4$8 SOME SOUTH INDIAN INSECTS, ETC. 



"I .1 pale yellow colour) suck blood. The length of life-cycle 

 depends largely on the amount of food available and may occupj 

 two months or upward-. 



Food. The blood of man, birds and bats. 



Status. —A human parasite which is not only annoying by its 

 bite ano disgusting by its smell but also of great importance as a 

 disseminator of disease. It is considered that the transmission of 

 Indian Kala-azar from man to man is effected solely by bed-bugs 

 ( CI i inn (iris liemipterus). 



Control. — Cleanliness in the house. In cases of badly infected 

 houses fumigation may be necessary. Ordinary article.- of furniture 

 may be rubbed over with Kerosine Oil or Turpentine and Carbolic 

 Acid. The bugs anil their eggs are usually found in cracks in the 

 woodwork. 



CAPSID/E. 

 IIELOPELTIS ANTONII, Sign. 



Helopeltis antonii, Sign.. Ann. S.E. Fr. (3), VI, 502(1858); Dis- 

 tant, Faun. Ind. Rhyn., II. 440, f. 2S5 ; Mann, Ent. Mem Agri. Dept.. 

 Ind., I, 321-325 ; Green, Perad. Circ. I, No. 21, II. No. 2, II. No. 17, 

 p. 241 ; Planters' Chronicle, VIII, 206. 



Fig. .574. — Helopeltis antonii. 'I'd the right 1- seen .1 more enlarged view 



.mil .1 profile \ iew o( pari oi tb< thorax showing the curious erect 



drumstick *p] la 1 ["hi mall 1 ■ shows the natural size. 



(After Distant.) 



Distribution. Coimbatore, and probably throughout the Hills of 

 Southern India. 



Lifehistory. Eggs laid singly or in small groups thrust into pods 



1 or in young shoots of the foodplant. After about 10 days 



lies out into a small reddish insect, with long legs and 



