4Q8 SOUTH INDIAN INSECTS, ETC. 



Chlorita flavescens, I.M.X.. III. pt. 4, pp. 34—36. figs. 



Empo Di it. Faun. Ind. Rhyn., IV. 405-406. 



Fig. 187 Empi cetts. I hi small outlim the 



natural Oi iginal.) 



Distribution. Probably throughout Southern India. 



Lifehistory. Not known. 



Foodplants. rea, castor. Probably on various other plants also. 



Status. -Wellknown as " Green Fly Blight " in the tea Districts 

 oi North-East India but so far as known does not att.uk tea in 

 India or Ceylon. 



Control. — Spraying with contact insecticides and catching the 

 adult bugs in hand-nets when numerous. 



Remarks.- This, or a closely allied species, is sometimes very 

 abundant on potato when grown as a field crop and may be seen in 

 thousands hopping off the leaves as one goes through the Held. 



PSYI.I.Il'.i:. 

 PSYLLA ISITIS, Buckt. (PLATE XLVII.) 

 Psylla isitis. Buckton, I.M.X., II, p. [8, fig. ; Lefroy, A.J.I., Ylll. 

 1—26, t. I 2 (Jan. [913). 



Distribution. South Arcot ; Tinnevelly. Probably throughout 

 the Plains of Southern India. 



Lifehistory. The pale-yellowish-white, cylindrical eggs are laid 



singlj on Indigo, usuallj near the tip oi a shoot. The eggs hatch 



:■ ; about 5 days, the nymphs feeding on the plant for about a 



fortnight, during which they undergo live moults, after which they 



assume the adult (winged) Si 



Foodplants. Indigo (all cultivated varieties ; also found on a 

 ■' wild Indigo" at Koilpatti). 



Status. Usually rather a minor pest oi Indigo in Southern India. 

 The tops of attacked plants assume a characteristic curly appear- 

 ance. 



Control. (1) Spraying with soap solution. 



(2) Cultivation methods. (See A.J.I, cited above.) 



