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The species mentioned include : — The Rutehd beetles, Anomala 

 <aurora, Arrow, and A. pallidvspila , Arrow, on peach ; Adorefus 

 lasiopygus, Brsk., on vines ; A. versutus, Har., on leaves of vine, fig, 

 pear and plum ; A. horticola, Arrow, on leaves of vine, fig, apple, pear 

 and plum ; Xanthotrachelus f annus, 01., and X. perlatus, F., on 

 sunflowers ; Cryptorrhynchus poricollis, Fst., and Alcides frenatus, 

 Fst., on mango ; Myocalandra exarata, Boh., in bamboo ; Calandra 

 linearis, Hbst., in stored tamarind fruits ; Stromatium barbatum in 

 stored timber ; the Dermestids, Attagenus undulatus, Mots., and Trogo- 

 derma versicolor, Creutz., in stored cereals ; the Bombyliid fly, Systo- 

 echus socius, Wlk., predaceous on eggs of the Deccan grasshopper, 

 Colemania sphenarioides ; the Syrphids, Paragus serratus, F., and 

 Sphaerophoria scutellata, F., predaceous on Aphids ; the Tipuhd, Conosia 

 irrorata, Wied., probably a minor pest of rice ; Sesamia inferens, Wlk., on 

 rice, sugar-cane, maize, wheat, sorghum ; S. imiformis, Ddgn., on sugar- 

 cane and maize ; Calpe ophideroides, on peaches and nectarines ; Othreis 

 {Ophideres) fullonica, attacking pomelo fruits ; Leucophlebia lineata, 

 which is a minor pest of sugar-cane and has also been recorded from 

 Formosa and Java ; Phthorimaea operculella mining the leaves of the 

 egg-plant, Solanum melongena ; Argyroploce erotius, Meyr., Anarsia 

 melanoplecta and Chelaria spathota, Meyr., on mango ; the Gelechiids, 

 Sitotroga cerealella, 01., Epithectis studiosa, Meyr., and Aristotelia 

 aiisieropa, Meyr., in stored rice ; Laspeyresia trichocrossa, Meyr., and 

 Gracilaria soyella, van Dev., on Cajanus indicus (red gram) ; Acrocer- 

 cops ordinatella, Meyr., a leaf -miner of camphor ; Acrolepia man- 

 ganeutis, Meyr., in stored yams ; Prays citri. Mill., a possible pest of 

 citrus ; Pentasobathra sirina, Meyr., on indigo ; the Indian clothes 

 moth, Trichophaga abruptella, Woll., which replaces T. tapetzella in hot 

 countries ; the Pentatomids, Rhynchocoris kumeralis, Thunb., a minor 

 pest of orange and R. plagiatus on coca {Erythroxylon coca) in India and 

 Ceylon ; the Aleurodids, Aleurodes (Dialeurodes) citri, Riley and How., 

 on citrus and jasmine, A. eugeniae, Mask., on Eugenia, Aleuro- 

 canthus nubilans, Buckt., on betel leaves {Piper betel), A. piperis, Mask., 

 on pepper, A. spiniferus, Quaint., on citrus, Neomaskellia bergi, Sign., 

 and Aleurolobus barodensis, Mask., on sugar-cane ; Liogryllus bimacu- 

 latus, feeding on gram seeds and larvae of Agrotis ypsilon. Coptotermes 

 gestroi is recorded from Assam. The opinion is expressed that the 

 termite which is recorded under this name as damaging rubber in the 

 Malay peninsula, is probably C. curvignathus, Holmgr. 



MisRA (C. S.). Report on Investigations regarding the Maho {Nepho- 

 tettix bipunctatus and N. apicalis) in the Central Provinces.— 

 Dir. ofAgric, no. 2423, printed by Govt. Press, Nagpur, 18th April 

 1916, 11 pp., 1 fig. [Received 30th August 1916.] 



A survey of the rice-growing areas in and in the neighbourhood of 

 Janjgir showed that Nephotettix bipunctatus and N. apicalis were more 

 abundant on rice plants growing on laud where the foHage w^as most 

 succulent. Adults and nymphs in some areas were parasitised to a 

 slight extent by a species of Dryinid. In one instance an egg-mass was 

 found to be attacked by a Chalcid parasite ; mites were seen to feed 

 on the eggs in several cases. Predaceous enemies of nymphs and 

 adults were apparently absent. N. bipunctatus and iV^. apicalis 



