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. . . . farinosa, Wied., Germ. Mag., IV., 157 (1821). 



Paramecops farinosa, Lefroy, [nd. Ins. Life, p. 386. 



Distribution. Throughout Southern India all the year round. 



Lifehistory and Foodplaut. K^ks are laid in the rind oi CalotropL 

 into which the voung larvae tunnel. The beetle feeds on the leaves 

 alotropis making unsightly patches. 



Status. Scarcelj .1 pest, bul n mage to the Calotropis 



plants where these are collected and used for manure. 



\ I A< 1 I », VSTER PINITIMUS, Fst. 



Atactogaster finitimus, Faust., D.E.Z. (1904), 251 ; Lefroy, Ind. 

 Ins. Life, p. 386, f. 203. 



Uactoqastcr finitimus. beetle and sidi 



figure -hows the nal inal.) 



Distribution. 1'. nbatore, Madura, Ramnad, Tinnevelly. 



found about October. Appears to exhibit a preference for 

 -1 black-< otton soil. 

 Lifehistory. Not known. 



Foodplants. The beetle eats most low-growing plant-. 

 Status. A serious local pest in Ramnad and Tinnevelly ii 

 \rars m October, the beetles appearing in larjje numbei 

 devouring young plants . . 1 ( otton, et< . 



Control. Collection of beetles In hand and by attraction t<. baits 

 •'1 leaves placed around edges ol fields. Fowls turned out 

 into th.- cotton-fields help to keep these weevils in check. 



