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used as a vegetable in Southern India, the fruits being steeped in salt 
and water and then dried in the sun. 
The stems of brinjal, besides LZ. orbonalis, are bored by the caterpillar 
of Huzophera perticella [l.c., p. 428, tab. 30, figs. 1-4], which is a serious 
pest. The affected plants and shoots wither and should be removed 
and destroyed. 
Sucking insects on brinjal include :— 
Aspongopus janus. 
Anoplocnemis phasiana. 
Urentius echinus. 
Aphids. 
Phenococcus insolitus. 
~ Aspongopus janus [“ South Indian Insects,” pp. 476-477, fig. 358] 
is common throughout the Plains and is sometimes a minor pest of 
brinjal. The bugs may easily be hand-picked. 
Anoplocnemis phasiana [l.c., pp. 477-478, fig. 360] sometimes occurs 
in some numbers on brinjal but is scarcely a pest. 
Collection by hand is the obvious remedy. 
Urentius echinus [l.c., p. 485, fig. 370] is common throughout the 
Plains and is sometimes a serious pest of brinjal, the leaves attacked 
turning yellow, drying up and falling off the plant. In garden areas 
Spraying with a contact insecticide can be done. 
Aphids are sometimes bad on brinjal but we do not know what is the 
species concerned. 
Aphids are very bad on brinjal eevee in North Gujarat. Mr. Jhaveri. 
Phenococcus insolitus, a Scale-insect, occurs in Southern India on Mr. Fletcher. 
brinjal and is sometimes very bad, covering the whole plant so that this 
looks white. 
Phenococcus is very bad on brinjal at Coimbatore. ae Ramakrishna 
yyar. 
Tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum). 
Tomato leaves are eaten by :— Mr. Fletcher. 
Prodenia litura. 
Epilachna 28-punctata. 
eS 12-stigma. 
Prodenia litura occasionally occurs but is not a usual or serious pest. 
The two species of Epilachna are sometimes bad on tomato leaves. 
. We took these under potato. 
The fruits of tomato are occasionally bored by the caterpillar of 
Heliothis obsoleta but this is not a serious pest of tomato as a rule. 
