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 Plate XXII (A) — A sandy plain at Sodakoer village (Jaisalmer 



State). An association of ^rua tomentoga and 

 Mrua pseudo-tojnentosa, with families of Cctp- 

 paris decidua . . . . . < . . . . 544 



(B) — Cistanche tubulosa, parasitic on the roots of 



Capparis decidua in the above locality . . 544 



Plate XXIII (A) — An open forest of Zizyphus rotundifolia between 



Loharki and Sodakoer (Jaisalmer State). In 

 . the foreground a bare gravel area and an 

 isolated specimen of Prosopis spicigera . . 546 



(B) — Rocky river bank, two miles East of Sodakoer. 

 with Schiveinfurthia hcerocarpa and Anticharis 

 linearis . . . . . , . . . . . . 546 



Plate XXIV (A) — Sand dune north of Jaisalmer. On tho right a 



family of Cypenis arenarius, to the left ^rwx 

 sp,, on the hill in the background Fagoma 

 cretica . . . . . . . . . . , . 548 



(B) — Pond and marshy ground between Phalodi and 



Bap with various Cyperacecs . . . . . , 548 



Plate XXV (A) — Western slope of a sand-dune three miles south- 

 west of Phalodi (Jodhpur State), with pure 

 Calotropis procera association . . . . . , 550 



(B) Family of Cyperus arenarius covering the eastern 



slope of the above dune . . . . ,, 550 



Some South Indian Coccids of Economic Importance — 



Plate I. — Pulvinaria maxima. .. .. .. .. .. ., 624 



(A) — Scale infested branch of Nim. 



(B) — 1 2 adult. 2t. c? Puparium. 3. $ with ovisac. 



Plate II. — Phenacoecus insolitus. .. .. .. .. ,, 626 



(A) — Brinjal plant covered with ovisacs. 

 (B) — A (S mealy bug with ovisac magnified. 

 (C)— The larva. 



Plate III — Anovialococcus indicus (nov. sp.) . . . . . . . . 627" 



(A) — Babul branch infested with scales and visited 



by the black ant. 

 (B) — Female and male puparia magnified, two views 



of the former are shown. 



