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of 1882-83. A species of Calopteniis also has been reported amono'st other 

 Aerididse as nipping off young ehir {Finns lo7igifoU%) plants in the 

 North- West Provinces. 



209. CyrtacanthaeTis ranacea Stoll. — One of the AcrididsB reported 

 in connection with the Bombay locust invasion of 1882-83. 



210. Oxya furcifera Serv. — One of the Aerididse reported in con- 

 nection with the Bombay locust invasion of 1882-83. 



211. Oxija velox Burm. — One of the Aerididse reported in connection 

 with the damage done by so-called locusts in Ganjam in 1891. It 

 was also similarly reported in the same district in 1890. 



212. Pitchytylus cinerascens Fabr. — This well-known migratory 

 locust of the Palsearctic zone was reported amontjst other Aerididse, both 

 in connection with the Madras locust invasion of 1878, and also in con- 

 nection with the damage said to have been done b}' locusts in Ganjam 

 in 1890. 



213. Crotogonus sp. — A small tliick-set, brown grasshopper, which 

 seems to be very destructive to young crops of all kinds. It bites off the 

 yoiing plants as soon as they appear above the ground. Specimens of it 

 have been sent to the Museum from numerous places, and it has been 

 reported as follows: — 



(1) as doing extensive injur}' in Biidaon to young indigo [Iiidigo- 



fera tinctoria) plants; also attacking such crops as mash 

 [Phaseohts radiatus), liajra [Pennisetum iyjihoideum) , til 

 (Sesamum indicum), and lobia [Vigna Catiang) : 



(2) as destructive in Monghyr to opium (Papaver somnrferum), 



indigo [Indigofera tinctoria), and rabi crops generally; in 

 this district it was said to be known i.i.fatinga or gaduhya : 



(3) as doing considerable damage in Umballa to wheat [Triticum 



saiivwm), barley [Hordeum vulgare), linseed {Linum usita- 

 tissimurn), and rape-seed {Brassica glauca) : 



(4) as associated with other Aerididse in doing considerable damage 



to indigo {Indigofera tinctoria) in the North-West Provinces, 

 where the insect was said to be known locally as gadhao: 



(5) as associated with other Aerididse in nipping off young chir 



{Piuus longifolia) plants in the Norfch-West Provinces. 



214. Cntantops axillnris Sanss. — Reported as attacking young paddy 

 [Oryza saliva) plants in Howrah, where, with other Aerididse, it is said 

 to be known as katforing. An allied species, identified by Dr. de Saussure 

 as Cataniops indicus, has been reported as one of the AcrididEe which nip 

 o^ \o\mg c\\\r {Pinns longifoUa) plants in the North-West Provinces. 



215. (Edalus marwwrafus Linn. — Reported, with other Aerididse, as 

 defoliating sugarcane [SaccJiariim officinarum) plants in Cawnpore. 

 Species of (Edalus also have been reported both amongst the Aerididse 



