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SOME SOUTH INDIAN INSECTS, ETC. 



Distribution. — Coimbatorc, Godavari, Bellary, Kistna. 



Food. — Found on tobacco plants but never doing any damage to 

 the same ; they have not, however, been observed to feed on any 

 insects though they were found in numbers on plants infested with 

 Plant-lice, Capsids, etc. It is, however, probably predaceous on 

 small plant-feeding insects. 



Status. — Probably beneficial. 



BRACHYTRYPES PORTENTOSUS, Licht. 



Acheta portentosa, Licht., Cat. Mus. Zool. Hamb., Ill, 85 (1796). 



Brachytrypcs portentosus, Kirby, Cat. Orth. II, 22. 



Gryllus Acheta ackatina, Stoll, Spectres Saut., p. 4, t. 2 C , f. 8 

 (1813). 



Brachytrypcs achatinus, Lefroy, Ind. Ins. Pests, p. 225, f. 266, Ent. 

 Mem. Dept. Agri., Ind., I, 122, f. 7, Ind. Ins. Life, p. 103, f. 40, Ent. 

 Mem., Vol. rV, pp. 161— 182, t. 10 : V. S. her, Ind. Forest Bull.. 

 No. II, p. 2, ff. 1", i\ 



Fig. 430. — Brachytrypes portentosus. (After Lefroy.) 



Distribution. — Nellore. Apparently not widely distributed in 

 Southern India. 



Lifehistory. — Eggs are laid singly at the end of burrows made 

 into the ground. The young n\ mphs hatch out after about a month 

 and attain the winged state after about six months. They live 

 hidden in their burrows during the daytime, emerging at night to 

 forage for food which they carry down into their tunnels. 



Foodplants.— Casuarina (seedlings). 



Statics. - Noted to do damage in Casuarina nurseries. 



