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they rest on the twigs and by cutting o£E the twigs which show the punc- 

 tures or the swelling caused by the enclosed larva. 



Metialma halsaminw. Mots. 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 268. 



We have this from Pusa, Matheran and Poona. The larvae bore in 

 the stem of garden Balsams which show a characteristic gall-hke swelling 

 and ultimately droop. Choice imported varieties seem more subject 

 to attack. Specimens which may belong to this species have also been 

 reared at Pusa from larvae in stems of Anisomeles ovato, but the identity 

 of the wee^al is not certain. M. halsamrnce is scarcely a pest as a rule, 

 except of choice varieties of Balsams. 



On the Bombay side the balsam plants are attacked and at the place Mr- Ramrao. 

 where the grubs are situated the growth is stunted and the stem becomes 

 weak ; the slightest wmd then breaks off the plants. 



Do you get many complaints about it around Poona ? Mr. Fletcher. 



Yes, we get many complaints. Mr. Ramrao. 



Have you anything to say about it, Mr. Ghosh ? Mr. Fletcher. 



At Pusa we get it, but the effect of attack takes place late in the Mr. Ghosh, 

 season. 



In 1917, I got some seed of especially good varieties of balsam from ^^- ^''^^''•isr. 

 Poona and, when the plants came up, they attracted more weevils than 

 the local varieties and were very badl)' attacked. 



\Miite- stemmed balsams are more attractive than red-stemmed, ^'^- Ramrao. 

 probably because the white-stemmed varieties are softer. 



Does it attack wild balsams ? Mr. Robertson- 



Brown. 



We do not know of its occurrence in any but cultivated balsams. ^^- Fletcher. 



I may say that swellings on the plants do not always contain a grub. ^^- Cf^osh. 



Pachytyckius mungonis, Mshll. 

 S. Ind. Ins. p. 336, f. 194 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 52, 60, 73. 



This species is at present only known from Southern India where it ^'^- Fletcher, 

 has been found to attack pods of 7nvng (green-gram), cowpea, and 

 dhaincha. 



Ceuthorrhynchus asperulus, Fst. 



S. Ind. Ins. pp. 328-329, f. 185 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 43. 



This small weevil has been found in flowers of Cajanus indicus, in 



both larval and adult states, at Nagpur, in Gujarat, at Poona, Coimbatore, 



and in the Godavari district. I do not thhik there is more to add to 



what has already been said about it. 



