pkoceedings of the third entomological meeting 157 

 Xyloryctid.e. 

 Procometis trochala, Meyr. 

 Pusa. The larvae usually feed on dry sugarcane stems, dry arhar 

 etalks, etc. Once bred at Pusa (C. S. 1708) from a larva found boring 

 into stem of sugarcane. 

 Probably not a pest. 



Nefhantis serinopa, Meyr. 

 S. I. I. p. 460, f. 336 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 259, 262. 



Occurs throughout the Plains of Ceylon, Southern India, Bengal and 

 Burma as a pest of palms, often serious, especially on coconut and 

 palmyra. 



In Travancore it was veiy bad last year on coconut palms. Nearly Mr. Pillay. 

 5,000 trees were attacked. It spreads very rapidly and completes its 

 whole lifehistory on the lea^ Cutting and biurning the affected branches 

 has been found very effective. We engaged a temporary fieldman and 

 treated the whole lot in this way. 



Ptochoryciis simbleiita, Meyr. 



Meyr., B. J. XVIII 150-151 ; I. I. L. p. 535 [Metatlirinca:\. 



Recorded from Gazepore (Assam). The brick-red larva feeds, beneath Mr. Fletcher. 



a web covered with refuse and pieces of bark, on bark of tea-shoots, 



eating right through the cambium and thus killing the branch or plant. 



Stenomid.i;. 



Synchalara rhombola, Meyr. 



Meyr., B. J. XVII 982 [Agriophara]. 



Occurs in the Khasis, Silchar, and Assam Tea Districts. The larva 



is yellowish-red, sides yellow-orange, subdorsal stripe broad, blackish, 



head and prothoracic segment black ; it feeds between spun leaves of 



tea and, when foliage is stripped, will attack the bark, doing great 



damage (Antram). 



Control consists in leaving leaves on the bushes when pruning. All 

 prunings should be buried or burnt immediately. 



For the last three years we have had no trouble from this insect. Mr. Andrews. 

 It can be controlled by collecting the pupa. 



