PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



Ml. Ramakiishna 



Ayyar. 



Mr. Senior-White. 



Mr. Pillay. 



Mr. Senior- White. 



We have had a coloured plate done showing the Hfe-histoiy. [Ex- 

 hibited.] 



In Ceylon it is found on Rutacese and does some damage to various 

 species of Citrus, but it prefers Feronia elephantum. 



We have not found it on Citrus in India. This seems to be another 

 case of a difference in locality meaning a difference in food, with the 

 implication that we may not really be dealing with the same species of 

 insect. 



In Travancore we find it on sunflower, castor, plantain, croton, and 

 Vigna catjang. 



With us the larvae prefer Feronia and, if these trees be planted in 

 orange gardens, damage to oranges will be reduced. 



S.I. 



Euproc'is scinlillans, Wlk. 

 p. 399, f. 268 Proc. Second Entl. Meetin 



Andrews, Q. J. 



pp. 68, 87, 

 Ind. Tea Assocn., 1918, pp. 



90, 126, 221 

 31-32. 



Occurs throughout India, Burma and Ceylon as a sporadic minor 

 pest of linseed. The larva i.s, however, polyphagous and has been 

 leared at Pusa on linseed, castor leaves, Loranthus leaves, cowpea leaves, 

 til {Sesamum indicum) leaves, pumpkin leaves, pomegranate and Ficws 

 bengalensis ; at Jerruck (Sind) on babul (Acacia arabica) ; at Nagpur on 

 linseed ; on leaves of Cassia fistula at Tocklai (Assam) in June ; at 

 Poona on chavli {Vigna catjang) and bajri ; at Saidapet on mango, 

 at Shillong on apple, and at Coimbatore on jute. 



The larvae may be hand-picked. 



It is found throughout the Ratnagiri district feeding on mango 

 flowers. 



It is found on castor on Gujarat. 



Porfhesia xanthorrhcea, Koll. 



Hmpsn., F. I., I, 485, f. 322 ; I. I. L., pp. 460-461 ; Proc. 

 Second Entl. Meeting, p. 204. 

 Occurs throughout India, Burma and Ceylon, and in Java. It is 

 often abundant but does not seem to do much damage as a rule. Has 

 been reared at Nagpur on castor and cholai, and at Pusa on castor. Sor- 

 ghum, grass, and mama (Eleusine coracana) ear-head. Lefroy also gives 

 sugarcane, bajra, juar and Guinea-grass as foodplants. 



