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SOME SOUTH INDIAN INSECTS, ETC. 



Distribution. -Probably throughout the Hills of Southern India. 



Lifehistory. — These scales are usually found massed on the 

 upper portions of young tea plants. The scale itself is chestnut- 

 brown surrounded by a broad outer ovoid margin pale-yellow or 

 greyish in colour. 



Foodplants. Tea, Cinchona, Acacia, Grevillea, Sapu (Michelia 

 chatnpaca). 



Status. — Sometimes does considerable damage to young tea 

 plants in Southern India. 



Control. — In the case of verj young plants complete destruction 

 by fire, in the case of older plants drastic pruning, the primings 

 being burnt on the spot. There is risk of infecting other plants if 

 attempts are made to carry affected plants elsewhere to be burnt. 



ASPIDIOTUS DESTRUCTOR, Sign. 



Aspidiotus destructor, Sign., Ann. S.E.Fr. (4). IX. 120 (1869); 

 Fernaldj Cat. Core., p. 257 ; Cotes, I.M.N., II. 168, III, 66-67 ; Lefroy, 

 Ent. Mem. Dept. Agri., Ind., II, 137; Green, B.J., XIII. 70, t. B, f. 5. 



Aspidiotus lataniee, Green, Cocc. Ceylon, I, 49~50. t. 8 {nee 

 Sign.). 



Aspidiotus destructor. I, Scales on leaf, natural size; 2, Femali ; 

 and '. Male, both magnified. (After Green.) 



Distribution. South Wynaad, Coimbatore ; probably through 

 (jut the PI tins ol Southern India. Laccadive Islands. 



Foodplants. — Coconut, Mango, Pepper. 



Status. — Occasionally injurious by weakening the tree when the 

 scale occurs in large numbers. 



Control. — ? 



