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SOME SOUTH INDIAN INSECTS, ETC. 



Status. — A local pest of sonic importance in the Madura and 

 Tinnevelly Districts. 



Control. — May be swept up in small bag-nets during day-time. 



At night, unlike most grasshoppers, this species is attracted to 

 light, and torches or lights placed over pans of water with a film of 

 oil on top form effective traps. 



AULARCHES MILIARIS, Linn. 



Gryllus miliaris, Linn.. Syst. Nat. (ed. X). I. 432 (1758). 



Phymateus punctatus, Fab. ; Green, Perad. Circ. I. No. 9 

 (1898). 



Autarches miliaris, Green, Perad. Circ. Ill, No. 16; Lcfroy, Ind. 

 Ins. Life, pp. 83-84. 



i +18. — Autarches miliaris. (Original.) 



Distribution. Shevaroys, Nilgiris, Vizagapatam and Coimbatore. 



Lifehistory. Eggs are laid in a mass in the ground in a hole, 

 dug by the female, about 3 inches deep and half an inch in dia- 

 meter. The grasshoppers usually colled in one place for coupling 

 and egg-laying, the latter usually taking place under shade. The 

 eggs hatch after about live months and the young hoppers take 

 aboul five months to attain full growth. 



Foodplants. Coconut, Coffee, Erythrina. 



Status. This inse< t does little damage as a rule although often 

 1 ommon in Coffee Districts. 



Control- The habit of the adults to congregate for the purpose 

 of pairing and ovipositing may be utilized to destroy them in large 

 numbers. The young hoppers on first hatching may also be 

 collected and destroyed before they have time to do harm. 



PCE< [LOCERUS I'K IIS. Kb. 



Gryllus pictus, Fab.. Syst. Ent., p. 289(1775). 

 Pcekilocerus pictus. Serv., Orthopt, pp. 597 598. 

 Pcecilocerus pictus, Lefroy, Ind. Ins. Pests, p. 212, f. ^49, Ind. 

 i. Life, p. S 4: I.M.X.. 111. No. 5, p. 72. fig. 



