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It is very common in Southern India, especially on leguminous 

 crops. 



Emperorrhimis defoliator, Mshll. 



Mshll., F. I. Cure, I. 286-287 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting,. 

 pp. 240, 245, 247, 248, 250. 



This species occurs in Kulu, Kurseong, Darjiling and the Khasi 

 Hills. At Kulu it appears first on Alnus nitida, and then attacks peach,. 

 then apricot and pear, apple being touched last. It is a serious local 

 pest of fruit-trees in Kulu. 



Myllocervs vtridanus, Fb. 



. Mshll., F. I. Cure, I. 301-303, f. 93 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, 

 pp. 81, 88, 92, 123, 134, 231. 



This small greyish or pale-greenish weevil seems to be confined to 

 South India and Ceylon. We have it from Madura, on castor ; Tanjore ; 

 Manaparai ; Palur, on guava leaves and in numbers on groimdnut ; 

 Coimbatore, on castor ; Chepauk, on groundnut ; Shoranur (Malabar), 

 on bhindi ; Kumbakonam, on jute ; Nellikuppam, on indigo ; and Tri- 

 chinopoly, on groundnut in numbers in August 1908. 



It is sometimes a bad pest of groundnut in Southern India. 



Myllocerus seti(^ if er, J) esh. 



Ind. Mus. Notes, IV, p. Ill, t. 8, f. 2 (1899) ; Mshll., F. L 

 Cure, I. 312-313. 



This species has been recorded from Dehra Dun where the adults 

 were found damaging rose flowers in the Forest School Garden. The 

 Pusa Collection contains no specimens. 



Myllocerus dorsatus, Fb. 

 Mshll., F. I. Cure, I. .320-321 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 65, 92. 

 We have this from the following localities and foodplants : — Kum- 

 bakonam (Madras), sword-bean leaves ; Trichinopoly, on Margosa [Melia 

 azadirachia] leaves ; Tranquebar ; Villupuram (Madras), on groundnut ; 

 and Manaparai. Marshall also records it from the Nilgiris, Pondicherry,. 

 Bangalore, Belgaum, Nagpur, Calcutta and Pusa. 



