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G. ajricana has been noted at Pusa to damage cane-shoots in Febru- 

 ary and March, gnawing into shoots at junction with sett ; at Dacca 

 and Pusa, slight damage to seedling tobacco ; stated to damage opium 

 poppy plants by cutting them off when considerably advanced in growth 

 (Ind. Mus. Notes, II, vi, 172) ; Jorhat, damaged barley crop (Farm Supdt., 

 letter of 8th December 1913) ; Kurnowl Factory, Tirhut, reported to be 

 •doing great damage to newly-sown Natal indigo by burrowing around 

 roots (letter from F. Murray, 3rd November 1906). 



Brachytrypes portentosus, Licht. (= achat i mis). 



S. Ind. Ins., p. 536, f. 430 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 79, 

 83, 98, 132, 270, 278, 281, 290. 



The distribution of this species appears to be rather restricted in 

 India and the exact limits are not clearly known. It occurs abundantly 

 throughout Bengal and Bihar, but in Madras only at Nellore, where 

 it was found damaging Casuarina seedlings. 



The young emerge during the first half of October at Pusa, and 

 attain the adult stage about the middle of June. 



It is a serious pest of indigo, Sesamum, cotton, jute, tobacco, cabbage, 

 cauliflower, and chillies. 



It did serious damage to rice-crops in Comilla in June 1893 {Ind. 

 Mus. Notes, III, V. p. 78) and has been noted at Jalpaiguri, destroying 

 cauliflowers at the Gaol, 22nd October, 1914 ; in Nepal, much damage 

 to Eesidency lawng by burrowing, 3rd September 1912 ; Telhara Indigo 

 Concern, Bairagnia, Champaran, indigo ravaged, 27th April 1911 ; 

 Pabna, seriously damaging crops, especially young jute, 27th April 

 1910 ; Malda, yoimg mango— graft shoots, 28th May 1909 ; Dacca, 

 much damage to jute and paddy, 23rd April 1907 ; Bogra, yoimg jute 

 plants much injured, 24th April 1906 ; Myitkyina, much damage to 

 gardens and forest nurseries, 2nd October 1903. 



Liogryllus himaculqtus, de Geer. 



S. Ind. Ins., p. 537, f. 431 ; Entl. Note, 99 ; Proc. Second Entl. 

 Meeting, pp. 50, 62. 

 This species occurs throughout the Plains of India. It is partly 

 predaceous, feeding on caterpillars and grasshoppers, and partly vege- 

 tarian, feeding on decaying vegetation and growing plants. It has been 

 found to gnaw into gram pods and eat the seeds, sometimes doing con- 

 siderable damage, and it attacks lentil pods in a similar way in the 

 Central Provinces, eating the seeds. 



