No. L] Further Notes. 71 



" Two kinds o£ insects known respectively as Gandhipilna and Lobipilna, which 

 destroy the flowers and pods of ghangra. 



" Lalpilna, a red insect, due to cloudy weather, which eats up the seeds of ghangra 

 when they are green and soft. 



" Gondhi plants suffer from three different kinds of insects, all of which suck up 

 the undeveloped seeds. The three insects are (a) a kind of fly due to excess of rain ; 



(b) and (c) insects known respectively as Chilna and gondhi, which are due to excess 

 of rain and heat. 



" Barai plants suffer from four different kinds of insects, all of which eat up the 

 leaves and cut the stalk. These insects are known as (a) Balua, (b) Chornopilna, 



(c) Lahipilna, {d) Gandui, which is a kind of fly, supposed to be due to excess of 

 rain and heat. 



"Three different kinds of flies all of which suck the undeveloped seeds, viz. (a) 

 Gandhi which damages gora and hodo crops ; (b) Chilna which attacks gora and 

 dighio crops, and is supposed to he due to excess of rain and heat ; (c) MaJchi, which 

 damages the dighio crop and is supposed to arise in grass. 



" Kharpuri, a small green insect which attacks dhan plants, at the time of 

 flowering, and causes them to wither. 



" Bohhi, a white insect which eats up dhan plants. 



" Balna, a red insect which eats up kurthi seeds, in cloudy weather, when they 

 are green and soft. 



" Balna pilna, a pest supposed to be due to excess of rain which destroys the green 

 til pods. 



" Gandhi pilna, a pest which arises in cloudy weather and destroys the flowers of 

 sarso. 



" Lurka, a green insect which eats up the grain of boot when it is green and soft 

 in cloudy weather. 



" Balna, a red insect which eats up the grain of khasari, when it is green and soft, 

 in cloudy weather. 



" Kajra, green, black and red insects which cut pushta plants, in cloudy weather, 

 when they are 4 to 6 inches high. 



" White ants known as dewant which are supposed to be due to dampness ; they cut 

 the roots of young kitari plants when less than 18 inches high. 



" Kijra, a green insect which eats up the young plants of gohum and jas when 

 they are about 6 inches high." 



. ' . ' , , The following is from a report dated 7th Nov- 



A Hazanbagh report. 



ember 1888, from the Deputy Commissioner of 



Hazaribagh — • 



" 1. Gandhi Macchi. — Attacks gora dhan and badhian dhan while the crop is in 

 ear. It destroys up to twelve annas of the crop. This pest generally appears in the 

 year in which the rains set in early, that is, in May. 



" 2. Lahi heeda and Bhua keeda. — Attack ' urid,' ' baroi,' and ' sim,' when 

 they are almost ready for being harvested, and destroy them completely. 



" 3. Gandhi keeda and Bhogjogri keeda. — Damage the leaves of kohrah, ghangro 

 and other creepers. 



"4. Banki keeda. — Attacks the dhan plant, generally when it is transplanted late, 

 and the transplantation is followed by heavy showers of rain." 



The Collector of Bankoora (Mr. W. V. G. Taylor) in a report, dated 

 Bankoora report. 25th August 1888, writes : — 

 " The occurrence of an insect pest in the jurisdiction of police station Khatra, in the 

 paddy fields of villages Ambicanagar, Kapradara, Banzilla, Darsole and Huridraban 



