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FULGORID. 
Classification:—Order, HEMIPTERA, Family, Fulgoride. 
Tree attacked :—Casuarina equisetifolia. 
The writer discovered this insect, which isa small black 
shining “hopper,” clustered on the green branches of the tree 
at the beginning of July. It was found fairly plentifully both at 
Waltair and Chatrapur (Ganjam). The insect was in all stages 
of development, from minute little green specks to larger shining 
black insects ;th inch in length, but still wingless, to full- 
fledged winged insects of a greyish-black appearance and $rd 
inch in length. The insects feed entirely by suction, and from 
youngest to oldest had their beaks, of which their mouth-parts 
consist, embedded in the bark of the branches from which they 
were engaged in sucking out the sap. 
At present nothing more appears to be known about this 
pest, which has not previously been reported. Observations 
are required asto when it first makes its appearance in the year 
and as to how longit is to be found in this manner in all 
stages of its life-history upon the trees, There is no doubt 
that it might develop into a serious pest in nurseries and young 
plantations where, owing to its small size and inconspicuousnesss 
it would probably escape notice for some time. 
