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MONOPHLEBUS TECTONZ& ? 
GREEN. 
Reference :—Provisionally named by Mr. E. E. Green. The spetimens of 
this insect obtained to date have proved insufficient to fully 
determine and describe it. 
Classification :—Order, HEMIPTERA. Family, Coccide. Sub-Family, 
Monophlebine, 
Description. 
_  ¢.Larva. Only from a quarter to one-third grown larve 
of this insect have yet been discovered. They much resemble 
externally those of 1, Stebdzngit, Green, the maturer forms being 
covered with the white powdery substance, A few in a more 
advanced condition were obtained. 
¢. The male insect is not yet known in any of its stages. 
Life History. 
Only the younger stages of the female have yet been dis- 
covered. They were found sucking the juices from the leaves of 
the teak tree (Tectona grandis) during the latter part of July in 
Berar. Later on in August I found them in a more advanced 
stage feeding upon the twigs of the trees in the Central Pro- 
vinces. I pointed the insect out to the Range Officer in the 
Singrampur forest of the Damoh division and he informed 
me that it was sometimes to be found in large numbers 
crowded on the twigs and branches in November. If this proves 
to be the case the fact is most interesting and is well worthy 
of the closest attention, since these insects when in large 
numbers are capable of greatly retarding the growth of the trees 
they attack, whilst at the same time often probably rendering 
their shape crooked and distorted. 
Areas from which reported. 
This insect was discovered in the Melghat forest, Berar, in 
July, and the next month in the Damoh division of the Central 
Provinces, in each case on the teak tree. 
Beyond the above notes nothing is known about the life 
history of this Monophlebus which has still to be worked out. 
Both the g and 9? mature insects are likely to resemble 
externally those shown in PI, J, figs. 7 and 8, 
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