Abstract

The short note on "a new rice pest"-contributed by Mr. K. Sankar is really of great interest to an Economic Entomolo- gist. Although the Entomological Section of the Agricultural College and Research Institute, Coimbatore, was well acquainted with the existence of the disease know as "Anaikombu" or "Thandeethu" in the Tamil and as "Kodu" in the Telugu districts, its exact cause was, on account of the want of plentiful genuine material, but imperfectly known. The Entomological section is certainly very much indebted to Mr. Sankar for the fine specimens of attacked plants he sent by post and for the interesting account he furnished of his personal observations in the field. Original observations of this kind are extremely valuable and will, I am sure, be eagerly welcomed by the Editor. There are, however, certain inaccuracies in the description of the pest which may be brought to the notice of the readers of this journal.

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