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The name pvstulala has generally been applied to the common large 

 black red-banded species which is frequently destructive to Cajanus 

 indicus, cowpea, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis and tenai. 



Lytta tenuicollis, Pall. 



S. I. I., p. 302, f. 148 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 178, 

 183, 188, 201. 

 We have this from Chapra ; Pusa ; Belgachia ; Palamau ; Bhandara 

 (Central Provinces), on rice ; Hoshangabad ; Suiat, on bajra and juar ; 

 Nadiad ; Hagari (Bellary), on cholam ear-heads and paddy ; Bezwada ; 

 and Coimbatore. In Southern India this species does considerable 

 damage to ear-heads of cliolam, ciimbu, etc. 



As in the case of all these Meloid beetles, the adults are easily 

 collected by hand or in nets. 



Lytta fida, Cast. 



Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 207. 



This has been found at Gurgaon (Punjab), the beetles eating bajra 



{Pennisetitm typhoideum) flowers, 4th September 1906. Mr. T. N. 



Jhaveri has also found the beetles eating lucerne leaves in North Gujarat. 



Lytta ruficollis, Oliv. 

 S. I. I., p. 305, f. 153 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 201 (Cantharis). 

 This species seems to be confined to Southern India. It has been 

 found in Coimbatore, Bellary, Kurnul, Tanjore, and Tinnevelly ; the 

 adult beetles damage cumbii, cholam and tenai ear-heads. 



Lytta actcBon, Cast. 



Entl. Note 35 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 149, 202, 207 

 (Cantharis). 

 We have this from Kasur (Pimjab), Cawnpur, Surat, Khandesh, 

 Pusa and Cuttack. At Pusa the adult beetles were found on rice-plants 

 ■on 8th August 1905, on grass on 10th June 1907, eating lucerne on 2nd 

 August 1913, on Setaria and Panieum miliaceum in large numbers on 17th 

 July 1915, and also appeared in the beginning of July 1916. At Cuttack 

 the adults were found on avs paddy on 20th August 1907. 



We find this in Madras also. ^- Ramakri3hna 



, Ayyar. 



