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boring in the stem and the adult eating into young fruits. It has been. 
bred at Pusa on pumpkin, cucumber fruit and bottle-gourd, and at 
Mandalay on pumpkin. Destruction of affected stems and collection of 
beetles when seen on the plants are the only control-measures. 
Apomecyna perotteti is apparently confined to Southern India. We: 
have examples from Kanara, Madura and Pollibetta. The lifehistory 
is not known but is likely to be the same as that of A. pertigera and at 
Pollibetta I collected specimens around cucurbits. 
Apomecyna histrio we seem to have only from North Bihar, our 
specimens being from Chapra, Pusa and Laheria Serai. It has been 
reared at Pusa from larve boring stems of Tvnospora cordifolia [gurrach-- 
Hind.] but probably attacks cucurbits also. 
The sucking insects found on pumpkins include :— 
Aspongopus janus. 
“s brunneus. 
Aphids. 
Aspongopus janus |‘ South Indian Insects,” pp. 476-477, fig. 358] 
is sporadically common on pumpkins, when the bugs may be hand- 
picked. 
Aspongopus brunneus occurs in the same way as A. janus but is less 
often noticed. 
Aphids are sometimes bad on pumpkins, the whole leaves being 
covered with sticky excretion. In garden plots, spraying may be done 
if required but in field plots little is done as a rule beyond leaving the 
natural enemies to check the pest. 
The roots are attacked by the grubs of Aulacophora abdominalis 
and perhaps by those of the other species of Aulacophora, which we 
took just now. 
The fruits are attacked by :— 
Chetodacus cucurbite. 
Dacus brevistylus. 
Myiopardalis pardalina, 
Aulacophora abdominalis. 
Acythopeus citrulli. 
Chatodacus cucurbite was partially considered when we discussed the 
general subject of Fruit-flies [see under Peach]. It is widely distri- 
buted throughout India and Burma and does very considerable damage 
to cucurbits of practically all kinds. It has been reared from fruits of 
Cucurbita pepo, C. melo, Trichosanthes dioica, T. cucumerina, Cucumis,. 
Momordica charantia, Luffa cegyptiaca and various other cucurbits. 
The lifehistory is briefly given in “South Indian Insects,” pp. 354-355,. 
