RHYNCHOTA. 



497 



Distribution. Throughout Southern India. 



Lifehistory. The yellow eggs are laid in a row in rice leaves 

 which often become submerged. Thej are attacked bj a Procto- 

 trypid which walks under water in search of them (Lefroy). This 

 parasite i> figured on page 203. 



Foodplants. Paddy. 



Status. Not actually noted .is a pest but liable to become so as 

 it is usually abundant in paddy-fields. 



Control. The adults are strongly attracted to li^ht and this fact 

 may be utilized as one means of control. 



PHOTET1 IX BIP1 N< r VI US, Kb. 

 \da bipunctata, Fab., Syst. Rhyng., p. 78 (1803). 

 Ncphotcttix bipunctatus. Distant, Faun. Ind. Rhyn, IV, 35 



: 228. 



Nepliotettix bipunctatus. male and female and fi 



iral 



Distribution. Throughout the Plains of Southern India. 

 history. Not known. 



on various 

 I to do damage but sometimes appears 

 i mous numbers that it .1 least 



Control. The adult- .n^\ this fact may be 



utilized. 



Remarks. Thi I 'ids bug wholb 



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