ORTHOPTEKA. 



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Fig. MG.—Tryxalis turrita. (Original. 

 Distribution— Common throughout the Plains. 

 Lifchi story. — Xot known. 



Status— Scarcely a pest although it often occurs in large 

 numbers. 



Control. Easily caught by the help of small bag-nets. 



EPACROMIA TAMULUS, Fb. 

 Gryllus tamuius, Fabr., Ent. Syst. Suppl., p. 195 (1798). 

 Gryllus dorsalis, Thunberg, Mem. Acad. Patersb, V, 229 (18151 

 Epacromia dorsalis, I.M.X., 111. No. 5, p. 7i . fig. ; Lefroy, Irid. 

 Ins. Life. p. 83. f. 24. 



/Eoiopus tamuius, Kirby, Cat. Orth. 111. 192. 



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Epacromia tamuius. <Yx [ndian Museum N 



Distribution. I i ; the Plains of Southern India 



pecially common in the Tinnevelly, Ramnad and Madura Districts. 

 Lifehistory. Nol worked out in detail. There are apparently 



two broods during the rain-. 



Foodplants. Ragi, ( h ,1am, < umbu Daincha (Sesbania aculeata). 



