Avinash Chandra , V. R. Shivaramakrishnan

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Scaphidium quadrimaculiatum Oliver (Family Scaphidiidae: Coleopiera) has been recorded from India for the first time. Earlier records and figures are inadequate and confusing, hence the need for detailed description.

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S. C. Mishra , Vijay Veer , Avinash Chandra

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A new insect pest, Aristobia horridula Hope, of Dalbergia sissoo is recorded from West Bengal. About 80 to 90 per cent of trees of Dalbergia sissoo plantation was affected at the time of observation.

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Vijay Veer , Avinash Chandra

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Insect pests of Populus deltoides in nurseries and plantations in Assam and West Bengal recorded were two borers, Zeuzera coffeae Nietner, lndarbela quadrinotata Walk ; three species of termites, Coptotermes heimi (Wasm.), Coptotermes kishori Roonwal and Chhotani, Microtermes unicolor Snyder; a leaf miner, Phytomyza sp: two lepidoterous defoliators, pyqoera fulqurita Walk. Pyqaera diniasalis Walk. an aphid, Tuberolachnus sp. and a species of thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood.

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