  showing 
  the 
  catches 
  of 
  Katra 
  moths 
  hy 
  lignt-traps 
  caught 
  on 
  

   Nadiad 
  Farm 
  in 
  a 
  feriod 
  of 
  six 
  years 
  — 
  contd. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  above 
  statement, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  notice:! 
  that 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  moths 
  

   went 
  on 
  decreasing 
  year 
  after 
  year 
  ; 
  side 
  by 
  side 
  the 
  egglaying 
  and 
  their 
  

   hatchinof 
  decreased 
  to 
  such 
  an 
  extent 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  in 
  fact 
  no 
  perceptible 
  

   appearance 
  of 
  Katra 
  caterpillars 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  1916. 
  Thereafter 
  from 
  

   1917, 
  till 
  the 
  last 
  monsoon 
  of 
  1920, 
  that 
  is, 
  in 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  four 
  

   years, 
  no 
  more 
  light 
  traps 
  were 
  put 
  in 
  that 
  area 
  and 
  no 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  

   appearance 
  of 
  Katra 
  caterpillars 
  was 
  received 
  from 
  that 
  direction. 
  

  

  2. 
  The 
  second 
  controlling 
  measure 
  that 
  was 
  being 
  tried 
  for 
  them 
  

   wtis 
  of 
  catching 
  these 
  moths 
  alive 
  in 
  the 
  evening 
  by 
  engaging 
  young 
  

   boys 
  and 
  girls. 
  In 
  this 
  way 
  the 
  following 
  number 
  of 
  moths 
  were 
  caught 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  