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S( (ME SOI in INDIAN INSECTS, ET< 



Distribution. — Throughout Southern India. 



Lifehistory. Not known in detail. 



Foodplants. Cumbu (Pemiisetum typhoideuin), Wheal (Triticum 



sativum). Also found on Cholam, Ragi and various other plants. 



Status. Usually a minor pest of Cumbu and Wheat, sucking the 

 juic es of the developing grain, occasionally doing serious damage- 

 to Cumbu. 



Control. Collecting the bugs by hand or in hand-nets. 



PIEZODORUS RUBROFASCIATUS, Fl>. 



Citnex rubrofasciatus, Fab., Mant., 11. 293 

 (1787). 



Pi, odorus rubrofasciatus, Distant, Faun. 

 hid. Rhyn., 1. 224 225, f. 142 ; Lefroy, Ind. 

 [ns. late, p. 676, t. 74. f. 10. 



Distribution. — Throughout the Plains of 



Southern India. 



Lift history. Not known. 



Foodplants. Cholam and Pulses fP/nr 

 seolus) and oil most low-growing plants. 



Status.- A minor pest of Cholam and 

 Pulses. 



Control. — Collection by hand and in 

 hand-net-. 



Pi, odorus 



rubrofasciatus. I hi 



ontlim B ll " hows the 



,1 size. (Original.) 



MENIDA HISTRIO, Fb 



Cimex histrio, Fab., Mant., H, 296 (1787). 

 VtoMa histrio, Distant, Faun. Ind. Rhyn., I, 228. 



^-Menida histrio. The outli. ' ows the natural 



(Original 



