RHYNCHOTA. 483 



Status. Qsuallj a minoi pest <>t cotton. 



Control. The bugs arc generally found in old open bolls left 

 unplucked, or in bolls attacked by bollworm whose hole of exit 

 they use as a means All such attacked and ripe bolls 



and this will prevenl the bugs from 

 breeding. When the> are present in numbers they are readily col- 

 1 In shaking the bolls ovi 1 pans '>t oil and water or over oiled 

 c loths. 



Remarks. Distant's descri] om Kirby's discoloured 



type) inco testhat the antenna- are unii olorous ; his figures 



also incorri I trds length ■>! the rostrum, whii h r--j 



well beyond the third pair of legs, and in omission of spinal arma- 

 ture on anterior femora. I am indebted to Mr. Distant for the 

 identification of this spei : 



APHANUS SORDIDUS. Fb. 

 < imex sordidus, Fab., Mant, II. 302 (1, 

 Aphanus sordidus, Distant, Faun. Ind. Rhyn., II. 79 No. f. 62; 



Ind. Ins. Life, p. 689. 



■ ■• natural 

 inal.) 



Distribution. Throughoul Southern India. 

 istory. Not known. 



11 ir\ esl lundnut, cumbu, 



on the plants in the ti 

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I the thresh- 



roducts 



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