530 



SOME SOUTH INDIAN INSECTS, ETC. 



CYRTACANTHACRIS SUCCINi I \. I. inn. 



Gryllus succinct us, Linn., Amoen. Acad. VI, 398(1763). 



Acridium succinctum, Lefroy, Ent. Mem. Dept. Agri., [nd., I. pt. 

 1. pp. I 52, t. I 4, t. S, I'. [, t. 9. I. 1. t. 10, IT. I, 2. In.!. Ins. Life, 

 p. 86, t. 2-3. 



Cyrtacanthacris succincta, Kirby, Cat. Orth. III. 44*. 



I . 4_'J. —Cyrtacanthacris succincta. (After Lefroy.l 



Distribution. Bellary, Kurnul and Anantapur. A stray spe* i- 

 111, n was obtained in South Arcot in November 1907 and another 

 from Dhavani (Xilgiris, 6,000 ft.) in December [907. Not noted in 

 South India since 193/. but scattered individuals may occur 

 throughout. 



Lit, history. — See Lefroy, Ent. Mem. Dept. Agr., Vol. I, No. 1. 



Foodplants. — All green vegetation. 



Status. — The Bellary and Kurnul districts are occasionally visit- 

 ed by migrant swarms from Bombay, usually in May and June, 

 when there are practically no crops on the ground, so that the 

 damage done in Madras is slight. 



Control. Little can be done to check the locusts when a locality 

 is visited by one of these enormous swarms. The best method of 

 1 traction is probably to burn them with torches when resting on 

 trees at night. They are also readily destroyed when coupling by 

 beating them with brooms, branches, etc. 



\( \\ rHACRIS RANACEA, Stoll. 

 Gryllus Locttsta ranaceus, Stoll, Spectres Saut., p. 30, t. 14. b, 



f. 53d8l3). 



Acridium aeruginosum (nee Bur.), Lefroy, Ent. Mem. Agri. Dept., 

 [nd., I. 53, t. 8, t. 3, t. 9. f. 38, t. 10, f. 5. 



Cyrtacanthacris ranacea, Lefroy, Ind. Ins. Life, p. 86, t. 6; Kirby, 

 I )nh. 111. 451- 



