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The next group of msects includes those feeding on the leaves of Mr. Fletcher. 
the wheat plant. Some of these, of course, may feed on seedlings also 
and some pests of seedlings may eat leaves of well-grown plants. 
Flea-beetles. 
Monolepta signata. 
Myllocerus discolor. 
es blandus. 
Cirphis unipuncta. 
»,  loreyr. 
ee nagules: 
Dasychira securis. 
Epacromia tamulus. 
Flea-beetles sometimes occur in numbers, chiefly on young leaves, 
and may do some damage at-times, but they are minor pests as a rule. 
The identification of Indian Halticine is an unworked field at present. 
Monolepta signata has been found on wheat at Coimbatore and 
-doubtless occurs in most districts, but it is not a regular pest of wheat, so 
far as we know. 
Myllocerus discolor | Fauna of India, Curculionide, Vol. I, pp. 348-350, 
fig. 106] has been found on wheat leaves at Pusa and Coimbatore and 
occurs throughout India. The larva probably feeds at the roots of 
wheat also. This species is scarcely a pest as a rule. 
Myllocerus blandus |l.c., pp. 333-334, fig. 101] has also been found on 
wheat at Pusa, but is not a pest. 
Cirphis unvpuncta is represented in the Pusa Collection by specimens 
reared on wheat at Peshawar and Pusa. It is often abundant in the 
larval stage in cracks and under clods in wheat-fields and must do a con- 
siderable amount of damage in the aggregate, but it is not usually regarded 
as a serious pest of wheat. 
Curphis loreyi is found with C. unipuncta in wheat-fields and is often 
common, although it is not usually regarded as a pest. It is probable 
that both these species of Cirphis escape notice because the larva: feed 
by night and hide away in the daytime. 
Cirphis fragilis 1s recorded by Hampson [Cat. Lep. Phal. V. 546, 
93, fig. 26] to do “much damage to wheat in Chindwara District, ; 
Central Provinces,” but it is not known to have occurred as a pest of 
late years. It is perhaps a sporadic local pest. 
Dasychira securis occasionally occurs on wheat but does very little 
damage as a rule. 
In Burma Dasychira securis occurs on wheat leaves but not as a pest. Mr. Shroff. 
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