COLEOPTERA. 



315 



Hispella ramosa. I the right shows a side-view 



of thi mall figure indicates the natural inal.) 



PHIDODONTA MODESTA, Weise. (PLATE IX.) 



Phidodonta modesta, Weise, D.E.Z. (1906), 404; Lefroy, Ind. Ins. 

 Life, p. 365, Plate Will ; Weise, Wytsm. Gen. Ins. Fasc. 125. 

 p. 94 (19H). 



Distributio : < mjam ; April to November. 



Lifehistory. Eggs in - ane, larva burrowing 



mines longitudinally in cane-leaves, pupa in leaf, beetle also eat- 

 ing cane-leaves. 



Foodplant. ■ Sugarcane. 



Status. Usually a minor pest of Sugarcane. 



Control. Collection of larvae in their mines ai ties by 



hand. 



HISPA ARMIGERA, Ol. (PLATE X.) 

 Hispa urmigcra, < Hivier, Entom. VI, 763, t. I, f. 

 D.E.Z. (1904), 457, Wytsm, Gen. I- 25, p. 103 (ion). 



