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It is at times a serious pest of grape-vine, especially around Peshawar 

 and Poona, the adults destroying the tender shoots of the vines. Collec- 

 'tion of tie adults, either by tapping the bushes or by means of the plan- ■ 

 tain brooms used at Nasik, is the best method of control and this should 

 be supplemented by leaving three or four buds, instead of only one or 

 two, when pruning and by removal of all loose bark. The life-history 

 is as yet unknown. 



At Peshawar we shake them oE the vines into kerosinized water. Mr. Robertson- 

 The beetles are not found in very large numbers. Brown 



Colasposonia semicostatum, Jac. 

 Jac, F. I. Chrys., p. 443 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 212. 



Jacoby records this from Sikkim, Mungphu, and Cachar, and the Pusa jir. Fletcher. 

 Collection contains specimens from Chapra and the Khasi Hills. In the 

 Khasis the adult beetles destroyed flowers and leaves of orange trees in 

 March and April 1916 at Ramdait " Alakha." The leaves were eaten 

 near the stalks. It is said to have done considerable damage to oranges 

 during the preceding three years, appearing in March and April and 

 then disappearing again. (S. R. Gupta's letter of 12th May 1916.) 



It is very bad on oranges and eats away the flowers. Mr. Gupta. 



Is it found in any other part of Assam ? Mr. Fletcher. 



I have not seen it anywhere else. Mr. Gupta. 



Pachnephorus bretinghami, Baly. 



Jac, F. I. Chrysom., pp. 460-461 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, 

 pp. 140, 180, 294. 

 We have this from Pusa, Narayanganj and the Nigiris, so that it is Mr. Fletcher. 

 widely distributed. At Pusa the adult has been found on artichoke. 

 It has also been recorded on sugarcane and juar. It probably does 

 damage in the same way as P. impressus but does not seem to have 

 actually been noted as a pest. 



Pachnephorus impressus, Rosenh. 



Jac, F. I. Chrysom., p. 461, f. 15 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, 

 pp. 83, 122, 140, 180, 192 ; Entl. Note 33. 

 Jacoby gives the distribution of this species as Europe, Africa, India, 

 "Bengal, Philippines and Macassar. The Pusa Collection contains speci- 

 mens from Peshawar, adults on sugarcane ; Pusa ; Kalyan ; Hoshanga- 

 bad, adults on Sessamum indicum; Coimbatore ; and Taunggoo (Burma). 

 At Peshawar the beetles occur in numbers and eat small holes in the 



