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Pests of Sugar Cane. 
The most important enemies of sugar cane are 
“ boring ” caterpillars, although several sucking and 
leaf-eating insects have been recorded. 
The chief “ boring ” caterpillars in Malaya are 
the Pyralid, Topeutis rhodoproctalis, Hamps., and 
the Cossid, Phragmataecia parvipunctus, Hamps. 
The latter is rather interesting, since our records 
do not show its existence as a pest in other countries. 
Control, measures for sugar cane pests should 
always be proceeded with rigorously. All eggs 
should be collected, “ dead -hearts ” cut out and 
destroyed, and* clean cultivation practised. 
Pes^s of Tea. 
The cultivation of the tea plant in Malaya is 
not of great importance, but wherever the plant 
is grown in this country it is subject to attacks 
from the “ borers ” Xyleborus fornicatus, Eichh., 
{Scolytidae ) , Zeuzera coffeae, Nietn., ( Cossidae ) ; 
and leaf-eating caterpillars such as Amsacta lactinea. 
Cram., ( Arctiidae ). 
Zeuzera coffeae has already been mentioned under 
pests of “kapok.” 
If the caterpillars are abundant, spraying the plants 
with lead arsenate should be done under supervision. 
Pests of Coffee. 
One of the chief pests of this plant is the moth 
■Cephonodes hylas , F., (Sphingidae) , but since the 
caterpillars feed exposed on the leaves they are not 
difficult to control. 
