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on mulberry plots in Kollegal more than once. And on one occasion 

 surface-grasshoppers of the genera JEolofus and (Edaleus were noted 

 very bad in paddy nurseries in one village in the Coimbatore district. 



Thysanoptera. 



Very little attention has been paid till now to the insects of this group 

 and there is httle on record regarding their economic importance.* In 

 South India the following species have been noted so far, as having some 

 economic importance : — 



Ou paddy. Thrifs {Bagmdlia) oryzce on seedlings in many parts of 

 the Province. Pretty bad sometimes. (Some p. 353, Bvlletin of Entomo- 

 logical Research. 1915. for description of this species by Williams).' 



Ou turmeric and arrowroot. Panchcetothrips indicxs, Bagn. 

 (Plate 20).* On turmeric in Coimbatore and on arrow-root in Malabar. 

 Not serious. 



On onion. HeliotJirips indicus, Bgl. Bad sometimes in Northern 

 Circars. 



On grape-vine. Rhipiphorothrips cruentatum, Hood. On tender 

 grape-%ane leaves. Turns the leaves pale brown. Found in numbers 

 on the foliage at certain seasons. 



Ou Mimusops elengi. Arrhenothrips ramakrishnw, Hood, (Plate 99). 

 Very serious on this garden plant in Coimbatore. The leaves are very 

 badly twisted and galled. 



Thrips of sorts have also been noted doing some damage to chiUies, 

 indigo, etc., in different parts of the country. 



On groundnut. — In the Palur farm a species of Thrips was once 

 reported doing serious damage. 



Just a few words regarding non-hexapod pests of some importance 

 may not be out of place before I close. Small Mites of sorts have been 

 noted occasionally bad on cotton, cholam, castor and coconut ; those on 

 cholam and cotton have often been found to do appreciable damage. 



The others among non-hexapods are the eel-worms. I have seen 

 young tea-seedhngs and pepper- vines sufier from the attacks of eel-* 

 worms. In one or two places eel-worms appeared bad on pepper in the 

 Wynaad last November [1918]. 



The question of crabs on paddy seedlings has become well-known 

 and needs no further remarks from me. 



As already stated in the beginning, my chief idea in getting this list 

 prepared was to gather more information regarding all or any of these 

 from observations made by my colleagues in other parts of India so that 



* In another paper I have prepared for this Meeting, I have dealt at some length on 

 our present knowledge of this group (See pp. 618-621). 



