54 Borers., 
4 inch long. 
Cappis, | 
another insect which takes all the leaves of a 
tea plant to make acoccoon. It generally does | 
this in the cold weather. Children can easily 
pick these off the bushes, which can be seen at 
once as they are generally denuded of leaves, 
COCKCHAFER GRUB—KOOMLAS, 
A white grub with yellow head. Generally 
found in very rich soil, or where manure has beet 
put down, or much jungle has been buried. 
This is fearfully destructive to young cultivation 
and seed-beds, and eats off the roots of the young 
seedlings before they harden up, in some cases 
killing off nearly every plant in young cultivation 
Only remedy digging up. Plants attacked by 
Koomlas generally die slowly, first getting 
yellow at the top and gradually dying down. 
Never fill in a vacancy thus caused without digging 
the insect up, 
oe 
Borers. 
Two sorts. One a scaly worm, not common. 
