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Aphis gossypii, Glover, 



= A. citndli, Ashmead, 1882. 

 =A. cucumeris, Forbes, 1883. 



Glover, Pat. Off. Report, p. 62 (1854) ; Ashmead, Can. Ento., 



XIV, p. 91 (1882) ; Gillette, Jour. Eco. Entom., I, iii, 



p. 176 (1908) ; Essig, Pom. Coll. Jour., Ill, iv, p. 590 (1911) ; 



Ind. Ins. Life, p. 746 (1909) ; Mem. Ind. Mus. VI, iv, pp. 219- 



220 (1918). 



This species occurs commonly on cotton and is sometimes rather 



a pest of this crop. It has been found on cotton at Lahore, Muzaffarpur, 



Pusa, Dhuha, Shimoga, Bellary and throughout Southern India. At 



Lahore it has also been found on Ca f sella, hnpatiens sp., Cryptostegia 



grandijlora. 



Aphis nasturtii, Kalt. 



Kaltenbach, Pflanzenl. (1843), p. 76 ; Koch, Pflanzenl (1857), 

 p. 136, fig. 125 ; Schouteden, Cat. Aph. Belg. (1906), p. 224 ; 

 Mem. Ind. Mus. VI, iv, pp., 212-222 (22). 



This species occurs at Lahore on Nasturtium. 



Brachycaudus pruni, Koch. 



Koch, Die Pflanzenlause ; Buckton, Brit. Aphid, II, p. 64 ; 

 Van der Goot, Ziir Systematik der Aphiden, pp. 96-97 ; 

 Stebbing, Ind. Mus. Notes, VI, 1913, p. 70. 

 This species occurs throughout North- West Irdia on peach and is 

 also found on Ageratum conyzoides. 



It is one of the worst insect pests that the peach-grower has to con- 

 tend against in Northern India. The leaves are contorted into pseudo- 

 galls and the trees become sickly and unsightly. The leaves appear 

 closely crowded and nerer expand fully. They turn wliitish and in some 

 cases "pinkish. It is found with Mijziis persicce on the same plant. 



Lachnus pyri, Buckt. 



South Ind. Ins., p. 503, f. 391 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 247. 

 This species occurs commonly on pear in Ootacamund and the 

 Shevaroy Hills and Ceylon (Hills), but apparently does not extend into 

 Northern India. It occurs in masses on the stems and branches and 

 is easily dealt with by brushing or spraying. 



