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of land. It is found to grow in a stray manner in cultivated fields but 

 it cannot get a footing there. Its leaves are sometimes used along with 

 other thatching grasses. The Botanical Survey Department, to whom 

 we are indebted for the identification of these grasses, identified both 

 Batri and Rarhi as Saccharum spontaneum. Batri has, however, a much 

 thicker, taller and stouter stem than Rarhi, almost approaching that of 

 Kama and Ikri. For our purposes we have therefore named Batri as 

 Saccharum spontaneum batri and Rarhi as Saccharum spontaneum rarhi. 

 Kanra, Sar, Ikri and Batri have thick stems almost like thin sugarcane. 

 For the borers hitherto found only in these semi-wild grasses, the step 

 into sugarcane seems to be a short one and there will be no cause for 

 wonder if they are actually observed to occur in sugarcane in some parts 

 of India. We note below the borers which have so far been found in 

 them and we include bamboo in the list in order to complete the record. 

 The borers of bamboo, however, are not expected to occur in sugarcane. 

 Kanra (Saccharum arundinaceum, Retz.)— 



C. S. 1805. 



Sesamia inferens. 



Sesamia imiformis. 



Emmalocem sp. (C. S. 1771.) 



Scirpophaga xanthogastrella. 



Chilo sp. (C. S. 1769.) 

 Sar (Saccharum arundinaceum, Retz., var. ciliaris) — 



Sesamia inferens. 



C. S. 1666. 

 Ikri (Saccharum fuscum, Roxb.) — 



Sesamia inferens. 



Sesainia uniformis. 



C.S.1666. 



Diatrcea auricilia. 



Diatrcea venosata. 



Diatrwa sp. (C. S. 1795.) 



Chilo sp. (C. S. 1835.) 



Pyralid borer (not reared yet). 

 Batri (Saccharum spontaneum batri) — 



Lamiad borer (C. S. 1814). 



C. S. 1696. 



Sesamia inferens. 



Sesamia uniformis. 



C. S. 1666. 



Scirpophaga xanthogastrella. 



Diatrcea auricilia. 



