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SOME SOUTH INDIAN INSECTS, ETC. 



. . . brachyrhinus, Bohemann, Schonherr Gen. Cat. VII, 

 i, p. 464. 



Lixus brachyrhinus, Lefroy, tnd. Ins. Life, p. 385. 



Distribution. — Coimbatore, South Arcot, Chingleput ; probablj 

 throughout Southern India. Occurs all the year round. 



Lifehistory. Larva bores in stems of cultivated Amaranths. 

 The eggs are laid (probably inside the stem) under the axil of a 

 I. ,il on one of the lateral branches, the newly-hatched grub tunnel- 

 ling down the branch in an irregular zig-zag mine gradually 

 increasing in size until it reaches the main stem, where it bores 

 down a little and then upwards until reaching the junction of 

 another lateral branch where it forms an elongate chamber in the 

 upper part of the burrow and pupates in this, the beetle emerging 

 after about 14 daj S. 



Status. A minor pest, capable of doing considerable damage to 

 cultivated Amaranths as a single plant ma\ harbour as many as ten 

 or a dozen grubs. 



Control. — Destruction of attacked plants and collection of the 

 weevils by hand. 



PARAMECOPS FARINOSA, Wied. 



1 [G. I'm. Paramecops farinosa. The small figure shows the natural size. 

 [Original.) 



