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HelopeJtis antonii, Sign. 



Dist., F. I. Rhyn, II, 440, f. 285 ; S. Iiid. Ins.. p. 488, f. 374 ; 



Agr. Journ. Ind. X, 412-416 (October 1915) ; Proc. Second 



Entl. Meeting, pp. 23, 26, 37, 255. 

 We have this from Kudua Kamam Estate, on tea on 13th September 

 1913, and from Pirmaad, on tea on 11th August 1913. In the South 

 Indian Hills it is a pest of tea and cinchona and in Ceylon of cacao. 

 In Coimbatore, and probably throughout the Plains of Madras, it attacks 

 nim {Melia azadirachfa), as described by Y. Ramachandra Rao in the 

 Agriculhiml Journal of India, and in North Malabar, South Kanara 

 and Bangalore it attacks shoots of cashew {Ahacardium occidentale). 

 It has also been recorded on annatto {Bixa orellana). We seem to 

 know remarkably little about it as a pest of tea and cinchona in South 

 India. 



Has anyone found this on mm shoots ? Mr. Ramakrishna 



Ayyar. 



Yes ; I have seen this insect on roadside mm trees, the topshoots Mr. Ramchandra 

 of which get withered as the result of their attack. Rao. 



I have been examining these shoots for some time. I cannot find Mr. Ramakrishna 

 the insect and have some doubts as to whether the damage done is due Ayyar. 

 to an insect or to a fungus attack. 



I investigated this subject some years ago and published an account Mr. Ramchandra- 

 of it in the Agricultural Journal. I found the eggs as well as the nymphs ^^^' 

 on the new shoots. The reason why the insect is not seen on the damaged 

 shoots is because it attains the adult stage and flies away before the 

 damage becomes apparent. 



Helopeltis theivora, Waterh. 



Dist., F. I. Rhyn. II, 440-441 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, 

 pp. 23, 26, 37! 



We have this from Lower Ging (Darjiling District ; October 1908) Mr. Fletcher., 

 and from the Buxar Duars in May 1907. It occurs from Darjiling to 

 Chittagong as a serious pest of tea. 



[See also pp. 669-671]. 



Disphinctus humeralis, Wlk; 



Dist., F. I. Rhyn. II, 444, f. 286 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 23. 



This species has been reported to occur on tea in Assam in much 

 the same way as Helopeltis and on cinchona in Sikkim. 



