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CJicBlocnema basalis, Baly. 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 68. 

 We have this from Ranchi, Dharwar and Tharrawaddy. At Dharwar 

 it was found ii\ February 1913 at the roots of withering rice plants. 

 There are also old records on cards of the occurrence of adult beetles on 

 sann hemp at Pusa in April 1906 (on stray plants), and in August 1905 

 (" some "), at Raipur in August 1907 (" a good deal "), at Jallandhar 

 in September 1905 and at Surat in September 1904 ; but we have no 

 specimens with these data and it is very doubtful whether these records 

 really belong to C. basalis at all — more probably they belong to the 

 unidentified Halticine dealt with later on. 



Podontia 14-punctata, Linn. 

 We have this from the Khasi Hills, Helem (Assam), Jalpaiguri, and 

 Bassein (Burma). It has been noted to attack fruit-trees at Jalpaiguri 

 and, in his letter of 29th August 1908, Mr. I. H. Burkill reports that 

 these beetles " have almost defoliated some imported fruit trees in the 

 Jalpaiguri District." 



{Unidentified HaUicine.) 

 This species was found at Cawnpur on 15th October 1905 by Mr. C. S. 

 Misra, the adults attacking groundnut and sweet potato. 



( Unident ified Halt icine . ) 



This species occurs at Pusa on sann hemp, generally in July on young 

 plants, often in large numbers, eating the leaves into holes. On 15th 

 December 1915 it was found on sami hemp at Pusa by Tahl Ram. 



It is often a bad pest of young sann hemp and the records on sann 

 hemp quoted under Chcetocnema basalis {supra) probably belong to this 

 species, which is distinct from C. basalis. 



In the case of young plants, the beetles can be caught in bag-nets 

 swept over the plants or may be dealt with by spraying the plants. 



The larvae feed on roots of sann hemp but we have not been able to Mr. Ghosh. 

 trace it through all its stages. 



At Coimbatore we also have a flea-beetle which is very bad on sann Mr. Ramakrishna 

 hemp, but I do not know whether it is the same species. Ayyar. 



It is not safe to assume that it is the same species because it feeds on Mr. Fletcher, 

 the same plant. There are so many of these small flea-beetles and their 

 identification is hopeless at present. There is a very wide field in the 

 Halticinae for anyone who wishes to take up systematic work. 



