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each locality according to the conditions, and anyone who is acquainted 

 with those of rice cultivation in Eastern Bengal, the enormous area 

 concerned, the lethargy of the cultivators, the difficulties of communi- 

 cation and other factors, will realise that progress is bound to be 

 slow, particularly while the numbers of trained assistants are so 

 inadequate. 



Beeson (C. F. C). The Food Plants of Indian Forest Insects. Parts 

 I and II. — Indian Forester, Allahabad, xlv, nos. 2-3, February 

 and March 1919, pp. 49-56 and 139-153. 



These lists of food-plants of Indian forest insects form part of a 

 series of annotated lists of those species of which the food-plants 

 are known, with their distribution and feeding habits. The data 

 obtained are largely incidental to investigations carried out on a few 

 of the principal timber trees, the records being for the most part new. 



Some of the more important Coleopterous insects dealt with include 

 the Anthribids, Araecerus fasciculatus, De G., in Areca catechu and 

 in Papilionaceae ; Eucorynus crassicornis, F., in Shorea robusta and 

 Terminalia tomentosa ; Phloeobius apicalis, Wlk., in Xylia dolabri- 

 formis ; Physopterus agrestis, Boh., in S. robusta ; Xylinades plagiatus, 

 Jord., in S. robusta and X. dolabriformis ; the Bostrychids, Apate 

 submedia, Wlk., in Casuarina equisetifolia ; Bostrychopsis parallela, 

 Lesne, in Dendrocalamus strictus ; Dinoderus brevis, Horn, in D. strictus 

 and S. robusta ; D. distinctus, Lesne, in Mangifera indica ; D. minutus, 

 F., and D. joilifrons, Lesne, in D. strictus and bamboos ; Heterobostry- 

 chus aeqiialis, Waterh., in Bombax malabaricum, D. strictus, S. robusta 

 and other plants ; H. pileatus, Lesne, and H. unicornis, Lesne, in 

 S. robusta ; Sinoxylon anale, Lesne, in Acacia catechu, M. indica, 

 S. robusta and other plants ; S. atratum, Lesne, in A . catechu and 

 Anogeissus lati folia ; S. capillatum, Lesne, in Albizzia lebbeh, S. robusta 

 and other plants ; S. crassum, Lesne, in A. catechu and Albizzia 

 procera ; Xylodectes ornatus, Lesne, in Acacia catechu and Terminalia 

 belerica ; Xylopsocus capucinus, F., in M. indica ; Xylothrips Jlavipes, 

 111., in M. indica, S. robusta and Theobroma cacao ; the Brenthid, 

 Hormocerus reticulatus, Lund, in Bombax malabaricum and Casta- 

 nopsis tribuloides ; the Bruchid, Caryoborus [Pachymerus) gonager, 

 F., in Bauhinia malabarica, B. racemosa. Cassia spp., Casua- 

 rina equisetifolia, Prosopis juliflora and Tamarindus indica ; the 

 Buprestids, Acmaeodera kerremansi, Stebb., in Dalbergia sissoo ; 

 A. stictipennis, C. & G., in Bauhinia vahlii and S. robusta; Agrilus 

 birmanicus, Kerr., in D. sissoo ; Ancylocheira geometrica, C. & G., 

 n Pinus longifolia ; A. kashmirensis, Fahm., in Cedrus deodara ; 

 Anthaxia notaticollis, Chevr., and A. osmastoni, Stebb., in Pinus 

 longifolia ; Belionota prasina, Thunb., in Mangifera indica, Psidium 

 guyava and other plants ; Capnodis indica. Thorns., in Eugenia 

 jambolana and Pinus longifolia ; Chrysochroa {Megaloxantha) bicolor, 

 F., in Theobroma cacao and Xylia dolabriformis ; Chrysobothris indica, 

 C. & G., ia Shorea robusta and Terminalia tomentosa ; C. quadrati- 

 collis, K#rr., in T. tomentosa ; C. sexnotata. Gory, in S. robusta ; 

 Psiloptera {Lampetis) fastuosa, ¥., in Acacia arabica and Tectorw, 

 grandis ; P. {L.) viridans, Kerr., in Shorea robusta and T. tomentosa ; 

 Sphenoptera aterrima, Kerr., and S. lafertii, Thorns., in Cedrus deodara; 



