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guava, strawberry, Panicum frumeniaceum, viania, and amhadi ; 

 Dacca ; Kanti (Bengal), on cotton ; Manjri (Bombay), on cotton ; Surat, 

 on maize ; Poona, on ambadi, bhiiuU, cotton, maize and millets ; Banga- 

 lore, on apple shoots and branches ; and Coimbatore, on dwlam. Es- 

 pecially a pest of cotton, but often of other plants also. 



Has any one any remarks to offer on the control of these species of Mr. Fletcher. 

 Myllocents generally \ 



We tried dusting the attacked plants with lead arlenate and a number Mr. Eamakrishna 

 of beetles were killed ; but this is a measure which we should not Ayyar. 

 advise on any large scale to the raiyats. 



Sitones crinilus, Ohv. 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 81, 207, 208. 

 This species has been found in Champaran and at Dalsing Serai 

 <N. Bihar) on indigo and at Pusa on lucerne in some numbers and also 

 on senji, cabbage, wheat-ear, jute and ber. It is not a pest as a rule. 



It can be controlled by shaking it off with brushes made of twigs. jjj,_ juisra. 



Pellotrachelus pubes, Fst. 



Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 211. 



We have this from Gorakhpur, Pusa, Cuttack, the Nilgiris and the 



Shevaroys. In the Shevaroy Hills it occurred .on orange and is a minor 



pest. At Pusa it has been found on ZizypJius jitjuba in small numbers, 



whilst the specimens from Cuttack were found in Termites' nests [!]. 



Platymyclerus sjostedti, Mshll. 

 We have this from Dehra Dun, Chapra, Pusa and Daltonganj. At 

 Pusa it has been found on grass, Dalbergia sissii, tender mango leaves, 

 sann hemp and jute, and at Daltonganj* on ber. It usually occurs in 

 small numbers and has not yet been noted as a pest. 



Phytoscaphus triangularis, 01. 

 yfe have this from Pusa, on bamboo, pear, cotton leaf, sann hemp, 

 ■ber, rice, cane leaves, indigo, jute, sweet potato, dhaincha, tur, and maize ; 

 from Cawnpur, on groundnut ; Pratapganj (Bengal) ; and from Dalton- 

 ganj. 



It occurs as a rule in small numbers and has not been noted as a pest. 



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