“…In 1960, failures of ethyl-parathion in controlling the rice stem borer, Chilo suppressalis WALKER, were reported in some regions of Kagawa and Ehime prefectures. Since then, both field and laboratory studies have been carried out, showing that the method of application and the amount of the insecticide used were not responsible for the failure, but rather the borer might have developed resistance (Ozaki, 1962). Failures of control of several other species of Lepidoptera in fields have also been peported (HARVEY & SWEN-SON, 1954;MCEWEN & HARVEY, 1956;MADSEN & FALCON, 1960).…”