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Ripfortus juscus, Fb. 



Dist., F. I. Rhyn., I. 414-115 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, 

 pp. 45, 57, 60. 



We have this from Pusa, on Doliclios lablab, cowpea, and PJiaseolus 

 sp. ; Cuttack ; Lebong (Darjiling) ; Manikganj ; Bassein Fort ; and 

 Coimbatore. 



It is a minor pest of pulses. 



Riptortus linearis, Fb. 



Dist., F. I. Rhyn., I. 415 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 45, 



48, 57, 60. 



We have this from Pusa, on sweet potato, Guinea grass ; Bassein, 

 October 1909 ; and Ganjam, on cJiolam. 



Corizus rubicundus, Sign. 



Dist., F. I. Rhyn., p. 417, f. 245. 



This species occurs at Pusa in numbers on Abutilon imlicum and some- 

 times also on hollyhock. 



SerinetJia abdoyninalis, Fabr. 



Dist., F. I. Rhyn., I. 419, f. 246. 



We have this from Bankura, Burdwan and Yercaud. At Yercau<? 

 it was found in numbers on cofTee but it is not known to be a pest. 



" SerinetJia augur, Fb. 



Dist., F. I. Rhyn., I. 420 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 118. 



We have this from Pusa, on cotton ; Poona, on cotton ; Dacca ; and 

 Coimbatore, on Treiveia in large numbers. 

 It is scarcely a pest. 



Berytid^. 



Metacanthus pulchellus, Dall. 

 Dist., F. I. Rhyn., I. 423, f. 248 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 306. 

 This species was sent in to us in March 1913 as damaging bottle- 

 gourds at Baroda by puncturing the young fruits. At Pusa it has been 

 .found on pumpkin, bottle-gourd, and tobacco. It is widely distributed 

 in India but does not seem to be a serious pest as a rule. 



