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SOME SOUTH INDIAN INSECTS, ETC. 

 EPICAUTA Sp. 



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! ig. 154, —Epicauta sp. The smaller figure shows the 

 natural size. l< >i i| 



Distribution. — South Kanara ; in October. 

 Lifehistory. — Not known. 



Status. — Local pest of paddy, eating Aowct> and also attacking 

 ripe ear-heads. 



Cowfro/.— Collection by hand is indicated. 



BRUCHID^E. 

 PACHYMERUS (BRUCHUS) CHINENSIS, Linn. 



Curculio chinensis, Linn., Syst. Nat. (ed. X). p. 386 (1758). 



Bruchus chinensis, Lefroy, End. Ins. Pests, pp. 255-256, ff. 311, Ind. 

 [ns. Life, p. 35°, f. 223. 



Pachymerus chinensis, Chittenden. U.S.A. Dept. Agri. Ent. Bull. 

 96, pt. 6 (1912). 



I'n,. 155. -Pachymerus chinensis. Magnified; the small figure shows 

 the natural ii e 1 il th( beetle, (Lai \ a aftei I hitti nden, 



