490 



SOME SOUTH INDIAN' INSECTS. ETC 



Control. Catching adults in hand-nets and spraying for nymphs 

 Remarks. Very similar in appearance and habits to Helopeltis 

 but lacks the peculiar drumstick appendage on the thorax. The 

 allied Disphinctus humeralis is perhaps sometimes the "Mosquito- 

 blight " of Cinchona in Southern India. 



CALOCORIS ANGUSTATUS, Leth. 

 coris angustatus, Leth., I.M.X.. III. No. 2, p. 90, fig. (1893); 

 Distant, Faun. Ind. Rhyn., 11. 452; Lefroy, Ind. Ins. Pests, p. 236, 

 f. 282, Ent. Mem. Agri. Dept., Ind.. I. 238 . f. 79. 



I [G. 176. Calocoris angustatus. The 01 

 natural size. (< )riginal.) 



Distribution. Throughout the Plains of Southern India. 



dstory. Young nymphs are found with adults on the ear- 

 heads, rhey are pale-green in colour and resemble the adults but 

 are of course wingless. 



Foodplants. Cholam, maize, and probably various grasses. 



Status. A minor pesl as a rule. 



( 'ontrol. '■■ 



G U.LOBELICUS CRASSICORNIS, Dist 

 Gallobelicus crassicornis, Dist., Faun. Ind. Rhyn., II, 478, f. 3:0; 

 I.efroy. Ind. Ins. Life, p. 708, I. 480. 



