﻿38 
  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  

  

  have 
  to 
  be 
  watched 
  in 
  South 
  India 
  as 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  noted 
  on 
  tea 
  in 
  Assam 
  

   and 
  on 
  Cinchona 
  in 
  Sikkim. 
  

  

  Cinnamon 
  Psylla. 
  (Psyllidee.) 
  

  

  In 
  South 
  Kanara 
  district, 
  especially 
  around 
  Mangalore 
  town 
  where 
  

   cinnamon 
  plants 
  {Cinnamomum 
  campJiora) 
  are 
  found 
  growing 
  wild 
  

   as 
  hedge 
  plants 
  in 
  the 
  deep 
  paddy 
  valleys, 
  I 
  found 
  a 
  Psyllid 
  producing 
  

   galls 
  on 
  the 
  foliage 
  and 
  causing 
  appreciable 
  damage 
  to 
  the 
  plants. 
  

   Though 
  not 
  a 
  cultivated 
  plant 
  in 
  the 
  tract 
  the 
  cinnamon 
  plant 
  is 
  of 
  

   economic 
  importance 
  and 
  as 
  such 
  a 
  note 
  regarding 
  this 
  insect 
  may 
  be 
  

   of 
  some 
  interest. 
  The 
  Psyllid 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  active 
  creature 
  with 
  transparent 
  

   wings, 
  quite 
  unlike 
  the 
  spotted 
  wings 
  of 
  the 
  garvga 
  Psyllid 
  {Phacopteron 
  

   lentiginosum, 
  Buck.) 
  or 
  the 
  Cardia 
  Psyllid 
  of 
  Coimbatore 
  {Euphalervs 
  

   citri, 
  Gr.). 
  It 
  resembles 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  the 
  Psyllid 
  I 
  got 
  on 
  Ficus 
  nervosa 
  

   in 
  Taliparamba 
  (see 
  my 
  paper, 
  No. 
  82, 
  Proc. 
  Third 
  Entl. 
  Meeting, 
  1919), 
  

   but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  Cosmoscarta 
  niteara, 
  Dist. 
  (Cercopidae). 
  (Plate 
  V, 
  fig. 
  2.) 
  

  

  All 
  along 
  the 
  Western 
  Ghats 
  from 
  South 
  Kanara 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  Wynaad 
  

   Hills 
  the 
  commonest 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  is 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  Cosmoscarta 
  

   niteara, 
  Dist. 
  In 
  most 
  cases 
  when 
  I 
  noted 
  the 
  insect 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  

   it 
  on 
  the 
  succulent 
  top-shoots 
  of 
  the 
  sand-jM'per 
  Ficus 
  ]Adiiii' 
  [Ficus 
  

   sp.). 
  Large 
  masses 
  of 
  white 
  spittle 
  produced 
  by 
  the 
  insect 
  are 
  also 
  

   noted 
  on 
  the 
  top-shoots 
  of 
  these 
  plants. 
  The 
  insect 
  is 
  fairly 
  large 
  and 
  

   is 
  beautiful 
  in 
  colour 
  and 
  extremely 
  active. 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  note 
  this 
  on 
  

   the 
  jak 
  tree 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  favourite 
  foodplant 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  species, 
  C. 
  

   relata, 
  Dist., 
  in 
  Coorg 
  and 
  Mysore. 
  

  

  New 
  records 
  of 
  Coccids. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  publication 
  in 
  1919 
  of 
  my 
  Bulletin 
  on 
  " 
  South 
  Indian 
  

   Coccidee 
  " 
  (Bulletin 
  No. 
  87), 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  get 
  the 
  following 
  further 
  

   records 
  of 
  Coccidse 
  from 
  South 
  India 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Parlatoria 
  camellice, 
  Comst., 
  on 
  stem 
  of 
  Melia, 
  Coimbatore. 
  

   Parlatoria 
  cristifera, 
  Green 
  (M.S), 
  on 
  Citrus, 
  Maddur 
  (Mysore). 
  

   Aspidiotus 
  hartii, 
  Ckll., 
  on 
  Turmeric, 
  Erode 
  (Coimbatore). 
  

   Chionaspis 
  Jierbce, 
  Green, 
  on 
  grass, 
  Coonoor 
  (Nilgiris). 
  

   Pseudococcus 
  bromelice, 
  Bouche, 
  on 
  pine-apple, 
  Taliparamba 
  (Mala- 
  

   bar). 
  

   Phenacoccus 
  hirsutus, 
  Green, 
  on 
  Ficus 
  indicus, 
  Kollegal 
  (Coim- 
  

   batore). 
  

   Antonina 
  indica, 
  Green, 
  on 
  grass 
  roots, 
  Coimbatore. 
  

   WalJceriana 
  xyliai, 
  Green 
  (MS), 
  on 
  Xylia, 
  Taliparamba 
  (Malabar) 
  

  

  