The effect or liacilho rhuringiemis on the survival of Luella, crip•ina were observed. Ii).,, was found to be 14s10" eelliaml. The treatment resulted in vacuolization of .plasma and destruction or haemocytes. Morphological studies of treated Illes revealed that bacterial attack caused no apparent decrease in the size M. haemmytes as compared to control ones. Differential haemocytes counting (DfIC) or the treated flies showed a significant quantitative differences in the haemocyte number as compared to the control