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1 qut of the division of Tharrawaddy. The beetles appear 
une when the paddy is about 6 inches high, and first attack the ee 
and t on to the stem and roots. ‘The hill tribes or Karens in 
Di district state the beetle has appeared before ; Eee the ou ‘mans are 
latter will be of d'rect use in Burma, but they din possibly Prsgest 
some practical methods to anyone satius with the local featu 
of the p 
understand that the rice in the Taungyas is grown by a dry mothed 
cicer this would a com e ana I habits of the Halticide, 
ich e avoi 
w mp o 
s The fac t that the beetle is well | Sisal i the Karens, and not so well 
he Burmans, is possi y owing to the beetle living in the hills 
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contains a great number of e eam of minute - 
beet] fami mily i isa ins obiipmnbaa one, the difference between 
the various s species being very sli cht. A common feature of the group 
the adaptation of the posterior yet for springing, a feature which in. 
conjunction with their minute size, has. given rise to the popular name 
' flea- : 
rule the beetle passes the winter in the imago condition, and 
ring t the following spring the eggs are deposited in the under surface 
of the leaves of the plant prep: by the beetles. The eggs take in 
mperate climates from 7 to 14 days to hatch, and the larve which 
then emerge are minute, Sinead, whitish grubs, with a black or yellowish- 
brown head. ey provided with six pairs of legs. The larve 
ter existing for a longer or shorter period become pupæ 
The puer ne white, and often enclosed in an earthen cocoon in the 
rer, t e betw the veins d ies leaves, thus 
ducing it to a ese The tester: ics eat the lea 
The wot less are some of the methods which have een successfully : 
used in dealing w | the injurious members of Haltici 
i , prote ected by 
ing E a kled with we kind of finely divided matter which is itself 
ARR to the plant. Amongst these substances powdered lime, soot, 
ad-dust, ashes, and sulphur have been used with success. Sulphur 
v be applied dry d in water. 
iquid | iore the Mert have e effective t t OE, | 
RUE — den eras roter of 2 ee wt fart tol 6 gallo 
