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UHYNCHOTA. 
Dist., is a small narrow dry-grass species (green when alive), which 
sometimes occurs in great numbers on weeds or cultivated plants. 
R. M. Dixon found it a garden pest in Bombay, and in Pusa it has 
been found infesting tobacco and breeding on it. Halticus minutus, 
Reut., is apparently so-called from the resemblance to a Halticid beetle ; 
it is a small dark shining-black bug, which has been observed by E. E. 
Fig. 480— Gtallobellicus orassicornis ; antenna 
BELOW. (I. M. N.) 
Green to leap like a flea beetle, thus completing the resemblance. It has 
been found in the plains of India. 
Isometopince .“ They are minute insects and require special search 
and collecting.” This is Distant’s remark; he lists 7 species from 
Cevlon and Burmah. 
