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" Poonchi — Attacks paddy seedlings before they are transplanted and destroys all 

 the leaves. 



" Kuttr a or Pah in and the Surra pillua '(Green Worm)— Attacks the tender 

 leaves of the dhan and makai respectively, and weaken the plants considerably. 



" Kujra — Attacks the dhan, if there is cloudy weather just as the ears are 

 forming, and severs them. 



" Muhhi — Attacks the young grains of dhan and marwa, suoks up the milk and 

 leaves only the husk. 



w Gundhi — Impregnates the grains of murwa on which it happens to sit with the 

 substance which emits the disagreeable odour, for which the insect is notorious, and 

 the grains have a nasty smell and assume a shrivelled appearance. 



'\Bulua —Attacks the young grains of kurthi, khesiari, chena, urid, masoor and 

 moong, and destro3 T s them completely. 



" Lahee or JBoorhia pillua — A red fly which attacks mustard plants and vegetables 

 such as khisa andjhinga and destroys them completely. 



" Tiddi, or locust, is rare, but not unknown. 



" The above, the Giridih officer says, are all visible, but there is a disease in dhan 

 plants known as Aren or Bhinks ; it attaoks the plants when in ear and is supposed 

 by many to be caused by a small insect inside the stalk," 



The following" information has been supplied by the Manager of 

 Chota Nagpur Raj : — 



'• Bauku — Affects both planted and sown dhan (rioe), particularly if sown late ; rice 

 affected turns white and dies. Insect surrounds itself with leaves and makes a pipe 

 in which it lives. The preventive measure adopted by ryots is good — early culti- 

 vation and keeping fields moist ; if they do oocur in early crop, they flood it and try to 

 drown them and beat them off the plants into water. 



" Flies or (Makkhi)-*- Of different kinds said to drink the milk of corn forming. 

 To prevent this, ryots put branches of trees in their fields to attract birds to rest and 

 then to eat the flies. 



" Hardak or Gowrab — Attack the wheat, hardak is said to attack it when 

 yellow, and gowrab when it is red. 



" Ghangra-~Green color, ^ inch long, found in gram and kesari pulse. 



*' Lakes — Small flies ; occur in rains ; attack ' sarso,' ' lotin,' ' rahr ' and dry them 

 up. 



M Black and red ants — Are injurious to silk cultivation." 



The Manager says that any further information, or specimens of any 

 of these can be provided if required. 



The following extract is taken from a report, dated 29th October 



1888, by the Sub-Divisional Officer of Palamow, 



t ° "''"" Lohurdugga, Chota Nagpore, forwarded by the 



Director of Land Records and Agriculture, Bengal. 



The report notices that, of all the insects mentioned in the list, the locusts 



are the most injurious, totally destroying the crops on which they 



settle : — 



" 1. Lahi — A kind of black insect ; does great mischief to mustard and barai. 

 ".2. Tidi — (Locusts) are o£ various kinds of different size and color, the biggest 

 are about 3 or 4 inches in length. They are rarely seen, but whenever they appear in 

 great numbers they totally destroy the crops on which they settle. The smaller ones 



