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PEOCEEDTNGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



Mr. Senior- White. It is sporadically bad in Ceylon. 



Mr. Pillay. I have bred a hymenopterous parasite from it. 



Mr. Fletcher. Collection and destruction of afTected pods effects the most practi- 



cable means of control. 



Psara hiqwnctalis, Fb. 



Paclnjzanda hifundalis, Fb. ; Hmpsn., P. Z. S., 1899, 204 ;. 



Entl. Note 72 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 288. 



Pachyzanda (pgroialis, Z., S. I. I., pp. 440-441, f. 317. 



Occurs tlirougliout India (except North-West) and Ceylon. Has 



been bred at Pusa on Alternanthera sessilis and on croton, and at Coim- 



batore on brinjal and in brinjal shoots. It does not seem to have been 



noted as attacking any crop-plant except in Southern India. 



Mr, Senior-White. ^^ Ceylon it is found on brinjal, but prefers the wild Solanvm indicum. 



( Undefermm ed Pyravstin e . ) 

 Mr. Fletcl.er. Reared at Pusa in numbers from larvae rolling Amaranthis leaves. 



This was placed in the collection under Psara hifmictalis, but is distinct. 



LoTosUge massalis, Wlk. 

 Hmpsn., F. I., IV, 408, f. 221 [PJilycfcBnodes]. 

 Occurs throughout the Plains of India and Ceylon. The larvae have 

 been found at Pusa feeding on tender top-leaves of maize, but this species- 

 is not known to be a pest. 



Antigastra catalmmalis, Dup. 

 S. I. I., p. 441, t. 37 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeeting, p. 84. 

 Occurs throughout India, Burma and Ceylon as a regular minor 

 and occasional major pest of Sesammn indicmn {til ; gingelly), the larva 

 rolling and webbing the leaves and boring in the shoots and pods. We 

 have it, reared on Sesamicm, from practically all districts. 



Noorda hlitealis, Wlk. 

 S. I. I., pp. 441-442, f. 318 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 229. 

 Occurs throughout the Plains of India, Burma and Ceylon as a very 

 minor pest of Moringa, the larva attacking the leaves, shoots and small 

 pods. We have it from Hagari (Bellary District) on Moringa, from 

 Nagpur on " Munga " [probably intended for Moringa], and moths; 

 from Puasa nd from Myingyan, Upper Burma. 



