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harvest, nevertheless the loss in the cotton crop was 

 estimated by their Board of Agriculture at 15,000,000 

 dollars. 



In the North- Western Provinces caterpillars are often 

 very destructive of growing cotton, sometimes stripping a 

 field entirely of its leaves ; and an immense deal of loss 

 results from the ravages of a smal white grub called 

 ' sundi,' which lives within the pod. Stagnant water, 

 especially at the commencement of its growth, is most 

 harmful. Kain, when the pods begin to open, is also very 

 damaging, as the fibre becomes discoloured and rotten. 

 Early frosts may altogether terminate the picking season 

 a month or six weeks before it would otherwise have 

 ended, and hence the desire to get the cotton seed into 

 the ground as soon as possible. 



Cotton plants in Southern India were described by 

 Dr. Shortt as subject to the attacks of a kind of mildew, 

 but it was found to be a diseased condition formerly 

 classed with fungi, under the name of Erineum. A 

 species of Tor u la attacks cotton pods after they are ripe. 

 & & p. Vcrn. Kapas ; C. & B. 



Gracillaria coffeifolliella. Its larva mines the coffee 

 leaves. It is very common. 



Grain-weevil. See Coleoptera; Curculionidae; Calandra. 

 Ch. 0. W. 



Gryllidae, an insect family of the order Orthoptera, 

 having among its species the house, field, and mole 

 crickets. The Acheta, Gryllotalpa vulgaris, Heliothis 

 armigera, and Schizodactylus monstrosus are the more 

 destructive. One species of Gryllus, of Northern India, 

 called by the poppy cultivators ' phanga ' or ' phunge/ is 

 a voracious feeder when full grown, cropping the leaves 

 and stalks of the poppy and other young plants, infesting 



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