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be found everywhere in India. Aphanus is commonly represented by 
dull brown or black bugs found among fallen leaves and in abundance 
Fig. 453— Artemidorus 
pressus. x 4 
Fig. 454—OXYCARE- 
NUS LiETUS. 
(After Distant .) 
in the debris at the base of the trunk of a big tree such as a pipal ( Ficus 
religiosa). A. sordidus, Fabr., A. bengalensis , Disk, and A. orientalis , 
Disk, appear to be the common species. De 
Niceville’s observation as to the injury caused 
by the former insect has never been confirmed 
and, apart from this one instance, these insects 
have not been recorded as injurious. They have, 
however, been found to infest threshing floors 
and to carry off the wheat grains to the margins 
of the floor and hide them. What nourishment 
they can extract from a dry wheat grain seems 
doubtful, unless their salivary excretion has sol¬ 
vent powers, but they carry off the grains so 
abundantly that the cultivators require to collect them again every 
morning. 
Fig. 455— Pamera 
VIN'CTA, X 4. 
Dieuches uniguttatus, Thunb., is an abundant insect among fallen 
leaves in grass ; it resembles Pamera but is larger. Other species of 
Dieuches will be found, D . leucoceras, Wlk., being widely spread but not 
common. Pceantius festivus, Disk, is the last of these small dusky bugs 
found among leaves that we can mention here ; it is known from Bengal 
and Behar but probably has a wider distribution. 
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