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Eusarcocoris guttiger, Thunb. 



Dist., F. I. Ryn, I. 165-166; S. Ind. Ins. p. 471, f. 348. 



We have this from Surat, Belgaum, Bassein Fort, Pusa, and 



Chapra. 



In the Plains of South India, it is a minor pest of Pennisetum iyphoi- 



deum. 



Aniestia cruciata, Fb. 



Dist., F. 1. Rhyn., I. 185 ; S. Ind. Ins.. p. 472,- f. 350 ; Proc. 



Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 36, 222 ; Planters' Chronicle, 



VIII, 37. 



We have this from Nagpur, on lemon 16th June 1906, and Iw 



i3th July 1906 ; Poona, on coffee 21st May 1910 ; Chindwara, on mango 



inflorescence (said to be damaged) ; Kullakamby, on coffee ; Calcutta, 



on Acanthus; KasauU, on peach, apricot; Seoni (C. P.), on mango, 



peaches — sucks the juice of fruits which fall down. 



It attacks young berries of coffee in Ceylon [Distant]. In the Nil- 

 giris it has been found in large numbers sucking coffee berries and may 

 be looked on as a sporadic pest of coffee in South India. 



Afines concinna, Dall. 



Dist., F. I. Rhyn. I. pp. 186-187, fig. 111. 

 Distant gives the distribution, Hardwar, Bombay, '" reported as 

 attacking Rabi (winter) crops in the North Western Provinces {Ind. 

 Mks. Notes, Vol. II, p. 165)." Otherwise we do not know this as a 

 pest. 



Agonoscelis niihila, Fb. 



Dist., F. I. Rhyn., I. 189 ; South Ind. Ins. pp. 472-473, fig. 

 351 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 184, 298, 301. 

 Our specimens are from Jabbalpur, on tobacco, 14th March 1906 ; 

 Poona, on lucerne, 21st October 1909 ; C. P., carrot flowers ; Pusa, on 

 sunflower. Hibiscus sabdarifja, ber, Leucas sp. ; Dacca ; Naduvatum ; 

 Cuttack ; Sitamarlii (N. Bihar) ; Munshiganj ; Balaghat (C. P.) ; Jorhat 

 (Assam) ; Khasi Hills ; Tatkon (Upper Burma), on cotton (K. D. Shroff) ; 

 Shoranur (Malabar), paddy. 



" At Bombay, generally found on Dolichos lablab ; R. M. Dixon " 

 (Distant). In the Central Provinces it is reported on carrot flowers 

 and in South India it has been recorded on cholam, cumbu {Pennisetum 

 typhoideitm), wheat, various pulses, and aniseed. 



