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it also from Barban (Bombay) ; Kaira (Bombay) " on crops " ; and 

 Lonavia, on ripe, 21st November 1905. 



Hieroglyph us banian, Fb. 



Kirby, F. I. Acrid., p. 204 ; S. Ind. Ins., p. 531, t. 50, ff. 1-3 ; 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 147, 166, 181, 190. 



This species occurs throughout the Plains of India as a pest of rice 

 usually and in the United Provinces especially of sugarcane. It is 

 possible that several distinct species are mixed up under this name. 

 Faridpur specimens show very reduced black marks on the sutures on 

 the sides of the prothorax. 



Hieroglyphus concolor. Wlk. 



Kirby, F. I. Acrid., pp. 204-205. 



This species is recorded by Kirby from Kanara and Sylhet. It 

 " appears to be commoner than banian, with which it is probably often 

 confounded " (Kirby). According to Kirby, the antennio in banian are 

 wholly green, in concohr black, pale at base and at ends of joints, and 

 the pronotum is smooth in ba^iian, finely punctured in concolor. 



In spite of Kirby' s assertion, we seem to have no specimens that 

 can be separated as concolor, and I cannot distinguish this from banian. 

 The antennae seem variable in colour even in specimens of the same 

 brood reared from the egg. 



Spathosiermim prasinijerum, Wlk. 



Kirby, F. I. Acrid., p. 208, f. 121. 



According to Kirby this species is recorded from Bombay and Pusa 

 and is very abundant and variable. We have it from Dacca. 



Orthacanthacris cegyptia, Linn. 



Kirby, F. I. Acrid, p. 225. 



This species is recorded from Quetta. We have it from the Punjab, 

 •on cotton. 



Orthacanthacris flavescens, Fb. 



Kirby, F. I. Acrid., p. 225-226, f. 127. 

 This species is recorded by Kirby from Madras and Ceylon. 



