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Tlie Tea insects of India. 



year, the number of annual generations, and the plants other than tea 

 which it attacks. 



CURCULIONID^. 



Astycus chrysochlorus, Wied. This beetle was sent to the 

 Indian Museum in April 1892 from a tea garden in Caehar, where it 

 was supposed to have been the cause of some injury to the bushes. 



It was said to strip the young leaves off the tea shoots, but nothing 

 further is known of its habits. The block shows the beetle, natural size, 

 with enlarged figure of its antenna. The insect is covered with tiny 

 scales, which give it a light greenish lustre. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



COSSIDJE. 



Zeuzera coifese, Nietner — (Red borer^). The larva of this 

 moth is a reddish grub, which tunnels into the stems not only of tea 

 bushes, but also of coffee bushes and young sandalwood trees. 



' VVhite borer of Hampson. 



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