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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOUETH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  

  

  amabilis, 
  but 
  tlie 
  two 
  predators 
  could 
  be 
  distinguished 
  readily 
  from 
  

   tbeir 
  method 
  of 
  affecting 
  the 
  resinous 
  cells 
  containing 
  gravid 
  females. 
  

   In 
  the 
  four 
  consignments 
  of 
  broodlac 
  received 
  from 
  Bangalore 
  the 
  

   number 
  of 
  Anatrachyntis 
  falcatella 
  was 
  far 
  in 
  excess 
  of 
  Eublemtna 
  ama- 
  

   bilis 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  fortunate 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  so. 
  Eublemma 
  amabilis 
  is 
  a 
  serious 
  

   pest 
  in 
  Northern 
  India, 
  and 
  it 
  will 
  require 
  patience 
  and 
  perseverence 
  

   to 
  limit 
  the 
  ravages 
  of 
  this 
  serious 
  pest. 
  In 
  some 
  places 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  

   it 
  so 
  bad, 
  that 
  the 
  crop 
  is 
  extremely 
  poor 
  and 
  the 
  emergence 
  of 
  larvae 
  

   is 
  late 
  and 
  poor. 
  The 
  pest 
  has 
  remained 
  unchecked 
  so 
  long, 
  that 
  the 
  

   depredations 
  committed 
  by 
  it 
  have 
  resulted 
  in 
  unsettling 
  the 
  market 
  

   and 
  causing 
  unwarranted 
  fluctuations. 
  The 
  lac-growers 
  and 
  the 
  manu- 
  

   facturers, 
  who 
  are 
  not 
  entomologists, 
  cannot 
  understand 
  the 
  situa- 
  

   tion. 
  They 
  generally 
  ascribe 
  the 
  poorness 
  of 
  the 
  crop 
  to 
  climatic 
  and 
  

   such 
  other 
  conditions. 
  No 
  doubt 
  these 
  are 
  important 
  factors 
  and 
  

   cannot 
  be 
  easily 
  overlooked, 
  but 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  affairs 
  now 
  warrants 
  a 
  

   critical 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  parasites 
  and 
  predators 
  which 
  bring 
  about 
  such 
  

   a 
  state 
  of 
  affairs. 
  When 
  such 
  a 
  study 
  is 
  undertaken 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  

   that 
  the 
  parasites 
  and 
  the 
  predators 
  of 
  the 
  lac 
  insect 
  are 
  factors 
  not 
  

   to 
  be 
  overlooked 
  in 
  any 
  scheme 
  of 
  expansion 
  of 
  the 
  industry. 
  When 
  

   this 
  stao-e 
  will 
  be 
  reached, 
  I 
  think 
  further 
  steps 
  will 
  be 
  taken 
  to 
  obtain 
  

   accurate 
  data 
  regarding 
  distribution 
  and 
  damage 
  brought 
  about 
  by 
  

   each 
  predator. 
  It 
  will 
  then, 
  I 
  think, 
  be 
  necessary 
  to 
  restrict 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   tribution 
  of 
  each 
  predator 
  within 
  its 
  own 
  sphere 
  of 
  its 
  activity. 
  Eublemma 
  

   amabilis, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  consult 
  the 
  literature, 
  and 
  so 
  far 
  

   as 
  my 
  own 
  experience 
  goes, 
  is 
  mostly 
  destructive 
  to 
  Lac 
  in 
  Northern 
  

   India. 
  By 
  this 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  wish 
  to 
  create 
  a 
  false 
  impression 
  that 
  it 
  does 
  

   not 
  occur 
  in 
  South 
  India. 
  From 
  occasional 
  consignments 
  received 
  

   from 
  Southern 
  India, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  those 
  from 
  Banganapalle, 
  it 
  is 
  apparent 
  

   that 
  Eublemma 
  amabilis 
  does 
  occur 
  there 
  but 
  not 
  to 
  such 
  an 
  extent 
  

   as 
  it 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  North. 
  Anatrachyyitis 
  falcatella 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  reported 
  

   damaging 
  lac 
  from 
  Northern 
  India. 
  There 
  is 
  only 
  one 
  record 
  and 
  that 
  

   too 
  from 
  Pusa, 
  on 
  the 
  22nd 
  July 
  1913. 
  Thereafter 
  no 
  moth 
  has 
  been 
  

   either 
  captured 
  or 
  reared 
  from 
  broodlac 
  either 
  on 
  Ber 
  or 
  Palas 
  at 
  Pusa. 
  

   In 
  the 
  Pusa 
  collection 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  have 
  been 
  from 
  

   cotton 
  either 
  from 
  buds, 
  dry 
  shoots 
  affected 
  either 
  by 
  the 
  Bollworms, 
  

   Earias 
  fabia, 
  E. 
  insulana, 
  Alcides 
  leopardus, 
  Phycita 
  infusella, 
  Phena- 
  

   coccus 
  hirsutus 
  or 
  Ph. 
  corymbatus. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  reared 
  at 
  Kandy 
  (Ceylon) 
  

   from 
  larva 
  in 
  resinous 
  masses 
  of 
  lac 
  coccis, 
  Tachardia 
  albizzice. 
  {Bombay 
  

   Journal, 
  XVI, 
  607 
  ; 
  1905). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  specimens 
  of 
  broodlac 
  on 
  Shorea 
  talura 
  from 
  Bangalore 
  hitherto 
  

   examined 
  by 
  me 
  both 
  the 
  predators, 
  Eublemma 
  amabilis 
  and 
  Anatra- 
  

   chyntis 
  falcatella, 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  working 
  side 
  by 
  side 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  

  

  