164 proceedings of the third entomological meeting 

 Plutellid^. 

 Plittella tnaculi'pennis, Curt. 



S. I. I. p. 464, f. 340 ; Proc. Secoad Entl. Meeting, pp. 276' 

 277, 280, 282, 283. 

 Occurs everywhere, both in the Plains and Hills, throughout India, 

 Burma and Ceylon. The larva gnaws holes in leaves of cabbage, cauU- 

 flower, radish, mustard, turnip and other Cruciferse. 



Lyonetiad^. 

 Phyllocnistis toparcha, Meyr. 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 235. 

 The larva mines leaves of grape-\'ine at Coimbatore, where it is a 

 minor pest. 



It was found at Coimbatore in grape-vine leaves. Although not iu 

 large numbers, yet it may be put down as a minor pest. 



Phyllocnistis citrella, Stt. 

 S. I. I. p. 465, f. 341 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 209, 210, 216. 



Occurs in every locaUty where species of Citrus are cultivated in 

 India. We have no specimens from Burma. The larva? may occur 

 in large numbers, especially in young plants, mining the leaves and the 

 epidermis of green shoots, and doing considerable damage. 



Also bred from larvse mining leaves of bael {^gle marmelos) at Pusa 

 and Sibpur, and on Murraya koenigi. 



Control — spray of Crude Oil Emulsion mixed with tobacco extract. 



In the Central Provinces we get it, but it is never bad. 



In some districts it may be quite a bad pest, especially of young 

 plants. I have seen young plants with every leaf badly mined and 

 containing four or five or more larvae. 



Bvccvlatrix loxoptila, Meyr. 

 Meyr. Exot, Micr. I 209 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, i^. 102. 

 Reared at Attur, Madras Presidency, in June 1907 from larvae found 

 eating small holes in leaves of CaravcJnica cotton. Not otherwise known 

 in India as yet, but hkely to prove a pest. Originally described from 

 Zanzibar, where the larva was found damaging cotton. 



