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Helopeltis antonii, Sign. 



Dist., F. I. Rhyn, II, 440, f. 285 ; S. Ind. Ins., p. 488, f. 374 ; 



Agr. Jouin. Ind. X, 412-416 (October 1915) ; Proc. Second 



Entl. Meeting, pp. 23, 26, 37, 255. 



We have this from Kudua Kamam Estate, on tea on 13th September 



1913, and from Pirmaad, on tea on 11th August 1913. In the South 



Indian Hills it is a pest of tea and cinchona and in Ceylon of cacao. 



In Coimbatore, and probably throughout the Plains of Madras, it attacks 



nim {Melia azadirachta), as described by Y. Ramachaudra Rao in the 



Agricultural Journal of India, and in North Malabar, South Kanara 



and Bangalore it attacks shoots of cashew {Anacardium occidentale). 



It has also been recorded on amiatto {Bixa orellana). We seem to 



know remarkably little about it as a pest of tea and cinchona in South 



India. 



Has anyone found this on nim shoots ? Mr. Ramakrishna- 



Ayyar. 



Yes ; I have seen this insect on roadside nim trees, the topshoots Mr. Ramchandra 

 of which get withered as the result of their attack. R*o- 



I have been examining these shoots for some time. I cannot find Mr. Ramakrishna 

 the insect and have some doubts as to whether the damage done is due Ayyar. 

 to an insect or to a fungus attack. 



I investigated this subject some years ago and published an account Mr. Ramchandra- 

 of it in the Agricultural Journal. I found the eggs as well as the nymphs Rao. 

 on the new shoots. The reason why the insect is not seen on the damaged 

 shoots is because it attains the adult stage and flies away before the 

 damage becomes apparent. 



Helopeltis theivora, Waterh. 



Dist., F. I. Rhyn. II, 440-441 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, 

 pp. 23, 26, 37. 

 We have this from Lower Ging (Darjiling District ; October 1908) Mr. Fletcher, 

 and from the Buxar Duars in May 1907. It occurs from Darjiling to 

 Chittagong as a serious pest of tea. 

 I See also pp. 669-671]. 



Disphinctus humeralis, Wlk. 

 Dist., F. I. Rhyn. II, 444, f. 286 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 23. 

 This species has been reported to occur on tea in Assam in much 

 the same way as Helopeltis and on cinchona in Sikkim. 



