COLEi >PT£RA. 



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Distribution.- Malabar (Taliparamba), PTrichinopoly ; in July 



[gust. 

 Lifehistory. -Not known. 

 Foodplants. — Gogu, jute. 



Status. — The beetle rats the leaves but is not .1 serious pest. 

 Control. — Collection 1>\ hand. 



AULACOPHoRA ABDOMINALIS, Fb. 



. . . abdominalis, Fab., Sp. Ins.. [., 151 (] 

 . . . foveicollis, Kust. Kafer Europ., X.W'III. 100. 

 Aulacophora foveicollis, Lefroy, [nd. Ins. Life, p. 362, f. 236. 



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Fie. 161. — Aulacophora abdominalis. 1. Attacked n [larva 



Red); .;. Full-grown larva (magnified); 4. Pupa (magnified); - 



(magnified) and <>. Natural size. (Figs. l — -» after Shiraki.) 



Distribution- Throughout Southern India up to at least 4.000 



Lifehistory. — Larva in ground at roots of cucurbitaceous plants. 

 feeding on roots. 



Foodplants.— All Cucurbit a ceaj. 



Status.- Sometimes a pes! "t sonic importance; usually occurs 



in fair numbers and doi - a good deal of damage on the whole. 

 Control.- Hand-collection and spraying where bad. 



