RHY\( I 



50() 



Dactylopiiis 1 i-iews of insect with waxy 



■ ilh waxy covi ' 



v.ii I [he natural 



Distribution. Throughoul Southern India. 



Life hi story. -Females below ground on roots, on plants, in ant- 

 shelters. (Lefroy.) 



Foodplants. Coffee, \< ... Croton, various species of Ficus, 

 Ageratum, Erythrina, and numerous other plants. 



Status. An occasional serious pesl ol coffee, especially of 

 young plants in the nurserj . 



Co ntrol. — Contact Insecticides. 'Sec also Ent. Mem., Vol. U. 

 No. 7. p. 123.) 



DA( I VLOPH S MI'.K. Mask. 

 Dactylopius uipce, Maskell, N.Z. It.. XXV, 232(1892); Green, 

 Ent. Mem. Dept. Agri., Ind., II, 23 ; Lei [36, t. 12. ff. 8, 9, 



VI. I.. V, [62 104. 



iococcus iiipa. Fernald, ( il [07. 



Dactylopius ■ 



