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XantJiotrachelus swperciliosus, Gyll. 

 Proc. Second Eutl. Meeting, p. 96. 

 We have this from Belgaum, Chapra, Pusa and Tharrawaddy. At 

 Pusa it has been found on ber and a few adults were also found attacking 

 sunflower heads in company with the two preceding species. 



Atadogaster finiiimus, Fst. 



S. I. I., p. 333, f. 191 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 98, 102. 



We have this from Nathampatti (Ramnad) and Koilpatti, where the 



adults were found devouring young cotton plants. In Ind. Museum 



Notes (Vol. IV, pt. Ill, p. 112 (1899)) this species is also recorded as 



damaging young cotton and gram shoots at Tinnevelly. 



During the last two or three years we have found it in small numbers, mi. Ramakrishna 



Have you found it at Coimbatore ? Mr. Fletcher. 



It is found, but not as a pest. - Mr. Ramakrishna 



Ayyar. 



Lixus brachyrrhiniis, Boh. 



S. 1. 1., pp. 331-332, f. 189 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 296 (tab.). 



Lixus brachyrrhinus is a widely distributed species, contained in the Mr, Fletcher. 

 Pusa Collection from : — Lahore, on Amaranthus ; Cawnpur, on Niger 

 seed ; Nagpur ; Balaghat (Central Provinces) ; Igatpuri ; Surat ; Poona ; 

 Bangalore ; Coimbatore, on Amaranthus ; Erode, on Amaranthus : Trichi- 

 nopoly ; Manaparai ; Chingleput, on Amaranthus ; Cuttack ; Chapra ;■ 

 Pusa, on indigo, larva on Amaranthus ; Daltonganj, on ber leaves ; 

 Mandalay, on Amaranthus and ber ; Meiktila (Upper Burma) ; and 

 Minbu (Lower Burma). 



It is a specific pest of Amaranthus, the larva boring in the stem and 

 causing a gall-like swelhng, but the attack usually takes place at a 

 time when the plant is past the period for consumption. 



Paramecaps farinosus, Wied. 

 S. 1. 1., pp. 332-333, f. 190 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 136, 137. 

 We have this from Taru (North- West Frontier Province), on Calo- 

 tropis ; Lyallpur, on Cahtropis ; Lahore ; Igatpuri ; Bor Ghat ; 

 Coimbatore, on Cahtropis ; and Pusa, on Cahtropis. 



It is a specific pest of Cahtropis, although adults have been takeo 

 on rice at Pusa on two occasions. 



