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The leaves are eaten by— 
Colemania sphenariordes. 
Hieroglyphus nigro-repletus. 
Myllocerus dentifer. 
Colemania sphenarioides and Hieroglyphus nigro-repletus occur in 
Mysore and the Bellary and Kurnul Districts of Madras and destroy 
tenat together with other crops. We have already considered these 
insects under cholam. 
Myllocerus dentifer has been noted on tenai at Palur, in South Arcot, 
but is not a pest. 
The flowers of Setaria ttalica form a rather favourite food of various 
Cetoniad and Meloid beetles. I have on my list :— 
Anatona stillata. 
Gnathospastoides rouxt. 
Lytta tenwicollis. 
Zonabris pustulata. 
Cantharis ruficollis. 
These eat the pollen grains and the young developing grain. I do 
not think there is anything special to say about any of them. 
In the stems of tenai there occurs an Erotylid beetle, a species of 
Languria, 1 think, about which we had a short note recently in the 
Agricultural Journal of India. 
This Erotylid was found attacking tenai at Coimbatore. The eggs Mr. Ramachandra 
are laid in slits made in the upper layer of the leaf. The injury Rao. 
done is similar to that done by a borer. The ears become discoloured 
and wither. | 
Saluria inficita also was found boring at the base of tena stems in 
Bellary. 
That is an interesting record. It is the first time that Saluria inficita Mr. Fletcher. 
has been found outside of Coimbatore and in any plant other than 
raqt. 
The sucking insects found on kawni include the usual bug pests 
amongst which we need only specify Dolycoris indicus and Leptocorisa 
varicornis, of which the latter is found sucking the young grain in the 
same way as on other cereals. But none of these bugs are of any great 
importance as pests. ; 
SETARIA GLAUCA. 
This has probably much the same insects on it as S. stalica but we 
do not seem to have any definite records at all. 
