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SOME SOUTH INDIAN INSECTS, ETC. 



GRAPTOSTETHUS SERVUS, Fb. 

 Cimex serous, Fab., Mant, II, 300(1787). 

 Graptostethus serous, Distant, Faun. Ind. Rhyn., II. 8-9. f. 4. 



I ig. 366. — Graptostethus servus. The outline figure shows the natural 



i inal.) 

 Distribution. Throughout Southern India. 

 Lifehistory.- Xot known. 



Foodplants. -Red-gram, sweet potato, jute capsules. 

 Sra/z/s.— Scarcely a pest, but may do damage at times. 

 Control— Collection in pans of oil and water or by shaking 

 oiled cloth. It is attracted to lights at night. 



OXYCAREN1 S UBTUS, Kby. 

 Oxycarenus latus, Kirby, J. Linn. Soc., XXIV, 102 (1891); Distant. 

 Faun. Ind. Rhyn., II. 43, f. 31 ; Letroy. Ind. Ins. Pests, pp. 107-108, 

 f. 126, Ind. Ins. Life, p. 688, f. 454. 



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1 Oxycarenus lulus. The outline figure shows the natural 



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 Distribution. Throughout the Plains of Southern India. 

 Lifehistory. Eggs are laid in small groups in the lint of ripe 

 cotton-bolls or between the calyx and the boll ami are cigar-shaped, 

 grooved longitudinally, at first white. Liter pale yellow and after- 

 wards orange. The young bugs feed in the bolls until full-grown. 

 Foodplant. — Cotton, Hibiscus esculentus and Gogu (H- canna- 

 binus). 



