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place in the branch also. As regards control, the removal and destruction 
of the freshly girdled branches is an obvious measure to take to 
prevent breeding and subsequent damage to other trees. The beetles 
themselves can also be collected by hand, though they are not very 
easy to see ; still a good number can be got when they are about in the 
adult state. Their presence can easily be detected by noticing 
the freshly-girdled branches. The beetles rest as a rule on the stems 
and branches of the attacked trees ; if there happens to be a bunch of 
dead leaves on a tree, that seems to be a very favourite situation as the 
beetles will be found under the dead leaves. They rest quite motionless 
and are apt to drop to the ground, when they are very difficult to see. 
One thing I noticed about them was that they were not attached to one 
tree. A tree on which I found beetles one day was just as likely as not 
to have a fresh lot of beetles on it on subsequent days. So that daily 
collection is required. However, I see no reason why systematic des- 
truction of the attacked branches combined with hand-collection of the 
beetles should not give good results. 
The ringed branches, both those freshly ringed and the older, dead 
ones, attract a good many other insects. An Anthribid (Phle@obius 
~ alternans, Wied) and a weevil (Rhadinopus centriniformis, Fst.) are 
found commonly on ringed branches, but whether they do any damage 
we do not know. 
A good many sucking insects are found on Erythrina. We have 
already considered Anoplocnemis and besides that we get :— 
Cyclopelta siccifolia. 
Eurybrachys tomentosa. 
Eurybrachys ferruginea. 
Dactylopius citri. 
Cyclopelta siccifolia [*‘ South Indian Insects,” p. 476, fig. 357] some- 
times does considerable damage to Hvrythrina in cases where this 
tree is used as a support for pepper vines. It is common on Hrythrina 
but I have not seen it really bad. Control is easily done by hand-collec- 
tion. 
Eurybrachys tomentosa [“ South Indian Insects,” p. 492, fig. 379] is 
common on Erythrina but scarcely a pest. In Coorg I found that a 
considerable proporcion, about one in four, of the bugs were infested 
with a whitish Epipyropid caterpillar which was apparently feeding on 
the fluffy white waxy excretion of the bug. An Epipyropid also occurs 
on Eurybrachys at Coimbatore, and you will perhaps find it in other 
parts of India if you look for it. 
