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MANGOSTEEN (Garcinia mangostana). 
We have no insect pests of Mangosteen on our list, although it is Mr. Fletcher. 
grown to some extent in Southern India, Ceylon and Burma. Che- 
todacus garcinie was bred at Peradeniya from Garcinia fruits but I do 
not know whether these were mangosteens. 
At Moulmein a Bostrychid beetle bores in the stem and big branches Mr. Shroff. 
of living trees of mangosteen. 
Ber (Zizyphus jyujuba). 
Ber is not strictly speaking a cultivated tree as a rule but in some Mr. Fletcher. 
districts the fruits of grafted varieties are utilized, so we may consider 
it under the heading of fruit trees. 
There is a long list of leaf feeding insects and this could be further 
enlarged, but most of these are unimportant as pests :— 
Thiacidas postica 
Tarucus theophrastus. 
Platypria andrewesv. 
Atmetonychus peregrinus. 
Xanthotrachelus faunus. 
Myllocerus 11-pustulatus. 
- transmarinus. 
“ discolor. 
* sabulosus. 
Tanymecus circumdatus. 
2 hispidus. 
Thiacidas postica [‘‘ Indian Insect Life,” p. 459, fig. 313] occurs 
throughout India and Burma and the larva is common on Zizyphus, but 
scarcely a pest. 
Tarucus theophrastus |[Bingham, Fauna of India, Butterflies, U, 
417-419, t. 20, f. 151 ] occurs practically throughout India, Burma and 
Ceylon. The larva feeds on the young leaves and buds of Zizyphus 
jujuba. It is scarcely a pest as a rule but is stated to be a minor pest 
of erafted Zizyphus trees in the Central Provinces. 
Platypria andrewesi [‘‘ Indian Insect Life,” p. 364, figs. 241, 242] 
is common on Zizyphus in the Plains, the larva mining in the leaf in some 
numbers. There is also another Chrysomelid, a Cassidine, with a green 
larva which is common and eats patches out of the leaf-surface, some- 
times to a considerable extent. 
Atmetonychus peregrinus has been found on ber at Pusa on two 
occasions but is not a pest. 
Xanthotrachelus faunus is common on ber at Pusa and does a little 
damage at times. 
