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SOME SOUTH l\l)l.\\ INSECTS, ETC. 



Distribution.— Ganjam, Bangalore (Distant)' 

 Lifehistory. Not known. 

 Foodplants- Gingelly. 



St, tins. Found as a serious pest on one occasion. 

 Control. Collection by hand-nets and by shaking plants over 

 pans of water and oil. 



VNTESTIA ( Rl CIATA, id). 



Cimex cntciata, Fab., Syst. Ent., p. 714 (1775). 

 Antestia crnciata, Distant, Faun. [nd. Rhyn., I. 18.5 : Lcfroy, 

 IihI. Ins. Pests, p. 235 ; Ent. Menu Agri. Dept., ind.. 1. 233. 



Distribution. Throughout Southern 

 India. 



Lifehistory. Not known. 

 Foodplants. ( offee, Jasmine. 

 Status. — An occasionally serious 

 pest of Coffee. 



Control. Collection in hand-nets 

 and shaking bushes over pans of « atei 

 and oil or over cloths saturated with 



oil. 



ic. 150. Antestia 

 ciata. The outline 

 --hows the natural 

 (( (riijinal. 



size. 



AGONOSCELIS NUBILA, id). 

 Cimex nubila, Fab., Syst. Ent., p. 712(1775). 

 Agonoscelis nitbila, Distant, Faun. [nd. Rhyn., I. [89. 



1 1 1 nubila. The outline figure shows the natural size. 



1 Original. 



