52 Soot Blight. 
fortunately rare. Up to the present Darjeeling 
gardens have not been badly attacked until the 
middle of September. 
BEETLES. 
There is only one beetle generally known 
which attacks tea, This is a small reddish yellow 
insect, which always turns up if cow-dung has 
been put down, and sometimes on new extensions, 
probably from the same cause. This beetle seems 
to attack heavy pruning or young tea more than 
other pieces. It bites the shoot low down, and tho 
shoot withers or rots away. If there is Sun-grass 
near the tea, the beetle goes to the grass, instead 
of the tea. When these little pests appear, put 
some children to pick them off, and give 1 anna 
a 100 if the beetles are plentiful. Tho worst of 
this is the coolies soon find out that they crowd on 
sun-grass, and will go uff the tea to catch them, 
if not well watched. 
Soort Brieur. 
This is a black blight. Partly brought on by 
damp. It is a small insect with a sooty cover- 
