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Jamun (Hugenia gambolana). 
We have very few insects on our list under Jamun. A weevil, Bala- Mr. Fletcher. 
ninus c-album, has been bred at Pusa commonly from the fallen fruits, 
the grub feeding inside the seeds and eating the whole seed-content 5 
but I do not know whether it can be considered a pest. 
Dialeurodes eugenie has been found on Eugenia jambolana at Pusa, 
Poona, Coimbatore and Bangalore and is probably widely distributed 
in India, but I have not seen it in any numbers so as to be doing damage. 
Pear (Pyrus communis). 
We have comparatively few insects listed under pear and doubtless Mr. Fletcher. 
a little search in the Hill Districts would add considerably to the list :-— 
Brahmina coriacea. 
Adoretus versutus. 
- horticola. 
Mimastra cyanea. 
Emperorrhinus defolvator. 
Brahmina coriacea, Adoretus versutus and A. horticola have all been 
reported from Jeolikote [see Entomological Notes 11, 20 and 22 in Bulle- 
tin No. 59]. 
Mimastra cyanea [see Stebbing, Forest Coleoptera, pp. 263-264] was 
sent in to us in May 1916 as defoliating pear-trees at Solan. It seems to 
be a common species in the Hill Districts of North-West India during 
the month of May and is found on almost all kinds of fruits. 
Emperorrhinus defoliator was found attacking pear-trees at Chawai, 
in Kulu, the whole orchard being defoliated. It occurs also in the 
Darjiling District and the Khasi Hills and is likely to do damage to 
fruit trees all along the Himalayan tract. 
Sucking insects found on pear include :— 
Tessarotoma quadrata. 
Lachnus pyri. 
Aspidiotus sp. 
Tessarotoma quadrata was reported once on pear at Kalimpong but 
otherwise we do not know it as a pest. 
Lachnus pyri is referred to in “ South Indian Insects,” p. 503, fig. 
391, and is common on pear-trees in the Hill Districts of Southern India 
occurring in masses on the stems and branches in the same way as the 
Lachnus on peach. It is easily dealt with by spraying or brushing 
with any contact insecticide. 
An Aspidiotus has been noted on shoots and stems of pear at Ban- 
galore and is perhaps an imported species. 
