rKOCEEDlNGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 605 



Parlatoria {Websferiella) papillosa, Green. 

 Locality. — Palghat, Malabar. 

 Habits. — Not found in numbers. 



Ceroplastes rubens, Mask. 

 Locality. — Ganjam District. 

 Habi's. — Only a few isolated scales found. 



Pseudococcus corymbatus, Green. 

 Locality. — Malabar District. 



Habits. — Often bad on the tender shoots and fruits and visited by 

 the red ant in numbers. 



I eery a cegyptiaca, Dougl. 

 Locality. — Kallar, Nilgiris. 

 Habits.—B&.di on the leaves, shoots and tender fruits. , 



Bread fruit tree. 



leery a cegyptiaea, Dougl. 

 Loealify. — Vadanapalli, South Malabar. 

 Habits. — Pretty bad on leaves and shoots. 



Ber {Zizyphus). 

 . Ceroplastodes cajani, Mask. 

 Locality. — Coimbatore. 



Habits. — Foundas whitish glassy masses on the distal shoots.. Not 

 serious pest. 



Mulberry. 



Lecanium nigrum, Neitn. 

 Locality. — Coimbatore. 

 Habits. — Bad on isolated plants occasionally. 



Pulvinaria maxima, Green. 

 Locality. — Coimbatore. 

 Habits. — Found rarely. 



