COLEOPTEKA. 



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LYTTA TEMICOLLIS, Pall. 

 Cantharis tenuicollis, Pall., lc. Insect., p. 102. t. E, f. 35 (17N1 

 1806?); Lefroy, [nd. Ins. Pests, pp. 205 206. f. 243, Ind. Ins. Life, 

 p. 346, t. 220. 



Fig. 1 * s -- Lytta tenuicollis. The small figure shows the natural size, 

 inal.) 



Distribution. Ktirnul. Bellary, Coimbatore, Tanjore, Tinne- 

 velly ; September to November. 



Lifehistory. The whitish-yellow cigar-shaped eggs arc laid in 

 the soil in a mass which may contain over 400 eggs; the eggs seem 

 to be deposited at night and one female may lay more than one 

 egg-mass on subsequent nights. The young larva. 1 hatch aftei 

 about 12 — 14 days. The larva.' probably feed on egg-masses of 

 grasshoppers but the lifehistory is not known as yet. 



Status. — The beetle does considerable damage to car-heads of 

 jola, cumbu, et< 



Control. The beetles are attracted to light at night or may be 

 collected during the day-time. 



ZONABRIS PUSTULATA, Thnb. 



. . . . pustulata, Thnb., Diss. Nov. Spec. Ins.. VI, 113, t. 13 



(1791). 



Mylabris pustulata, Lefroy. [nd. Ins. Life, p. . . . f. 219. 



Mylabris sida, Fab. Ent. Syst. Suppl., p. 120 (1798). 



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149. -Zonabris pustulata. (Original.) 



