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Donjlus orientalis, Westw. 

 F. I., Hym. II., pp. 4-5, ff. <3-7. 



Occurs throughout India, Burma and Ceylon in the Plains, and 

 frequently does damage by attacking the underground portions of plants. 

 At Pusa it damages roots and underground parts of plants such as potato, 

 cabbage, cauliflower and vegetables generally. At Cawnpur also it has 

 been found damaging potato. At Shahabad, in the United Provinces, 

 it has been noted as damaging early-sown groundnuts and at Gadag 

 Farm it was found to eat out groundnut kernels when the nuts were 

 lying in a heap after harvest. In Ceylon, both at Peradeniya and 

 Dikoya, the workers have been observed to be destructive to the roots ^' ° ^^^^' 

 cf potato and other vegetables. ' ^'- FJe^^er. 



It may be controlled by the use of crutle oil emulsion applied to the 

 soil around the plants. It is usually only young plants that are attacked. 



Have you tried lime ? 



No ; we have not tried lime at Pusa as there is already an excess of 

 lime in the soil here. A few years ago we had a bad attack of this ant 

 on young cabbages and I tlfied various repellents, including apterite, 

 naphthaline, and phenyle, and found that crude oil emulsion was the 

 most successful. 



Borijlus labiatus, Shuck. 



F. I., Hym. II., pp. 2-3, fit. 1-3; 



Occurs throughout India, but not known from Ceylon, Assam or 



Burma. Is apparently carnivorous as a rule, attacking ants (Pheidole). 



Has only once been sent in as a pest, when it was attacking potato tubers 



underground at Sidapur, Coorg. 



Apid^. 



Megacliile anthracina, Smith. 

 F. I., Hym. I., 473-474, f. 157. 

 Occurs throughout the Plains of Northern India and Bengal. We 

 have it from Pusa, Chapra and Cawnpur. 



It is a leaf cutting bee ; at Pusa it cuts leaves from tur {Cajaniis indicus) 

 and rose plants. It has been noticed taking leaves from a ber tree also 

 and from Cassia. 



It is scarcely a pest but sometimes disfigures rose-plants by cutting 

 circular patches out of the leaves. 



