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pit thus formed may be as large as a fom--anna piece. Probably this 

 condition is brought about by a fungus which follows the puncture.] 



Mr. Fletcher. 



Mi. Isaac. 

 Dr. Gough. 

 Mr. Ghosh. 



Nezara viridida, L. 



Dist. F. I. Ehyn. I. 220, f. 139; S. Ind. Ins., pp.. 473-474' 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 52, 71, 89 (tab.), 130, 184, 

 ^187, 198, 200, 285. 



This species has been reported from Akola (Berar), on Maghai Telli, 

 24th December 1909 ; Poona, on cotton (18th November and 19th 

 December 1909), tur (15th October 1907) ; Pusa, on mung {Phaseolus 

 mungo), potato leaves (in large numbers), cotton, millets, sun flower ; 

 Simla ; Ging (Darjiling) ; Bassein Fort ; Ganjam, on ragi ; Coimbatore, 

 on wheat ; Shevaroys (Yercaud), bad pest of potatoes ; Hubh (Dbarwar), 

 on castor ; Gadag, on Sesanmm ; Tinnevelly, reported bad on cumhu ; 

 Bangalore, on potato ; Dharwar, on til pods ; Poona, on Cajantis mdicus ; 

 Minbu (Lower Burma) ; and Kajshahi. 



It is a regular minor pest of castor and the other crops named above 

 and is sometimes serious on potato in the Hills. It is best controlled 

 by hand-picking. 



It is a bad pest of potato in the Shevaroys. 



In Egypt it is a pest of cotton and a bad pest of potato. 



It is found on pulses also. 



Mx. Eetclier. 



Nezara graminea, Fb. 



Dist., F. I. Rhyn. I. 221. 

 This species has been found at Dharwar, 



on juar. 



Piezodorus nihrofasciafus, Fb. 



Dist., F. I. Rhyn., I. 224-225, f. 142 ; S. Ind. Ins., p. 474, 

 f. 353 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 39, 184. 



We have this from Pusa, Bilaspur, Katni, Surat, Bassein Fort, 

 Nadiad, Burdwan, Cuttack (on dhaincha), Mysore, and Godavari Dis- 

 trict. 



In South India it is a minor pest of cholam, pulses and low growing 

 plants. It has also been found on Lantana camara. 



