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Heteracris illustris, Wlk. 

 Kirby, F. I. Acrid., p. 263. 

 This species is recorded from South India by Kirby. It occurs- 

 fairly commonly at Pusa, on grass. 



Heteracris sp. 

 This species was found at Peshawar, in numbers on maize in October 

 1914. 



Choroedocus cafensis, Thnb. 

 Kby., F. I. Acrid., pp. 263-264. 

 This species is recorded by Kirby from the Himalayas, Calcutta,. 

 Coromandel Coast, Ceylon, Bhamo. It is a widely distributed and 

 common species and is presumably a minor pest. 



Heteracris elegans, Wlk. 

 Kirby, F. I. Acrid, pp. 264-265, f. 139. 

 This species is recorded by Kirby from North India. We have it 

 from Surat. 



Tylotrofidius varicornis, Wlk. 



Kirby, F. I. Acrid., pp. 265-266, f. 140. 



This species is recorded by Kirby from S. India, Ceylon, Karen 



Hills. It is widely distributed and common and is probably a, minor 



pest. We have it from Pusa. 



Gryllid^. 

 Gryllotalpa ajricana, Pal. 



S. Ind. Ins., pp. 534-535, f. 428 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting,. 

 pp. 140, 270. 

 This species is apparently abundant throughout India. The Pusa 

 collection contains specimens from the Palnis, Cuttack, Pusa, Eangpur, 

 Eajapati, Khasis, Shillong, Abbottabad, Srinagar, Hoshangabad, Igatpuri 

 and Bombay. Possibly more than one species is included under this 

 name. We have also a very much larger species from Shiraz, Persian, 

 Gulf, named by Lefroy as G. gryllotalpa and found damaging all forms 

 of root. crops and flowers by burrowing^and destroying the points of the' 

 roots. 



