1915.] F. H. GRAVELY: Indian Insects, Myriapods, etc. 491 
pp. 7-15), and John’s ‘‘ Notes on some Termites from Ceylon” 
(Spolia Zeylanica, 1X, pp. 102-116) were published, and in both the 
habits of a number of species are referred to. The most recent 
paper on the habits of Ceylon Termites appears to be by Bugnion ! 
(Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 1914, no. 4, pp. 3-37, pl. i-viii). 
Termites usually ‘‘swarm’’ inthe rains; but in some species 
at least winged adults are ready to emerge even in the cold wea- 
ther, and need only the stimulus of rain to bring them out. The 
cold weather of I914-5 was remarkable in Calcutta for several 
periods of exceptionally damp and chilly weather. On each occa- 
sion numbers of termites were seen flying above the Maidan. On 
one occasion (16-i-15) I found a dense swarm emerging from a 
nest and collected specimens, which have been identified by Mr. 
Fletcher as a species of Odontotermes, probably new. 
PSOCOPTERA. 
Green describes the habits of Scaly-Winged Psocids (Sfolia 
Zeylanica, IV, pp. 123-125) and of Psocids which combine to 
spin extensive webs on trees (Sfolia Zeylanica, VIII, 1912, p. 71, 
T pl., 2 text-figs.). 
The habits of Psocids, and the occurrence of fatal epidemics 
among gregarious species, are referred to by Cunningham (‘‘ Plagues 
and Pleasures’’, pp. 151-5). 
ODONATA. 
Observations on the food of dragonflies have been recorded by 
Meanie) soo .o:) XV p= .530),-Letroy (J.B.N.H-S.,. XX, 
pp. 236-8), Fulton (J/.B.N.H.S., XX, p. 876), and Green (who 
publishes information supplied him by Mr. John Pole, Spolza 
Zeylamica, VIII, p. 299). The oviposition of dragonflies is des- 
cribed by Cunningham (‘‘ Plagues and Pleasures’’, pp. 133-5). 
The vitality of dragonfly larvae out of water form the subject of 
a note by Green (Sfolia Zeylanica, V, pp. 104-105). 
NEUROPTERA (s. sir.). 
Annandale notices the habits of an Indian Sisyva larva 
(i-A_S.b: |0.s.], Lie pp» 194-5, pl. i, fig.-3).* 
1 Other papers by this author are scattered in various journals. The fol- 
lowing list of those dealing to some extent with the habits of Oriental Termites is 
compiled from reprints sent to Mr. T. Bainbrigge Fletcher :—‘‘ Le Termite noir 
de Ceylan”’, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1909, pp. 271-281, pl. vili-x ; another paper 
with the same title, Bull. Soc. Vaud. Sci. Nat., XLVII (173), pp- 417-437, 
figs.1-5; ‘‘ Observations relatives A 1’Industrie des Termites ”’, Ann. Soc. Ent. 
Fr., 1910, pp. 129-144; ‘ Eutermes lacustris, nov. sp. de Ceylan”’, Rev. Suisse 
Zool., XX, 1912, pp. 487-505, 1 text-fig., pl. vii-viii; ‘Le Termes Hornz, Wasm. 
de Ceylan, Rev. Suisse Zool., XXI, 1913, pp- 299-330, I text-fig., pl. x1-xiii ; 
“Les Termites de Ceylan’’, Le Globe, Organe Soc. Geogr. Geneve, LAD IA. aioycy 
pp. 2-36, pl. i-viil. 
2 Not fig. 2 as stated in the text of the paper. This probably represents the 
larva of a Trichopteron, not a beetle. 
