Indian Insect Pesls. [Vol, I. 



when the sesamum crop is gathered and stacked on the threshing-floor, 

 the insects appear in vast numbers and eat out the kernel of the seed, 

 leaving only the husk. To prevent the attacks of the insect, the stalks 

 are steeped in water for a day, and thus induce a partial decomposition 

 which produces a bad smell that appears to be distasteful to the insects 

 and checks their progress. Amongst the insects found in the bottle are 

 the small pentatomid, Carbula biguttata, Fabr., — a species belonging 

 to the family Lygaeidae, — and the larvae of several species in too early a 

 stage for identification. It is not considered probable that any of these 

 insects are concerned in eating out the interior of the sesamum seeds. 



The Green Bug. [Nezara viridula, Linn.). 



Atkinson, Jl. As. Soc. Ben., Pt. II, p. 119 (1888). 



This cosmopolitan insect, found almost in every country in the world, 

 has been reported as occurring on potato halms in Bangalore (Mr. J. 

 Cameron). 



Capsid^e. 



Mr. Atkinson has under preparation a monograph of the genus 

 Helopeltis, Sign., to be illustrated with figures of all the described 

 species of this genus. It is well known to all interested in the tea 

 industry as the ' mosquito-blight; ' and would seem to be of great econo- 

 mical interest, both, in Assam and all other tea-growing countries. 



Dispkinctus humeralis, Walker. 



Monalonion id, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. vi, p. 162 (1873). 



This is another pest belonging to the family Capsidae, which, has been 



recently discovered attacking the cinchona at Mungphu in Sikkim. It 



does not, however, seem to have done much damage, and has for some 



time disappeared. 



Walker's description is as follows :— 

 " Red, slender, shining, very finely punctured : head short, triangular, eyes black, 

 prominent: rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae; antenna? black, very slender ; 

 first joint piceous, rather stout, a little shorter than the head ; second joint more 

 than thrice as Ions as the first ; pronotum contracted in front, with two transverse 

 furrows, and with a large black spot on each side posteriorly : legs luteous, slender 

 corium and membrane hyaline, brownish cinereous ; veins brown." 



Long., 8j mill. Reported from Malacca. 



JASSID2E. 



Certain species of the Homopterous section of the Rhynckota found 

 attacking the mango were brought to notice in a letter from Mr. W. 

 Gollan, of the Botanical Gardens, at Saharanpur. Mr. Gollan wrote — 



" I should like to try ' Buhach ' on the mango-bug. By this I do not mean the pest 

 so common in Bengal which attacks the ripe or ripening fruit, but another which 



