R11YM 1 1 • ■ 1 \ 





Control.' <n The eggs are lairh conspicuous, usually deposited 

 ..n poils, ami may be collected by hand. 



(2) Tlir nymphs and adult bugs may be collected bj sh iking 

 lb, plants over a vessel i>t nil ami water or over a cloth saturated 

 with oil. 



CLAVIGRALLA HORRENS, Dohrn. 

 Clavigralla horrens, Dohrn. Stett. Ent. Zc it. (i860), 403; Distant, 

 Faun. Ind. Rhyn., 1. 402; Lefroy, Km. Mem. Dipt. Agri., In. I.. I. 234; 

 linl. Ins. Liu-, t. 75 [as gibbosa]. 



Distribution. Th roughout 



tin- Plains of Southern India. 



Lifehistory. Sec coloured 



Red Gram 



(Cajanus indicus). 



Status. — A minor pest of 

 red gram. 



Control.— Collection of the 

 eggs (on pods', nymphs and 

 bugs, and shaking the active 

 stages off the plants into 

 is of oil and water or onto cloths soaked in oil. 



H /*\ Plate in " Indian 



if \ Foodplai 



• lavigralla horrens. 

 iiitline figure shows the 

 natural siz< 



The "in 



LEPTOCORISA VARICORXIS, Fb. 



Gerris varicornis, Fab 



.. p. 260 (1803). 



Leptocorisa varicornis, Dis- 

 tant. Faun. Ind. Rhyn., I, 

 409 410, f. 241 ; Lefroy, Ind. 

 Ins. Pests, i'. 116; Ent. Mem. 

 Dept., Ind.. 1. 235, t. 

 70; II. 1 [3, t. I : Ind. Ins. Life, 

 p. 0S4. f. 446. 



Distribution. -Throughout 

 Southern India up to 4.000 feet. 

 h is tory. The round- 

 tl tttened, dark-brow: 

 laid in row • 

 and i 



nymphs are pale green with 

 very long antennae; they 



^llck the jllil es of their ' 



plant but are little noticeable 



