38 PROCEEDINGS OF THE TUIKB ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



Mr. Ramakrishna We find it at Coimbatore also. 



Ayyar. 



Mr. H. L. Dutt. This year it was bad in Bihar. 



Mr. Ramrao. We find Atlialia proxima [at Poena] all through the summer and 



monsoon months. 

 Mr. RaTnachaidra I found it in July in Bellary. 



Rao 

 Mr. Fletcher. At Pusa it appears active only during the winter and rests throughout 



the summer, from about April to October inclusive. 

 Mr. Ramrao. At Poona it is bad on cruciferous plants in the middle of the monsoon 



[about August]. 

 Mr. Gupta. It is a bad pest in Assam. 



Mr. Fletcher. Has anyone any control measures to suggest ? 



Mr. Misra. We usually dust the attacked plants with lead arsenate, road-dust 



and kerosinized ashes. 

 Mr. Xuahi Kaauan. We shake the plants and the larvae fall oflt and they are either swept 



away along the rows or squashed. 

 Mr. Gupta. At Jorhat we sprinkle lime mixed with soil on to the plants, but this 



is not possible over large areas. 

 Mr. Fletcher. Has anyone tried turning chickens into the affected fields to eat up 



the caterpillars '^ 

 Mr. Ghosh. j^q 



Mi. Fletcher. jt would seem worth while trying. 



, Atlialia leucostoma, Cam. 



We only know this insect from Hangu.in the North- West Frontier 

 Province, where it was found on mustard. It probably replaces A. 

 proxima in the North- West. 



( Unidentified Tenthredinid.) 

 This sawfly occurs commonly at Shillong between May and October 

 and often completely defoliates cultivated rose trees. The eggs are 

 deposited in a long slit cut by the female through the bark of a young 

 stem and, on the larvae hatching out, this slit expands until its sides are 

 flattened and lie parallel with the surface through which the slit was 

 originally made, causing a characteristic malformation of the stem. 

 The larvEe feed on the leaves, at first gregariously but later on, as they 

 become nearly full-fed, they tend to become solitary. The attacked 

 rose trees are often completely defoliated. Pupation takes place in a 

 rough silken cocoon, which is probably formed on or beneath the surface 

 of the soil, but cocoons have not been noticed under natural conditions. 

 There seem to be four or five broods during the season, but adult flies 



