Mr. Fletcher. 



iy» PHOCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



Apion sp. 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 134. 



This species occurs throughout the jute-growing districts of Bengal 

 and Bihar as a minor pest of jute, sporadically serious. The larva bores 

 just at the junction of the leaf-petiole with the stem and cuts through a 

 good many of the fibres. The attacked leaf withers and droops and 

 this indicates the presence of the grub. No control measures can be 

 suggested at j^resent. 



It was found doing considerable damage to jute plants grown in pots 

 [at Dacca], Though it is common in jute fields, it has not been found 

 doing much damage. When it attacks the tops of young plants, it does 

 considerable damage, but when it attacks side-shoots of old plants the 

 damage is not appreciable. Generally the young affected plants, which 

 are not too many, are uprooted at the time of weeding and thinning. 

 In the pot-culture house the affected shoots were removed and the grubs 

 destroyed. 



Once I found it very bad on jute at Munshiganj. The plants were 

 riddled and the fibre unfit for use. It is not known to occur every year. 

 No remedy has been tried. 



{Jute Apion.) 

 S. I. I., p. 331, f. 188 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 134. 

 This occurs in Godavari and Bellary, in May and June, the larva 

 boring stems and shoots of jute. It may be identical with the preceding, 

 but we have no specimens in the Pusa collection for comparison. 



Apion sp. 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 45. 

 This species attacks Cajanus indicus in Burma, but we have no 

 further information about it. 



Alcides bubo, Fb. 

 S. I. I., pp. 337-338, f. 96 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 61,73, 75, 81. 

 We have this from Bhor Ghat, " on grass (Dixon)"; Chapra ; Cuttack, 

 dhaincha stem ; Pollibetta (South Coorg) ; Podanur, on agathi ; Madura ; 

 Saidapet, agaihi stem ; Palur, on indigo ; Villapuram and South Kanara, 

 on cluster-bean. It is especially a pest of species of Sesbania, the larva 

 boring in the stem and causing a gall-like swelling. Cutting off the 

 bored stems, when these are in the top-shoots, seems the only practicable 

 remedy. 



