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several grubs are found in one stem, which swells up and assumes a 
characteristic gall-like appearance at the point of attack; this is 
brought out in figure 1 in the coloured plate. This weevil is a minor 
pest of cultivated forms of Amaranthus and systematic destruction of 
attacked plants is the only way toreduce damage. Lixus brachyrrhinus 
seems to be widely distributed throughout the Plains of India and 
Burma. 
Onion (Allium cepa). 
The leaves of onion are attacked by :— 
Laphygma exiqua. 
Agrotis ypsilon. 
Thrips. 
Aphids. 
The caterpillars of Laphygma exiqua and Agrolis ypsilon feed on the 
leaves, hiding inside the tubular stalks, but are not common on onion 
and cannot be regarded as pests. 
Thrips occur on the flowers and are sometimes bad in Madras. The 
species concerned is doubtful. A Thrips occurs in Ganjam, feeding 
on the leaves which become sickly and yellow; this is perhaps Helzo- 
thrips indicus, Bagnail. 
Aphids also occur commonly on the stems and flowers but we do not 
know the species concerned and little damage seems to be done as a 
Tule. 
Garuic (Allium sativum): 
We know of no insect pests of garlic, which seems to be shunned 
by all self-respecting insects. 
ROMEX VESIOCARIUS. 
Rumex vesicarius is a vegetable grown extensively around Poona 
for the Bombay and Poona markets. In October 1916 Mr. Ramrao 
Kasergode sent us from Poona some insects damaging this crop and 
they proved to be Sterrha sacraria and Hippotion celerio. Sterrha sacraria 
occurs commonly throughout the Plains of India but we have never 
before considered it as a pest ; on the present occasion the caterpillars 
occurred in large numbers and did considerable damage. Hippotion 
celerio larvee were also found in smaller numbers. 
Yam (Dioscorea spp.) 
The only insect noted on yam is Acrolepia manganeutis [see Ento- 
mological Note 90, fig. 17, in Bulletin 59] and in that case it was reared 
from stored yams. We do not know of any pests of growing yams. 
