No. 1, ] Plants: 75 



II. — Insect Pests of Plants. 



Insect infesting HEDGES in Rurki. 



1. Clania crameri 3 Moore. The Faggot Worm. 



Order, Lepidoptera. Sub-order, Heterocera. Family, Psychida. 



Previous Reference.— I. M. Notes, Vol. I, p. 204, Vol.11, p. IS7.5 Vol « I1Is 

 p. 133 and 14 (4) ; Vol. IV, pp. 17 and 41. 



This insect, as will be seen from the above references, has often 

 been alluded to in these notes. 



In this instance it appeared in numbers on the hedges in the 

 Royal Artillery Lines at Rurki and was sent for identification to the 

 Superintendent of the Saharanpur Botanical Gardens, who forwarded 

 the specimens to the Museum. 



Remedies advised. —>{a) Collection of larval cases by hand-picking. 

 As the female moth is wingless and never leaves the case, the eggs 

 being laid in it in the later stages of the attack (i.e., when the little 

 faggots are seen to have become stationary), this is the best remedy- 

 Burn all collected cases. 



(b) Spray the hedges with a solution of Paris-green or London 

 Purple. The method of doing this has been often previously 

 described in these notes. 



Insect infesting ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS. 



2. Hypomeces sp. 



This insect has already been described above under the mango. 

 It defoliates ornamental shrubs and plants in Katha in Burma. 



3* Tinea ? sp. larva. 



The Secretary of the Agri.-Horticultural Society of India, 

 Calcutta, sent some 'flies' attacking rose bushes. In a rose twig 

 a small caterpillar, probably a species of Tinea, was discovered, but it 

 died and nothing further has as yet been made of this attack. 



Insects attacking Castor Oil plants. 



The following insects were identified for the Government 

 Botanist, Madras : — 



Parasa lepida, Cram., alluded to in these notes, Vol. II, p. 158; 



Vol. Ill, p. 12 (4) ; Vol. IV, pp. 21 and 42. 

 Euproctis fraterna, Moore. 

 The caterpillars were reported as defoliating castor oil plants. 



