PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 2'o\ 



Macropes excavofus, Dist. (? raja, Dist.) 



Macropes eorcavatus, Dist., F. I. Rhyn., II, 25 [Shillong]. 

 Macropes raja, Dist., A. M. N. H. (8) III. 323 (1909), F. L 

 Rhyn., V. 19 [Calcutta]. 

 We have specimens from Piisa, on sugarcane, grasses ; and from the 

 Naga Hills, on rice, Job's-tears. 



At Pusa this insect appears occasionally in some numbers on cane, 

 but is scarcely a pest. 



The identification seems doubtful. The specimens in the Pusa 

 Collection standing under the name of M. excavatus do not seem to have 

 been named authoritatively. They differ from Macropes in pilosity 

 and the fore femora not being spined. If it is a Macropes, it is probably 



M. raja. 



Blissus gihbiis, Fb. 



Dist.. F. I. Rhyn. II, 28-29, f. 20. 

 Distant, on the authority of de Niceville, records the immature 

 stages as having done " much damage to sugarcane at Cawnpur." 

 This species has not been reported as a pest during recent years. 



Chauliops fallax, Scott. 



Dist., F. I. Rhyn., II. 36, f. 24. 



This species was sent in to us on 22nd August 1913 from the Govern- 

 ment Garden at JeoUkote (Kumaon) as attacking soy bean. 



It is recorded from Ceylon and Japan. In Ceylon it punctures the 

 foliage of Dolichos ungniculata and completely checks the growth of the 

 plant ; E. E. Green (Distant). 



Oxycarenus Icetus, Kby. 



Dist., F. I. Rhyn., II, 43, f. 31 ; S. Ind. Ins. pp. 482-483, f. 367 ; 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 116 (tab), 124, 126, 127, 129, 

 130. 

 We have this from Pusa, on cotton. Hibiscus escidentits, H. abel- 

 moschus, Abvtilon indicum, hollyhock, Thespesia popvlnea; Gojra 

 (Punjab), on cotton ; Belgaum, on cotton ; Coimbatore, on cotton ; 

 Lyallpur, on cotton ; Surat, on cotton ; Saidapet, on cotton ; Coimba- 

 tore, on cotton. 



The bugs attack the seeds, especially of over-ripe bolls left on the 

 plant, and probably have some effect on the vitality of the seed. They 

 also do some damage by staining the Hnt when crushed. 



