PEOCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEEIINO "ZU I 



Cyrtofracheliis dux, Boh. 



Stebbing, Ind. Forest Ins. Col., p. 443 ; Proc. Second Entl. 

 Meeting, p. 204. 



We have this from Nongpoh (Khasi Hills). Stebbing records it from 

 Darjiling. The larva bores in bamboo shoots and does some damage 

 at times. 



Cyrtotrachelus longifes, Fb. 



Stebbing, Ind. Forest Ins. Col, pp. 440-44.3, t. 38 ; Proc. Second 

 Entl. Meeting, p. 204. 



We have this from Lebong (Darjihng). As in the case of C. dux, 

 the larva of C. longifes bores in the gro-wing shoots of bamboos and does 

 some damage at times. 



Polytus mellerborgii. Boh. 

 We have this from Pusa where it was reared from rotten plantain 

 rhizome and found " boring plantain root, 9th May 1907." We do not 

 know this as a pest in India as yet, but in the Philippines it has been 

 found to do damage by boring into plantains and it is probable that it 

 is a pest in India also. The adult is a small black weevil, about the 

 size of Calandra onjzm, with a strongly punctured thorax and striated 

 elytra. 



Rhyncho'phonts ferniginexts, Fb. 



S. 1. 1., p. 343, t. 14 ; Entl. Mem. 11, pt. 10 ; Proc. Second Entl. 

 Meeting, pp. 259, 261, 262. 



This species occurs throughout the palm-gromng districts of India, 

 and also in Sumatra, the Philippines, etc. In India it attacks coconut, 

 date, palmyra, areca and practically all palms. We discussed this fairly 

 fully at the last Meeting and I do not think there is much to add. It 

 can be controlled by regular destruction of all attacked, dying and 

 dead palm-trees. 



I have found Rhynchophorvs ferrugineiis attacking trees which had Mr. Pillay. 

 neither been tapped nor attacked by Oryctes. 



It does serious damage to date palms in Suiat. Ittr. Jhaveri. 



Do the weevils vary in colour '( . Mr. Ramrac. 



Yes, the colour and markings vary considerably. Mr. Fletcher. 



Palms are also attacked in Ceylon. Mr. Senior-White. 



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