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guava, strawberry, Panicum frumentacemn, tnarua, and amhadi ; 

 Dacca ; Kanti (Bengal), on cotton ; Manjri (Bombay), on cotton ; Surat, 

 on maize ; Poona, on ambadi, bhindi, cotton, maize and millets ; Banga- 

 lore, on apple shoots and branches ; and Coimbatore, on cholam. Es- 

 pecially a pest of cotton, but often of other plants also. 



Has any one any remarks to offer on the control of these species of Mr. Fletcher. 

 Myllocerus generally i 



We tried dusting the attacked plants with lead arsenate and a number Mr. Ramakrishna 

 of beetles were killed ; but this is a measure which we should not Ayyar. 

 advise on any large scale to the raiyats. 



Sitones crinitus, Ohv. 



Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 81, 207, 208. 



This species has been found in Champaran and at Dalsing Serai 

 (N. Bihar) on indigo and at Pusa on lucerne in some numbers and also 

 -on senji, cabbage, wheat-ear, jute and ber. It is not a pest as a rule. 



It can be controlled by shaking it off with brushes made of twigs, j^jj. nnsia. 



Peliotrachelus piibes, Fst. 



Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 211. 



We have this from Gorakhpur, Pusa, Cuttack, the Nilgiris and the 

 Shevaroys. In the Shevaroy Hills it occurred on orange and is a minor 

 pest. At Pusa it has been found on Zizyphus jujuba in small numbers, 

 whilst the specimens from Cuttack were found in Termites' nests [!]. 



Platymycterus sjostedti, Mshll. 



We have this from Dehra Dun, Chapra, Pusa and Daltonganj. At 

 Pusa it has been found on grass, Dalbergia sissu, tender mango leaves, 

 sann hemp and jute, and at Daltonganj on ber. It usually occurs in 

 small numbers and has not yet been noted as a pest. 



Phytoscaphus triangularis, 01. 



We have this from Pusa, on bamboo, pear, cotton leaf, sann hemp, 

 ber, rice, cane leaves, indigo, jute, sweet potato, dhainchd, tur, and maize ; 

 from Cawnpur, on groundnut ; Pratapganj (Bengal) ; and from Dalton- 

 ganj. 



It occurs as a rule in small numbers and has not been noted as a pest. 



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