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Andrews (E. A.). Notes on Insect Pests of Green Manure and Shade 

 Trees. — Qtrly. Jl. Scient. Dept. hid. Tea Assoc, Calcutta, 1916, 

 Pait i, pp. 18-21. [Received 23rd June 1916.] 



The Noctuid, Prodenia litura, F., attacks tea, tobacco, low- growing 

 leguminous plants, Phaseolus mwigo and Sesbania aculeata. The eggs 

 are laid in masses of from 250 to 300 on the leaves and are protected 

 by hairs derived from the body of the female moth. Hatching takes 

 place in from four to eight days and the larva reaches maturity in 

 from three to four weeks. Pupation occurs in the soil at a depth of 

 about two inches ; the duration of this stage varies from one to four 

 weeks. Measures for control include the collection of egg-masses 

 and young larvae. The Pyralid, Maruca testulalis, Geyer, feeds in 

 the larval stage on the seeds of pulse ; at Borbhetta, Assam, this 

 species was found during September on Crotalaria juncea and Phaseolus 

 mungo inside the rolled and webbed leaves. Affected pods and leaves 

 should be collected and destroyed. M. amboinalis, Feld., was found 

 on the flowers and pods of Tephrosia Candida at Tocklai in November 

 and should be dealt with in the same way. Another Pyralid, Nacoleiu 

 indicata, F., is found on most pulses and on P. mungo. The larva 

 rolls and webs together the leaves of the host plant. The butterfly, 

 Terias hecabe, L., has been found on Acacia decunens. Various species 

 of Bruchus attack the seeds of leguminous plants, both stored and 

 in the field. At Tocklai these beetles have been recorded in the seeds 

 of Tephrosia Candida and Uraria crinita and on those of a species of 

 Desmodium in the Darjiling district. 



Andrews (E. A.). Entomologist's Tour in the Luskerpore District of 

 South Sylhet. — Qtrly. Jl. Scient. Dept. Ind. Tea Assoc, Calcutta, 

 1916, Parti, pp. 24-25. [Received 23rd June 1916.] 



Two forms of termite nests were observed in the district visited. 

 The first consisted of a moimd, which constituted the major portion 

 of the nest, while the royal chamber was placed at or near the soil 

 level. The second type, formed by a species causing serious injury 

 to tea plants, was underground, and was characterised by the presence 

 of auxiliary chambers around and under affected bushes, connected 

 by galleries of apparently very considerable length with the parent nest. 

 Saissetia {Lecanium) hemisphaerica, Lachnosterna sp., and Poecilocoris 

 latus were present in several localities. HelopeUis theivora was found 

 in the Golaghat district, and was easily seen and captured on pruned 

 bushes on which the new leaves were appearing. It was therefore 

 suggested that collecting should begin upon such bushes and that the 

 sections should be treated systematically in the same way. This 

 method of procedure should effectively check the numbers of this 

 insect. 



Troup (R. S.). Pinus longifolia, Roxb. A Sylvicultural Study.— Indian 

 Forest Mem., Calcutta, Sylviculture Ser. i, no. 1, 1916, 126 pp., 

 33 plates. [Received 30th June 1916.] 



This memoir is based on observations made during several years 

 in the most important chir pine forests of India. The distribution 

 and character of such forests are discussed and the questions of 



