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178. Chloeita flavesckns Fabr. (Jassidse). — A small greeu insect, 

 about the size of a house fly, which is known in Assam as the blister 

 hligJit and in Sikkirn as the green jly blight. It attacks tea {Camellia 

 tJieifera) bushes and damages the vitality of the leaves by sucking up 

 their juices. It is said in some cases to do considerable damage. 



179. Idiocents niveosparsus Letbierry (Jassidas). — A small green 

 insect, much like the gree7i fiy Might ot tea. It attacks the flowers of 

 mango [lilangifera indica) trees, and is said to damage them to a serious 

 extent. The closely allied species I. ch/pealis Leth. and /. atkinsonii 

 Leth. have also been reported in the same connection. 



180. ScHizONEUiiA L4NIGEEA Hausmann (AphidteJ. — A minute insect, 

 known as American blig/it, which has been reported as exceedingly de- 

 structive to apple [Pp-Tis Mains) trees in the Nilgiris and Nortb-West 

 Himalayas. The pest is a cosmopolitan one. It may be easily recognised 

 by the peculiar knotty tumours which it raises on the branches and roots 

 of the trees attacked by it. 



181. Lachnus fuliginoms Buckton (Aphidse). — A minute insect, 

 which has been reported as doing considerable damage to apricot {Pru. 

 nus armeniaca), almond. {Prunus communis), and peach [Prnnus persica) 

 trees in Baluchistan. It is found on the branches, which it is said to 

 wound to such an extent as to cause them to bleed profusely. 



182. Aphis coffece Nietner (Aphidse). — A minute insect, known as the 

 Cofee louse, which is said to attack coffee (Coffea arabica) bushes in 

 Ceylon (Nietner). 



18.3. Ceglonia theacola Buckton (AjDhidse). — A minute insect, known 

 as the Tea aphis, which is reported as attacking young tea {Camellia 

 theifera) plants in Ceylon (Green). 



184. Pemphigus cinchoim Buckton (Aphidte). — A minute insect 

 found feeding on cinchona {Cinchona sp.) in Sikkim, but not noticed to 

 do much damage. 



185. Cerataphis sp. {ATphidie). — A minute insect, said to attack cin- 

 chona [cinchona sp.)^ in Sikkim, not hitherto noticed as] doing any parti- 

 cular damage. 



186. Aphis brassicne Linn, or an allied species (Aphidaj). — Is a 

 minute insect, which has been reported as doing much mischief to the 

 mustard {Brassica) crops in Hooghly. It is likely to be the same as the 

 Aphid which has bi?en reported as attacking the mustard crop in Assam 

 where it is known by the Assamese as moioa or mewa. 



1»7. Psylla isitn Buckton (Psyllidse). — A minute insect, which forms 

 galls on indigo {Indigofera tiuctona) ]ilants. It was reported iu 1890 

 as excessively destructive to indigo in Bengal. 



188. Psylla cistellata Buckton (Psyllida;). — A small black fly-like 

 insect, reported as attacking the young shoots of mango {Mangifera 



