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commences from a foot or two above ground- level and goes upwards. 

 It appears to be a serious pest in this limited area. 



See also the Scolytid on coconut in Madras. Possibly both species 

 are identical. — Editor.] 



( Undetermined Scolytid.) 

 S. I. I., pp. 344-345, fig. 203 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 37. 

 This Scolytid occurred very abundantly in cardomom capsules in Mr. Fletcher, 

 Coorg in 1913 and damaged a large percentage of the crop, but has not 

 been reported again. 



( Undetermined Scolytid.) 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 261. 

 An imdetermined Scolytid has been reported to bore in the stems of 

 coconut palms at Negapatam and m the Godavari district, killing the 

 attacked trees. It is also reported to be a bad pest of coconut in N. 

 Kanara, but very little seems to be known about this insect. 



( Undetermined Scolytid.) 

 Another undetermined Scolytid has 'been reported as damaging 

 Hevea rubber trees, by boring the bark, on the Moopli Valley Estate. 

 It is said to attack healthy trees. 



Platypodid^. » 



[? Crossofarsus, sp. 

 A Platypodid has been reported as attacking Hevea rubber trees in Mr. Ramakrishna 

 Travancore also.] Ayyar. 



OUECULIONID^. 



Blosynis asellus, Linn. 



Mshll., F. I. Cure, I. p. 33 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 292. 



The Pusa Collection contains specimens from Simla, Chapra, MuzafE- Mr. Fletcher 



arpur and Pusa and Marshall also records it from Bengal, Assam, 



Burma, Andamans, Cambodia, Malacca, Sumatra, Borneo and the 



Philippines. 



At Pusa the adults have been foimd on cotton and on sweet-potato 

 in small numbers, but it is probably not a pest. 



