ORTHOPTERA. 531 



I :. \2A.— Cyrtacanthacrisranacea. (Original.) 



Distribution. All over South India. 



Lifehistory. — Not worked out in detail. The nymphs are charac- 

 terized by the broad yellowish stripes on the prothora.x. 



Foodplants. — Cotton, castor, groundnut, ragi and various other 

 crops. 



Status. -Common, especially in cotton fields, but scarcely a pest. 



Control. — Collection by hand or in nets. 



HIEROGLYPHUS BANIAN. Fb. 

 Gryllus banian, Fab, Ent. Syst. Suppl., p. 194 (1798). 

 Acridium furcifer, Serv., Orthopt., p. 677, t. 14, f. 12 (1839). 

 Hieroglyphus banian, Lefroy, Ind. Ins. Lite, p. 87, t. 7 ; Coleman, 



Mysore Ent. Bull., No. I, pp. I— 52, t. 1—5. 



[See Plate L.] 



Distribution. — Throughout the Plains of Southern India up to 

 about 4,000 



Lifehistory. — The eggs are laid in masses in the ground, usually 

 between October and December, the young emerging about 

 June, soon after the South-West Monsoon Rains have started. 

 The young nymphs are brownish-yellow, with a yellowish stripe 

 down tin- middle of the thorax, and do not usually assume a 

 greenish colour until they are about to acquire wings. The deve- 

 lopmental period for males is about 70 days, for females about 

 80 days. 



Foodplants. — Paddy, sugarcane, maize : chiefly on paddy. 



Status. A major pest of paddy, sometimes doing serious 

 damage both in hopper and adult stages. 



Control.— Bagging in small bag-nets. 



IIIHROGLYPHUS NIGRO-REPLETUS, Bol. 



Hieroglyphus nigro-repletus, Bolivar, Trabajos del Museode Cient. 



Xat. Madrid, No. 6, pp. 56—59 (1912). 



Hieroglyphus banian, Lefroy. Ind. Ins. Life. I. 27, nee Fab. 



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