Abstract

                                This pest of sugarcane, though noted in the S. Arcot district for some years past, appeared in some appreciable numbers only last year and has this season for the first time reached the status of a major pest. It was suggested to the writer by Dr. T. V. Ramakrishna Ayyar, the Government Entomologist, Madras, that a connected record on the observations made and some work done during this year might be of some interest and this note is an attempt in that direction. It must however be emphasized that the paper has been prepared by one not specially qualified to observe from an entomological point of view, and that conclusions cannot safely ba drawn until more knowledge of the pest and the damage caused by it is obtained.

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