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Alcides collaris, Pasc. 

 S. I. I., p. 337, f. 195 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 46, 52, 56. 

 We have this from Sarai Saleh (Hazara district), Chapra, Pusa, 

 Dharwar, and Hadagalli (Bellary District). At Dharwar it was reared 

 from a pupa found in roots of Cajanus indicus and at Hadagalli adults 

 were found on green-gram. It is apparently a minor pest of pulses. 



Green-gram and lablab are attacked in Madras. A swelling in the Mr. Ramachandra 

 stem is produced and the stem breaks down. It is only a minor pest, ^^o- 



Alcides fabricii, Pb. 



Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 57,121. 



We have this from Abbottabad ; Dehra Dun ; Bulsara (Bombay) ; Mr. Fletcher. 



Nagpur, on cotton ; Eanchi ; Bankura ; Coimbatore, on maize : 



Hadagalli, on horse- gram : Hagari, on paddy ; Calicut ; and 



Saidapet. 



It is doubtful whether it is a pest. 



Alcides leopardus, Oh v. 



S. I. I., p. 338-399, f. 127 [? affaber] ; Proc. Second Entl. 

 Meeting, pp. 121, 125, 126. 

 We have this from Pusa, Muzaffarpur and South Malabar. At 

 Pusa the adults have been found on cotton, Cajanus indicus, sann hemp, 

 and on sun-flower heads, the larva has been found boring in shoots and 

 stems of cotton, and the pupa has been found in a bored stem of Cyno- 

 glossum lanceolatum. In South Malabar the larva was found in a wild 

 malvaceous plant. It is apparently a sporadic minor pest of cotton. 



I found it breeding in malvaceous plants in South Malabar. Mr, Ramakrishna 



Any cotton near by ? jlr. Fletcher. 



No. jlr, Ramakrishna 



At Pusa we get it on cotton but it is not ba 

 which were sent to Dr. Howard for examination. 



At Pusa we get it on cotton but it is not bad. We found parasites mj. misra. 



Alcides affaber, Est. 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 121, 126. 

 This species occurs at Coimbatore in December-January, the larva Mr. Fletcher, 

 boring into the stems of cotton, bhindt, and gogu. It is distinctly a pest. 

 The account given of Akides leopardtis in South Indian Insects prob- 

 ably refers wholly or in part to this insect. 



