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(Apis indica) and proved destructive to a number of old 

 stored combs. The caterpillar feeds on wax as well as on 

 the debris that collects in a hive and even nibbles the felt 

 blankets which are kept over the top of the frames. It 

 also feeds on dry propolis, and seems, to be a scavenger 

 under natural conditions. 



(2) Chlumetia transversa (Noctuidae; C. S. 1960). The 

 larvae bore into mango shoots but can feed on the leaves 

 also. 



(3) Camponotus maculatus infuscus (Formicidae; C. S. 

 1983). These black ants were observed to nibble the tender 

 shoots, leaf-stalks and leaves of brinjal at Pusa in Novem- 

 ber. The shoots and leaves so attacked withered. In this 

 way these ants may be a minor pest under favourable condi- 

 tions. 



(4) Heterobosirychus ivqualis (Bostrychidse ; C. S. 

 2023) (Plate VIII). This dry- wood borer was received in 

 September from Deolali where bully rafters were being 

 destroyed by it. The grubs fed and developed and emerged 

 as beetles in May- June and the insect seems to have only 

 one generation in the year. 



(5) Sinoxylon anale (Bostrychidse) (Plate IX, fig. 1). 

 Specimens of this species also were received from the 

 Assistant Controller of Textile Stores, Bombay, as damag- 

 ing articles made of wood, e.g., packing cases, handles of 

 brushes, etc. 



(6) Stromatium barbatum (Cerambycidae). Eggs of 

 this Longicorn beetle were obtained at Pusa in June 1917 

 and the larvae have been feeding now for three years in dry 

 wood, no adults having emerged so far. This larva is a 

 common wood-borer in household furniture and may 

 evidently have a prolonged existence in the larval stage 

 under dry conditions. 



(7) Agrotis ypsiloji, A. flammatra and Euocoa spinifera 

 occurred in the gram fields at Pusa about March in practi- 

 cally equal numbers. Opportunity was taken to prepare a 

 coloured plate showing the life-history of Agrotis flam- 

 matra. 



