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Clitea pida, Baly. 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 215. 

 We have this from Tharrawaddy (Burma) and Pusa. At Pusa it 

 is a decided pest of bael {Mgle marmelos), the larva boring into the leaf- 

 petioles and shoots and the adult beetles eating the leaves so that they 

 are riddled with small holes in June and July. 



Haltica cyanea. 



This \Yus sent in on 14th December 1911 by the Superintendent of 

 the Victoria Gardens, Bombay, as very badly infesting Ruellia amwna 

 and R.fonnosa and CiqyJiea ignea. It has been reared at Pusa from larvae 

 on Amnicaiin sp.; pupation took place in earthern chambers in the soil. 



At Taru the adult beetles were found in numbers in May 1916 on 

 cauhflowers, cabbage, lettuce, sugar beet (especially on flower-heads) 

 and also spread on to shaftal and bersim. 



The Pusa Collection contains specimens from Pusa (abundant) ; 

 Nainpur (Central Provinces) ; Balaghat (Central Provinces) ; Surat ; 

 Nuwara Eliya ; Tranquebar ; Coimbatore ; Samalkot ; Munshiganj ; 

 Cuttack ; and Nepal. 



CJiakenosonia tnetaUic'rm, Jac. 



Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 267. 



Thi^ is a medium-sized, globular, bright metallic green and blue 



Halticine which was found in numbers injuring garden lilies at Ootaca- 



mund in December 1912 and 1913. The beetles may be collected by 



hand. 



PhjUotreta vittcUa, Fb. 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 280, 282. 

 This species was found by K. D. Shroff on cabbage at Kaltha (Burma) 

 on 2nd February 1907. 



PhyUotrela chotanica, Duviv. 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 280, 282. 

 This species was found in small numbers on cabbage at Pusa, on 

 4th March 1916 and we also have it from Mandalay (13th December 

 1910). 



