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coffee land, has not of late done much damage and it is found to be 

 controllable by means of fish-oil-resin sprays. 



Caterpillars of Conlheyla rotunda did a little local damage to tea in 

 the Wynaad in 1917 and specimens of caterpillars of Terias silhetatia 

 in Mundakayam attacked Albizzias and the tea beneath them. Both 

 attacks were easily controlled. 



Rubber. 

 Rubber continues free from insect pests. All the diseases of import- 

 ance are due to fungal attacks. 



Fruit. 

 An interesting beetle attacking Citrus trees — Oranges and Limes — 

 at Bangalore has come under observation lately. This is Chelidonium 

 cinctum the larvae of which bore the young shoots and old stems and do a 

 large amount of damage. The following observations and notes may 

 prove of interest : — 



The eggs are deposited in June in the axils of young living twigs 

 (never on dead wood or on old branches). The eggs are covered 

 with a sort of yellow transparent varnish. As soon as the eggs 

 hatch the young larva bores into the twig and works upwards for 

 about i-lj inches and then makes two tiny holes about the size 

 of a pin's head. It then turns back and bores down the twig 

 occasionally making small openings. Finally it gets into the 

 main branches where it makes tunnels | inch in diameter. The 

 young twigs at once die, turning black so that they are easily 

 seen and they can be cut off with the larvae inside them. By 

 doing this and by catching the adult insects with handnets the 

 attack was to a large extent controlled. The time taken after 

 deposition for the eggs to hatch appears to be about two weeks. 



Miscellaneous. 



The larva of a Tiger Beetle was found in the Shevaroys in December 

 1917 boring into the tops of young coffee stems. It enters the stems 

 about 9 inches from the top and makes a tunnel upwards some 2 inches 

 long. An attempt to raise the perfect insect in captivity failed and the 

 insect has not been seen since. 



Stegodyphiis sarasinonnn, a spider which makes long bags in which 

 to hve, is sometimes found in tea bushes where it is untidy but of course 

 does no harm. 



