5 16 SOME SOUTH INDIAN INSECTS, ETC. 



LECANIUM MARSUPIALE, Green. 

 Lecanium marsupiale, Green, Cocc. Ceylon, pp. 212-213, t. 75. 



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Lecanium marsupiale. On the left is a portion of leaf of Black 



Pi pper with male and fi 1 natural size ; in the centre is winged 



male, and oi in adult female, magnified. (After Green.) 



Distribution. — Wy naad. 



Lifehistory. — The large ovoid, flattened, chestnut-brown scales 

 surrounded by a conspicuous yellow bonier and are found on 



the upper surface of leaves of pepper. The adult scales are very 

 large, 7 mm. long. The young scales whitish. 



Foodplants. — Pepper (Piper nigrum). 



Status. — A minor pest. 



Control.— Destruction of affected leaves and spraying. 



HEMILECANIUM IMBRICANS, Green. 



Lecanium imbricans, Green, I.M.X., V, 94, t. 18. ft". 2. 2a— d; 

 Lefroy, Hut. Mem. Dept. Agri., Ind.. II. No. 7. p. 130 ; Green, Jl. Ec. 

 Biol., V. 6 7 (March IQIO). 



Hemilecanium imbricans, Planters' Chronicle. V, 185. 



Hemilecanium tlwobromce, Newst., Jl. Ec. Biol., Ill, 39(1908). 



Distribution. Xilgiris, South Mysore (Balur District), Coorg. 



Lifehistory. The large, flattened stales form a dense silvery- 

 white scalj covering on twigs and branches of the trees attacked. 

 The scale is accompanied by a sooty fungus which grows in great 

 quantities on the plants below and rapidly kills out coffee. 



Foodplants. -Toon (Cedrela toona), Red Cedar (Acrocarpus 

 fraxinifolius), Ficus mysorensis, F. glomerata and F. in fee tori a. 



