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Menida histrio, Fb. 



Dist., F. I. Rhyn., I. 228 ; S. Ind. Ins., pp. 474-475, f. 354 ; 

 Proc. Second Enfcl. Meeting, pp. 175, 184. 

 We have this from Pusa, Chapra, Cuttack (on potato), Dacca, Rani- 

 ganj, Trevandrum (on rice), Suri (Bengal) on rice, Pennkonda (Madras) 

 on paddy, and Kezanathum (Tinnevelly). 



In South India it has been noted on paddy, wheat, cholam and pulses. 

 It is scarcely a pest. 



Asopus malabariciis, Fb. 

 Dist., F. I. Rhyn. I. 255, f. 162. 

 This species has been found in the Central Provinces on cotton and 

 we also have it from Pusa. It is not known as a pest. 



Tessaratoma quadrala, Dist. 



Dist., F. I. Rhyn. I. 258, f. 164 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, 

 pp. 230, 247, 249. 

 This species was reported from Kalimpong in 1914 as damaging 

 pears, apples and htchis. We have it also from the Buxar Duars and 

 the Khasi Hills. 



Cydopella siccifolia, Westw. 



Dist., F. I. Rhyn. I. 280-281, f. 178 ; S. Ind. Ins., p. 476, f. 

 357 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 45, 78, 299, 300, 

 - We have this from Surat ; Belgaum ; TeUicherry, on Erythrina ; 

 Manjri, on Cyamopsis psoraloides ; and Poona, on Sesbania cegyptiaca, 

 and Moringa pterygosperma. 



In South India it is a pest of Cajanus indicus, Erythrina indica, E. 

 lithosperma, and Piper betle, and at Poona it has been reported as infest- 

 ing Erythrina spp. and Leguminosse. 

 The bugs are easily hand-picked. 



Aspongopus janus, Fb. 



Dist., F. I. Rhyn. I. 281-282, f. 179 ; S. Ind. Ins., pp. 476-477, 



f. 358 ; Proc." Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 289, 304, 307. 



We have this from Chakwal (Punjab) ; Poona, on Abiitilon muticum ; 



Muzaffarpur, on Cucuibitaj ; Pusa, on pumpkin and bottle gourd ; Adoni 



and Salem, on pumpkin ; and Travancore, on bottle gourd (Lagenaria). 



