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Coccldse— Continued. 

 Unarmored — 

 .Aclerda distorta Green; Ceylon. 



Aclerda japonica Cockerell; England (in greenhouses); Arundinaria japonica. 



Aclerda tokionis Cockerell; Japan; Bambusa. 



Antonina socialis Newstead; England (in greenhouses); Arundinaria japonica. 

 ^Antonina crawii Cockerell; Japan; California; New Jersey. 

 ^AsUrolecaniam bambusx Boisduval; Guatemala; Florida; Bambusa viridis, Bambusa viridi-striata. 



Asterolecanium coronatum Green; Ceylon; Dendrocalamus giganteus. 



Asterolecanium solenophoroides Green; Ceylon. 



Asterolecanium exiguum Green; Ceylon, Hawaiian Islands. 



Asterolecanium flavociliatum Green; Ceylon; Arundinaria. 



Asterolecanium lanceolatum Green; Ceylon; Arundinaria, 



Asterolecanium miliaris Boisduval; Ceylon, Cuba, Algeria, Mauritius, Brazil, Jamaica, Trinidad; 

 Bambusa vulgaris, B. distorta, B. oliveriana. 



Asterolecanium pudibundum Green; Ceylon. 



Asterolecanium rubrocomatum Green; Ceylon. 



Asterolecanium tenuissimum Green; Ceylon. 



Asterolecanium tumidum Green; Ceylon. 



Asterolecanium udagamx Green; Ceylon. 



Asterolecanium bambusicola Kuwana; Japan. 



Asterolecanium hemisphaericum Kuwana; Japan, 



Asterolecanium masuii Kuwana; Japan. 



Ceroplastes theobromx Newstead; Cameroon. 

 ;}; Chxtococcus bambusx Maskell; Hawaii, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, Brazil; Bambusa tulda. 



Coccus arundinarix Green; Ceylon; Arundinaria. 



Eriococcus graminis Maskell; China, Japan. 



Eriococcus onukii Kuwana; China, Japan; Arundinaria hindsii var. graminx. 



Pentatomidse. 



Ocrophara montana, a sucking bug; India; feeds in all stages on the seeds of bamboo {Dendrocalamus 

 strictus). 



COLEOPTERA. 

 Bostrychidse. 



B ostrychopsis parallela; India; bores in wood of Dendrocalamus strictus. 

 :^Dinodcrus brevis E.ora, India; United States; very important borers in the stalks of Dendrocalamus 

 strictus. 

 Heterobostrychu^ unicornis Waterhouse; Sinoxylon anale Lesne; bores in bamboos of Dendrocalamus 



strictus. 

 Dinoderus distinctus Lesne; India; bores bamboos. (See Mango.) 



Lyctidse. 



Lyctus spinifrons Lesne; India; bores in bamboos of Dendrocalamus strictus. 



i'ucujMie. 



Psammacus triinaculatus Motschulsky; India; bores in wood of Dendrocalamus strictus. 

 Tenebrionidse. 



* Tribolium confusum Duval, and T. castaneum Herbst; India; bore in wood of Dendrocalamus strictus,. 

 Chrysomelidae. 



Estigmena chinensis Hope; India; bores in joang stems oi Dendrocalamus strictus and Cephalostachyum . 

 pergracile. 

 Cerainbycidae. 



Stromatium barbatum Fabricius; India; bores in Dendrocalamus strictus. 

 Curculionidse. 



C'yrtotrachelu^ dux Boheman; India; bores in tops and shoots of Dendrocalamus hamiltoni, 



Cyrtotrachelus longipes Fabricius; India; bores in Melocanna bambusioides. (See plate ix.) 

 Cossonidae. 



Conarthrus affinis Wollaston: India; bores in bamboos of Dendrocalamtis strictus. 



LITERATURE. 

 Stebbing, E. p. a Manual of Forest Zoology for India, 1908. 

 Stebbing, E. p. Indian Forest Insects, 1914. 



BANANA; PLANTAIN. 



(Musa STpp. (especially paraJmaca). Family Musacese.) 



Bananas and plantain have become a very important article of commerce, being 

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