188 CYPHICERUS SP. 
Locality from where reported. 
The writer found this weevil common at the lower eleva- 
tions in the Melghat teak forests lying between Ellichpur and 
Chikalda ; in the Damoh Division between Damoh and Singram- 
pur; between the latter place and Jubbulpore; and between 
Jubbulpore and Luckneedown on the Jubbulpore-Nagpur road. 
Relations to the Forest. 
While this weevil undoubtedly does a certain amount of de- 
foliation on the teak in years when it is plentiful, attacking the 
leaves of both young and old trees, present observation does 
not show it to be anything like as bad a pest as its three lepidop- 
terous companions, and it appears doubtful as to whether it 
would ever be capable of entirely denuding a teak forest of its 
leaves. It must, however, certainly be considered an enemy of 
the tree, and it is important that the rest of its life history 
should be worked out, especially the point as to where its larva 
lives and on what it feeds, 
Protection and Remedies. 
In nurseries spraying young plants attacked with the Paris 
green arsenical solution would have the effect of killing off the 
beetle. This should be done as soon as the pest makes its 
appearance, and repeated at intervals through July and August. 
The earlier the beetles are attacked, the less chance is there of 
their reaching the pairing stage and laying eggs. 
Points in the life history requiring further observation. 
1. Where the eggs are laid. 
2. Where the larva lives and upon what it feeds. 
3. Length of time spent in the larval stage. 
4+ Where does the larva pupate ? 
5. The number of generations in the year. Are there 
one or more spring (hot weather) generations and 
a late autumn one as in the case of its companions 
flyblza and Pyrausta ? 
6. Where and in which stage of its metamorphosis 
does it pass through the cold weather ? 
