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•ti. Fletcher. 



{Unidentified HaUicme.) 



This was found on sann hemp at Mandalay by K. D. Shroff on 10th 

 May 1909. It is apparently distinct from the preceding species ; it is 

 larger and more stoutly built and rather redder in colour. 



( Unidentified HaUicine.) 



The adult beetles have been found at Pusa, on brinjal leaves in August 

 1912 and on sweet-potato leaves in September 1915, eating small holes 

 in the leaves. 



The beetles were also found nibbling the surface of brinjal seedling 

 leaves in the seed-bed on 25th August 1915, producing yellowish markings 

 all over the leaves. In many cases the entire tissue of the leaf is eaten 

 and holes are produced. The beetles are a pest of the seedlings, eating 

 both the upper and lower surfaces of the leaves. Adult beetles were 

 also found at Muzafl'arpur on brinjal, 10-20th January 1905. 



{Unidentified HaUicine.) 



This species was reported byT. N. Jhaveri, in his letter of 7th February 

 1913, as occurring at Dhulia, East Khandesh, and attacking a young 

 germinating crop of rahijuar. 



Aspidomorpha miliaris, Fb. 



Ind. Mus. Notes III, i, 24 (1893) [Aspid. militaris] ; South Ind. 

 Ins. pp. 316-317, f. 168 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 291. 



This is a widely distributed species which we have from Bassein 

 Fort ; Poona, on Gmelina ; Kanara ; Hunsur (Mysore), on wild Ipomoea ; 

 Coimbatore, on sweet-potato ; Madura ; and Ceylon. It is an occasional 

 very minor pest of sweet-potato, the larva feeding on the leaves. 



We find this around Poona but it is not a pest. 



A spidomorphafoveata, Thnbg. 



We have this from Tharrawaddy and Moulmein, where it was found 

 on sweet-potato. 



Aspidomorpha indica, Boh. 



Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 292. 



We have this from Chapra, Pusa, Betul, Khasi Hills (1,000-3,000 

 feet), the Anamalai Hills and Tatkon (Burma). At Betul it was found 

 " on salad, 9th December 1915," at Tatkon the adults occurred on 

 Trichosanthes cucumerina, and at Pusa it has been reared from the egg on 

 sweet-potato leaves. 



