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esteemed for stuffing pillows. So that insects which attack Calotropis, 
weed though it may be, may fairly be included in our list of crop-pests. 
The leaves of Calotropis are eaten by :— 
Paramecops farinosa. 
Dereodus pollinosus. 
Danais chrysippus. 
Pecilocerus pictus. 
Paramecops farinosa [“ South Indian Insects,” p. 333, fig. 190] 
occurs in most parts of India. The beetles eat unsightly patches in 
the leaves and may eat away a good deal of the leaf tissue. They are 
easily collected by hand. 
Dereodus pollinosus [Fauna of India, Curculionidae, Vol. I, p. 121] 
occurs chiefly in the Hill Districts of North-Western India and has been 
found onappleat Kulu. We havea record of it on Calotropis at Amritsar 
but there seems to be no information as to any damage done to 
Calotropis. 
Danais chrysippus in the caterpillar state is commonly found on 
Calotropis leaves, as most of you know who have occasion to lecture 
on Entomology, as it is commonly used in our Agricultural Colleges 
as a typical example of the metamorphosis of a butterfly. 
Pecilocerus pictus is the large blue and yellow grasshopper commonly 
found on Calotropis in most parts of India. It is described in “ South 
Indian Insects,” pp. 526-527, fig. 419, and we have since shown its 
lifehistory on a new coloured plate [exhibited] now in the press. This 
grasshopper does not occur at Pusa and our material for the lifehistory _ 
was derived from the descendants of half-a-dozen living examples sent 
from Rajputana. The grasshoppers are easily caught when abundant 
on the plants. 
Several sucking insects occur on Calotropis :— 
Eurybrachys tomentosa. 
Ss ferruginea. 
Homalocephala festiva. 
Lygeus pandurus. 
Aphids. 
None of these are of any great importance. 
Eurybrachys tomentosa is common on the shoots of Calotropis gigantea 
in Madras and breeds on this plant. 
Eurybrachys ferruginea also occurs on Calotropis in Madras, but is 
not very common. 
Homalocephala festiva occurs in small numbers on Calotropis at 
Coimbatore. It is not a pest but I quote it as an example of those 
insects, really rather common, which are looked on as rarities until 
