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SOME SOUTH INDIAN INSECTS, ETC. 



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FlG. 371. — Monanthia globulifera. The small figure shows the natural 

 \ii. i Distant.) 



Distribution. — Throughout the Plains of Southern India. 



Lifehistory. —Not known. 



Foodplants. — Tulsi (Ocimutn sanctum), Safflower (Carthamus 

 tinctoria). English Sage (Annandale). 



Status. Sometimes a serious pest of Tulsi, the attacked leaves 

 turning yellow. 



REDUVUD^E. 

 CONORHINUS RUBROFASCIATUS, de Geer. 



Cimex rubrofasciatus, de (leer. Mem., Ill, 349, t. 35, f. 12 (1773). 



Conorhinus rubrofasciatus, I distant, Faun. End. Rhyn., II, 286, f. 189 ; 

 Lefroy, Ind. Ins. Life,"]). 700"; Green.'Spol. Zeylan., VII. 50. 



Fig. 372. — Conorhinus rubrofasciatus. The outlii hows the 



natural size. (Original.) 



