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SOME SOUTH INDIAN INSECTS, ETC. 



LNIUM HKMISI'H.HRICTM. Targ. 

 Lecanium hemispharicum, Targioni-Tozzetti, Studi sulle Cocc, 

 p. 27 (1867) ; Green, Cocc. Ceylon, III, 232, t. 85 ; Lefroy, Ind. Ins. 

 Pests, p. 244, Ent. Mem. Dept. Agri., Ind.. I, 247, II, pp. 129-130. 



Fig. 402. — Lecanium hemisphcericum. I. Scales on twig and leaves, natui il 

 size; 2. Young Nymph n Adult female; 4. Male, 



magnified and natural size. (After Grei 



Distribution. — Throughout Southern India. 



Lifehistory. — The rounded, shiny brown scales occur on leaves 

 and shoots. 



Foodplants. — Coffee, Tea, Loquat, Cephalandra. 



Status. The "Brown Bug" of Coffee, sometimes a serious pest 

 of both Coffee and Tea. 



LECANIUM NIGRUM, Nietn. 

 /., 1 anium nigrum, Nietner, Enem. Coffee Tree, p. 9 (1861); Green, 

 Cocc. Ceylon, III. 229-231. t. 84; Lefroy, Ent. Mem. Dept. Agri., 

 Ind., II, T30. 



I 1-03. — Lecanium nigrum, on Cotton stem. (Original.) 



