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only say now that a Histerid beetle, Plasius javanus, was found feeding 
on the weevil larvee in Java and was successfully transported to Fiji. 
Whether we have any similar natural enemies in India we do not know. 
Control is mainly a question of selection of non-infected suckers and 
careful destruction o° old stumps. 
Polytus mellerborgii was found at Pusa ten years ago boring in plan- 
tain roots but has not been noticed since, so we may assume that it is 
not a regular pest. 
A few sucking insects are found on plantain on the leaves and young 
shoots. 
Stephanitis typicus. 
Aphids. 
Aspidio'us destructor. 
w;, orientalis. 
i latanie. 
Stephanitis typicus is described and figured in “ South Indian Insects,” 
pp. 484-485, fig. 369, and the early stages have since been described and 
fieured in Entomological Note 96, fig. 20, in Bulletin 59. This bug is 
found almost always on the under-surface of the leaf, which they punc- 
ture especially on either side of the mid-rib, producing a characteristic 
spotty appearance of the leaf, which looks unhealthy. It also occurs 
on turmeric and a very similar (if not identical) species is found on co- 
conut. It can be controlled by spraying with a contact insecticide. 
Aphids sometimes occur on plantains, especially on the young shoots, 
but are not bad pests as a rule. 
At Coimbatore Aphids occur on the young shoots but do not do any Mr. Ramakrishna 
serious damage. Ayyar. 
Aspidiotus destructor, A. orientalis and A. latanie have al!\ been Mr. Fletcher. 
recorded on plantain but Scales are not serious pests of this plant. 
Pracw (Prunus persica). 
The leaves of peach are not usually seriously attacked by leaf-eating 
insects but are occasionally stripped, especially in the Hill Districts. 
Amongst leaf-eating pests we know : 
Popillia fee. 
,,  Msteroidea. 
Anomala aurora. 
»,  pallidospila. 
5,  decorata. 
Eimperorrhinus defoliator. 

