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SOME SOUTH 1X1)1 AX INSECTS, ETC. 



Control, (i) Destruction by fire on the spot of all infected 

 primings. 



(2) In cases oi recent outbreak in a district, rigid cutting and 

 burning of infested bushes. 



(3) Good cultivation, by keeping the tea-bushes in a vigorous 

 condition, will help largely to withstand attack. 



Remarks. I am indebted to Mr. Anstead for information regard- 

 ing the occurrence of this insect in Southern India. 



DIPTERA. 



HIPPOBOSCIDjE. 

 HIPPOBOSCA MACULATA, Lch. 



Hippobosca maculata, Leach, Mem. Wern. N.H. Soc, 11.553- t. 26, 

 it. 11 [3 (1818); Austen. A.M.N.H. (7). XII, 258 (1903); Hewlett. 

 [nd. Ins. Life, p. 656, t. 69, f. 7. 



Hippobosca siva, Bigot, Ann. S.E. France (1885), 235. 



Fig. -'U.S. - Hippobosa maculata. The small figure >li««s the natur.il size. 

 (Original.) 



Distribution. — Throughout Southern India. 



Lifehistory and Food. The eggs hatch inside the mother-fly and 

 the larvae are retained until they are full-grown, when they are 

 extruded and at once pupate, the puparia being small round objects, 

 at first whitish but later on turning dark brown. 



Status. A pest of cattle, feeding solely on blood. 



