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ultimately the whole leaf assuming an unhealthy yellow tinge. Control 
is hardly required on a field scale, but, if so, a soap spray would probably 
be effective. 
Pancheetothrips indicus is described in Records Indian Museum VII, 
pp. 257-260, tab., from examples collected many years ago in 
Southern India, where it was stated to have damaged turmeric. It 
does not seem to have been noticed of recent years. This is the insect 
referred to as Sutta thegulu in Indian Museum Notes, Vol. I, p. 109. 
AMARANTHUS (Amarantus spp.) 
The leaves of Amaranthus are eaten by :— 
Laphygma exiqua. 
Hymenia fascialis. 
Eretmocera impactella. 
Hypomeces squamosus. 
Atractomorpha crenulata. 
Laphygma exiqgua [“ South Indian Insects,” pp. 378-379, fig. 240] 
occurs commonly on Amaranthus but is not much of a pest. 
Hymenia fascialis [l.c. pp. 431-432, fig 307] is common throughout 
India, Burma and Ceylon. We have examples reared on Amaranthus 
at Pusa, Cuttack, Surat, and Trivandrum ; at Coimbatore on Trianthyna 
monogyna and Silver Beet ; at Pusa on mangold wurzel leaves, on mung, 
on Coleus, and on Celosia cristata, at Poona on beet, and at Mandalay 
on White Beet. It also feeds on Alternanthera. It is a minor pest on 
Amaranthus, occasionally doing serious damage in gardens. 
Eretmocera impactella [l.c., p. 461, fig. 337] occurs on the topshoots 
which are webbed up by the caterpillar. In Madras it has not been 
noted to do damage, but in Bihar plants, especially single plants, are 
sometimes badly webbed up and eaten back. The webbed tops should 
be destroyed. 
Hypomeces squamosus {Marshall, Fauna of India, Curculionidae I. 
116-117, fig. 39] was found on Amaranthus at Mandalay but we do not 
know how far it is a pest. It does not seem to occur within our limits 
except in Burma. 
Alractomorpha crenulata eats the leaves but is not serious as a pest. 
We took this under tobacco. The grasshoppers may be collected by 
hand. 
The stems of Amaranthus are bored by Lnvus brachyrrhinus, which 
is described and figured in ‘‘ South Indian Insects,’’ pp. 331-332, fig. 189, 
and of which we have since issued a coloured plate showing the lifehistory. 
There is not much to add to the account already given. As a rule, 
