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of 1882-83. A species of Caloptenus also has been reported among-st other 

 Acrididse as nipping- off young ehir {Finns longifolioi) plants in the 

 North-West Provinces. 



2(l9. CyttacanihacTis ranacea Stoll. — One of the Acrididte reported 

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



210. Oxya furcifera SerVo— -One of the Acrididse reported in con- 

 nection with the Bombay locust invasion of 1882-83. 



211. Oxija veloiv Burm. — One of the Acrididse reported in connection 

 with the damag-e done by so-called locusts in Ganjara in 1891. It 

 was also similarly reported in the same district in 1890. 



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

 locust of the Palsearctic zone was reported amono-st other Acrididffi^ both 

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

 nection with the damage said to have been done by locusts in Gaujam 

 in 1890. 



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

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

 young 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 injury in Budaon to young indigo [Indigo- 



fera tinctoria) plants; also attacking such crops as mash 

 [Phaseolus radiatus), bajra [Pennisetum lyphoideiim), til 

 [Sesnmnm indicum), and iobia [Vigna Catiang) : 



(2) as destructive in Monghyr to opium {Papaver somnifer'um)^ 



indigo [Indigofera fhictoria); and rabi crops generally ; in 

 this district it w!is said to be known 2L,%fatinga or gadnhya : 



(3) as doing considerable damage in Umballa to vi^heat {Triticttm 



safivTim), barley {Hordeum vulgar e), linseed {Linum usiia- 

 tissinmm), and rape-seed {Brassica glanca) : 



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



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

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



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



[Pinus longifolia) plants in the North-West Provinces. 



214. Catantops axillaris Sauss. — Reported as attacking young paddy 

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

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

 as Catanlops indicus, has been reported as one of the Acrididse which nip 

 off young chir [Finns longifolia) plants in the North-West Provinces. 



215. (Edaha marmoratus Linn. — Reported, with other Acrididse, as 

 defoliating sugarcane {Sacchafum officinariim) plants in Cawnpore. 

 Species of (Edahis also have been reported both amongst the Acrididse 



