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Pundaluoya simplicia is found on maize, as a pest chiefly in South 
India, but is probably widely distributed. It is rather a pest of juar 
than of maize. but the latter crop is occasionally attacked, generally 
in isolated patches. 
Liburnia psylloides seems to be a name rather than an insect. It 
is described lunder the name of the “ Maize Fly ” in “‘ Indian Insect 
Pests,” pp. 37-138, fig. 155. It is probably the same insect as Pun- 
daluoya simplicia. 
Aphids occur on maize, sometimes in large numbers and are probably 
the most important pests so far as sucking insects are concerned.  Iso- 
lated plants or patches of plants are attacked as a rule and control- 
measures are not generally required. 
Aphids are sometimes bad in the Central Provinces. Mr. Ratiram. 
A species of Aleyrodid has also been noticed on one occasion on the 
leaves of maize in the Central Provinces. 
Wueat (Triticum vulgare). 
Wheat seedlings are attacked by :— Mr. Fletcher. 
Chrotogonus spp. 
Tanymecus indicus. 
Elaterid grubs. 
Spodoptera mauritia. 
Microtermes obesi (anandt). 
Chrotogonus spp. and other ground grasshoppers take their toll of 
wheat seedlings and may do considerable damage at times. Bagging is 
usually effective as a control. 
Tanymecus indicus { Fauna of India, Curculionidae, Vol. I, p. 99; 
fig. 32] is a sporadic pest of wheat seedlings, the adult beetles hiding 
under the loose clods in the fields and nibbling off the young germinating 
plants. In the Punjab this species has been noted as an occasional 
bad pest of young wheat when the plants are about five to six inches 
high. As regards control, split pumpkins or bael fruits are placed in the 
fields at dusk and examined before sunrise and large numbers of beetles 
are sometimes trapped in this way. This species is recorded from 
Assam, Bengal, Bihar, the United Provinces and Punjab. 
Elaterid grubs of various species are often found in numbers in wheat- 
fields and may perhaps do some damage but their status as pests is at 
present doubtful. Some species at all events are predaceous and feed 
on caterpillars and other insects, so that they are beneficial. In this 
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