470 



SOME SOUTH INDIAN [NSE< TS 



The life-cycle is :- Egg, six days, nymph 8 + ( to days, 



the nymphal periods representing those spent in each instar 

 between the moults ; total, about seven weeks. [T.V.R.] 



Foodplants. -Lab-lab (Dolichos lab-lab), Green Gram (Phaseolus 

 in lingo), Cluster Bean (Cyamopsis), Agathi (Sesbania grandi flora). 

 Also mi various wild Leguminosa I Co >sitae. 



Status. A minor pest of Lab-lab and Agathi. 



Control. Catching in small hand-nets. 



( APP 1 \ I \l'k< IBANENSIS, Dall. 

 Pentatoma taprobanensis, Dall.. List. Hem. I, 244(1851). 

 CaPpaa taprobanensis, Dist., Faun. Ind. Rhyn., I, [49. I- 88. 



Distribution. S h e v - 

 Coonoor, Bababu- 

 dins ; Malabar. 



/. if e h i story. Not 

 known. All stages prob- 

 ably passed on the tree. 

 Foodplants. — Orange. 

 Status. — Apparently a 

 minor pest in the Hill 



Districts, the bugs sucking 

 Fi&. 346. -Cabpcea taprobanensis. I hi ... r ., , 



„ ... 1 ,, .,,,..,1 the mice 01 the twigs and 



small outline figure shows the natural 



ize. (< iriginal.) shoots. 



Control. Collection by shaking over cloths, etc., spread under 

 the tree. 



DOLYCORIS INDICTS. Stal. 



Dolycoris indiais, Stal., Enum. Hem, V, 70(1870); Distant, Faun. 



I„,l. Rhyn.. 1. 100, t. 96; Lefroy, Ind. ins. Life, p. 675, t. 73. f. to. 



X, 



/nx 



1 ig. 347- Dolycoris indie us. The outline figure shows the natural 

 size. (Original.) 



