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Petasobathra sirimi, Meyr. 

 Meyr., Exot. Micr. I 355 ; Entl. Note 91. 

 Found on indigo at Gorakhpur and Dalsing Serai, N. Bihar, in Sep- 

 tember, the larva webbing the top-shoots and nibbhng the leaves. A 

 very minor pest so far as is known. 



TlNEID^. 



Dasyses rugosellus, Stt. 

 Stainton, T. E. S. (n. s.) V 113-114 (1859) [Cerostoma] ; Proc. 

 *■ Second Entl. Meeting, p. 257. 



Reared at Pusa and Coimbatore from larvae in stems of Papaya 

 carica. The larva usually feeds on dead wood but may bore in below 

 the bark of old living stems ; the direct damage done is shght but the 

 indirect damage, by admission of disease, may be more serious. The 

 larval workings are easily seen and can be cut out and the wound tarred. 



TlSGHERIAD^. 



Tischeria ptamiica, Meyr. 

 Meyr. Rec. Ind. Mus. II 399 ; 1. 1. L. p. 540. 

 Found mining leaves of ber (Zizyphiis jupiba) in Orissa. May occur 

 in very large numbers constituting a minor pest. 



HePIALIDjE. 



Phassus malabaricvs, Mo. 



S. I. I. pp. 467-468, f. 344 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 22. 



Reared at Ootacamund from a pupa found in tea-stem. Also known 



from Bangalore. In the Bombay Presidency the larva sometimes do^-s 



much damage by boring in roots of Tretna orientalis {B. J. XXIII 765). 



It is only occasionally found on tea in Assam. Mr Andrews. ' 



It occurs in Burma, probably on teak. Mr. Beeson. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Melolonthid^. 

 Autoserica sp.* 

 Ann. Rept. Impl. Entom. 1917-18, p. 93, t. 12, f. 1 (1918). 

 This species has been reared in small numbers at Pusa from larvae Mr. Fletcher, 

 at roots of lemon and sugarcane. It is probably a minor pest. 



* This has since been identified as A. imanabUis, Brenske. 



