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Teak leaf-gall. Throughout the West Coast, teak leaves are found 

 covered with numerous gall-like formations with hairy out-growths on 

 the lower surface. I believe the galls are caused most probably by a 

 gall-fly ; I even got bright pink-coloirred maggots crawling out of these 

 but have not succeeded in rearing out the adults. Mr. Stebbing in his 

 book on Indian Forest Insects, p. 120, thinks that the gall is due to a 

 Cucujid beetle, Silvanus advena. This has to be verified. 



Rhynchota. 



Two or three species or Coptosoma have been noted as swarming on 

 different plants in South India. These are — 



Coplosoma nazirw (Plate 10. figure I). On most vegetables such as 

 cluster-beans, Hibiscus, etc., and mango shoots. 



Coptosoma ostensum, Dist., a minute light-yellowish-green species 

 found by the thousand on young shoots and, leaves of Butea frondosa in 

 the forest around Coimbatore in December. 



The black oval shining Pentatomid. Brachyplatys vafilii, is often 

 found in numbers in company with the common Coptosoma cribraria 

 on agathi (Sesbania). 



Vitellus orientalis (Plate 10, figure i) is a large greenish Pentatomid 

 with sharp prothoracic spines which has been noted as puncturing 

 orange fruits in Kiunul. The effect of the puncturing appears to 

 hasten rotting and also attraction for fungi. It has to be verified 

 whether the real injury is done by these or fruit-sucking Noctuids of the 

 genus Ophideres. 



The LygtBid bug, Nijsius inconspicuus, is often found bad on growing 

 gingelly in South Kanara during the months of February -April. 



Helopeltis (theivora*) on tea in Pirmaad and Travancore, and Mega- 

 calum stramineum, found in company with Calocoris angustatus (see 

 Year Book Madras Department, 1917, p. 83, for a paper by Mr. Ballard), 

 are the Capsids of importance. 



^Purokita sp. (PI. 19, fig. 1). A pale-greyish bug found in some 

 numbers at the stem of growing bamboo, especially between the stem and 

 the sheaths. The mealy mass of eggs is very commonly found in that 

 place also ; Coimbatore. 



Curry Leaf-hopper. A minute active Fulgorid found in numbers 

 doing appreciable damage to the curry-leaf plant, Mitrraya J:oenigi, 

 in Coimbatore and Malabar. 



^Clovialineuticollis (?\nt% 10, figure m). Common on jak shoots and 

 tender leaves all over Malabar. Due to the attack the leaves curl up ; 

 often inside these curls nymphs enclosed in frothy matter are also found. 



* Helopeltis antonii is perhaps intended. [Edilor ] 



