212 A MANUAL OF DANGEROUS INSECTS. 



B. OTHER IMPORTANT TEA INSECTS. 



ACARINA. 

 Tetranychidte. 



Tetranychus bioculatu.i Wood-Mason. (See Coffee.) 



HEMIPTERA. 

 Coccidae. 



^Fiorinia ihex Green; cosmopolitan; tea, olive, etc. (See pi. V, fig. 1.) 



^Orthezia insignis Douglas; cosmopolitan; tea, citrus (See pi. IV, fig. 2.) 



^Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus; cosmopolitan; tea, citrus, palms. (See pi. II, fig. 2.) 



Pulvinaria these Froggat; Australia; Thea viridis. 



Coccus viridis Green; Ceylon, Hawaii, 



LEPIDOPTERA. 

 Cossidte. 



Zeuzera coffese- Nietner; borer. (See Coffee.) 

 Cochlidiidae. 



Belippe albiguttata Linnaeus, serious injury in Java. 

 Zygfenids. 



Heterusia cingala Moore; serious in Ceylon, India. "^ 



Geometridae. .^ 



Ophthalmodes cretacea Butler; Japan. i 



Lymantriidae. I 



Euproctis divisa Walker and E. latifascia Walker; Orient. Dasychira mcndosa Hubner, D. misam 



Moore, D. thwaitesi Moore; India, Ceylon, Java. Orgyia postica Walker; Java, Ceylon. Andraca 



bipunctata Walker; India. 



Notodontidte. 



Stauropus alternus Walker; India, Ceylon, Java. 



TEAK. 



(Tectona grandis. Family Verbenacese.) 

 A valuable timber tree of the Orient. 



IMPORTANT TEAK INSECTS. 



COLEOPTERA. 

 Cucujids. 



Silvanus advena Walth.; India; breeds in leaves, forming galls, causing leaves to drop. 

 Malacodermids. 



Plaleros dispallens Walker; India, oviposits in clusters on twigs; defoliates trees. 

 Buprestidae. 



Psiloptera fastuosa Fabricius; India; bores in wood. 

 Elateridae. 



Adelocera modesta Boisduval; India; bores in bast and sapwood. 

 Chrysomelidae. 



AspidomoTpha sanclsRcrucis Fabricius; India; a tortoise-shell beetle; defoliates. 

 Cerambycidae. 



Stromatium barbatum Fabricius; India; bores in wood of saplings. Stromatium longicorne Newman; 

 India; a very serious borer. Gelonxtha hirta Fairmaire and Xylotrechus smei Lap. et Gory; India; 

 bore in bast and sapwood. 



Brachyrhinidae. 



Astycus lateralis Fabricius; India. Myllocerus viridanus Fabricius; India; a serious defoliator. Myllo 

 cerus carinirostris Marshall and M. discolor variegatus Boheman; India. Cyrtepistomus pannosui 

 Marshall; India; a defoliator as an adult. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 

 Cossidae. 



Cossus cadambe; India; bores in wood of lopped trees. Duomitus ceramicus; India; bores in wood and 

 is very destructive. 

 SxEBBrNG, E. P. Indian Forest Insects, Coleoptera, 1914. 

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



