576 PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



Coconut {Cocos nucifera) — contd. 



Eophileurus perforatus 



Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Fb. 



Calandra stigmaticoUis Gyll. 



Solenopsis geminata 



S. I. L, p. 343, 

 Plate XIV. 



An. Rept. Pusa, 

 1917-18, pp. 98- 

 99, f. 15, f. 1. 



Moulmein, 14th 

 Septe m b e r 

 1918. K. D. 

 Shroff. 



South India, 

 Khasi Hills, 

 Pusa, Assam, 

 K a n a r a, 

 Bombay, 

 Ceylon. 



Malvan (Ratna- 

 giri district), 

 Tamarasseri, 

 (Malabar). 



Ratnagiri 



Custard apple {Anona squamosa). 



EeterograpMs bengalella, Rag. . Hmpsn. F. I., IV, Pusa 



Hmpsn. F. I., IV, 

 70 ; Bom. Jour. 

 XII, 313. 



This specimen 

 was sent by K. 

 D. Shroff for 

 identification. 

 It was found in 

 dead tops. 



Palmyra, date 

 and coconut 

 palms. Larva in 

 stem. All over 

 the palm-grow- 

 ing districts. 



Larva boring 

 coconut palm. 



[, R. No. 944, 

 18th March 

 1918. 



Larva tunnels 

 into fruit, Sep- 

 tember-October 

 but is not com- 

 mon. Scarcely 

 a pest. 



Date-Palm (Phoenix sylvestris) (Khajur), 



Larva on date 

 palm. Adult on 

 top leaves. 



Larvse and 



adults eat epi- 

 dermis of young 

 leaflets. 



