﻿PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  1G9 
  

  

  suck 
  the 
  sap 
  from 
  developing 
  grains 
  and 
  cause 
  immense 
  destruction. 
  

   Eeported 
  from 
  Russia, 
  Turkestan 
  and 
  Persia. 
  

  

  6. 
  Two 
  other 
  bugs 
  unidentified 
  — 
  also 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  similar 
  habits 
  

   as 
  Eurygaster. 
  

  

  7. 
  Decticus 
  albifrons 
  : 
  " 
  Abudubela 
  " 
  a 
  Locustid 
  grasshopper, 
  found 
  

   also 
  in 
  Italy, 
  attacking 
  the 
  earheads 
  of 
  wheat. 
  It 
  also 
  damages 
  vege- 
  

   tables, 
  peas 
  and 
  fruits. 
  

  

  8. 
  Locusts. 
  The 
  Moroccan 
  Locust 
  : 
  Dociostaurus 
  maroccanus 
  is 
  a 
  

   serious 
  pest 
  in 
  the 
  Mosul 
  Vilayat, 
  breeding 
  in 
  the 
  Steppes 
  and 
  flying 
  

   over 
  to 
  cultivated 
  areas. 
  

  

  9. 
  Thrips. 
  Found 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  on 
  developing 
  grains, 
  

  

  10. 
  TylencJms 
  tritici 
  : 
  The 
  ear-cockle 
  of 
  wheat. 
  

  

  Sorghum 
  and 
  Maize. 
  

  

  1. 
  Sesamia 
  sp. 
  probably 
  cretica, 
  boring 
  in 
  stems. 
  Chilo 
  is 
  com- 
  

   pletely 
  absent. 
  

  

  2. 
  The 
  Stem-maggot 
  — 
  on 
  Juar, 
  evidently 
  identical 
  with 
  the 
  Cholam 
  

   Fly 
  of 
  South 
  India. 
  

  

  3. 
  Jassids 
  on 
  juar 
  leaves. 
  

  

  4. 
  Cirphis 
  loreyi 
  : 
  on 
  leaves. 
  

  

  5. 
  Clia/pra 
  mathias, 
  on 
  leaves. 
  

  

  6. 
  Decticus 
  albifrons 
  on 
  maize 
  and 
  Panicum 
  miliare. 
  

  

  Lucerne 
  and 
  Bersim. 
  

  

  1. 
  Laphygma 
  exigua 
  — 
  a 
  serious 
  pest. 
  

  

  2. 
  Hyper 
  a 
  variabilis 
  : 
  on 
  lucerne. 
  

  

  3. 
  Leafmining 
  Fly. 
  

  

  Cotton. 
  

  

  1. 
  Earias 
  insulana 
  — 
  occasioning 
  much 
  damage 
  to 
  bolls. 
  

  

  2. 
  A 
  Cutworm 
  — 
  probably 
  Euxoa 
  segetum. 
  

  

  3. 
  Laphygma 
  exigua 
  on 
  leaves 
  and 
  flowers. 
  

  

  4. 
  Oxycarenus 
  sp. 
  

  

  5. 
  Aleurodid. 
  

  

  Sesamum. 
  

   Lygceus 
  pandurus 
  on 
  fruits. 
  

  

  Linseed. 
  

   Heliothis 
  obsoleta 
  on 
  fruits. 
  

  

  