A cyclic amide compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein X is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a haloalkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a haloalkoxy group, a lower alkylthio group or a nitro group; Y is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a haloalkyl group, a phenyl group, an alkoxy group, a cycloalkoxy group, a cycloalkylalkoxy group, an alkenyloxy group, an alkynyloxy group, a benzyloxy group, a phenoxy group, a haloalkoxy group, a lower alkoxy-lower alkoxy group, a cyanoalkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an alkenylthio group, an alkynylthio group, a benzylthio group, a phenylthio group, ##STR2## (wherein W is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group and R.sup.4 is an alkyl group), ##STR3## (wherein each of R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, an alkylsulfonyl group, ##STR4## (wherein R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are as defined above), an alkylcarbonyl group, an alkoxy carbonyl group, a hydroxy carbonyl group, a nitro group, a cyano group or a hydroxyl group; R is a hydrogen same or different is an alkyl group, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together with the adjacent carbon atom form a ring; m is 0 or 1; n is an integer of from 1 to 5; and k is an integer of 1 or 2.