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Sogata ■pallescens, Dist. 



Dist., A. M. N. H. (8) IX, 192 (1912) ; F. I. Rhyn., VI, 140 ; 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 177. 



This species has been recorded from Galle ; Chapra ; Madhupur 

 District ; Calcutta ; Pusa, on rice ; and Janjgri (Bilaspur district), on 

 rice. 



It occurs, together with the two preceding species, as a minor pest 

 of rice. 



[Note. — Since this paper w^ read, Mr. F. Muir 1 as stated {Canad. Entom. LT, p. 8 

 J'anuary 1919) that the type otiS. pallescen.i, Dist., is leaU^Megamdus furcijera, Horv. — 

 £:dilor]. 



Liburnia sp. 

 Dist., F. I. Rhyn., Ill, 480-481 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 177. 



This species has been found at Pusa, Burdwan, Hooghly, Bomchi 

 ■(Hooghly), Ahpur, Kandi (Murshidabad), Nadiad ; in all cases on rice- 

 plants. It is reported to be an occasional serious pest of paddy in 

 Bengal, but very little is known about it. Specimens have been sent 

 to Mr. Distant, but the identification has not yet been received. 



Liburnia psylloides, Leth. 

 Dist., F. I. Rhyn., Ill, 484-485. 



This insect has been reported as a pest but it is probably in mistake 

 ior^Pundaluoya simpUcia. We have no specimens oi'L. fsylloides. 



C) 

 Membracid^. 



Oxyrhachis tarandus, Fabr. 



Dist., F. I. Rhyn., IV, 4-5, f. 1 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 275. 



We have this from Sitamarhi (Muzaffarpur), on tur {Cajanus indicus) ; 

 Pusa, on tur, Cassia fistula, and Acacia arabica ; Bombay, on Acacia 

 richii. 



It is common in the Plains and is a minor pest of Acacia arabica, 

 occurring sometimes in some numbers on Cajanus indicus also. 



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