202 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vor =e 
americana). Each cockroach stood over one of the termites with 
its legs spread out and firmly planted and, seizing the struggling 
insect in its jaws, began to gnaw the abdomen. If disturbed 
the cockroach carried the termite away in its mandibles, making 
no use of its legs in seizing, holding or carrying the prey. Some- 
times the whole body except the wings was devoured, sometimes 
only the abdomen. The termite lived for a considerable time after 
being attacked. 
N. ANNANDALE, 
Superintendent, Ind. Mus. 
NOTE ON A!deomyta squammipenna,' ARRIBALZAGA.—At the 
latter part of December, 1909, I paid a visit to Bhogaon and 
Katihar in the Purneah District, N. Bengal, and while I was engaged 
in examining the trunks of old mango trees in quest of Ascalaphid 
larve, my attention was attracted by some small insects which 
took to flight on the tree trunks being touched. I could not at 
first discover what these insects were, as I could not notice 
anything moving about on the portion of the bark before me. 
After a closer examination I discovered that several specimens of 
the above species of mosquito were resting on the bark and as 
their colour so much resembled the dirty colour of the tree bark, 
it rendered it difficult to see them. Apparently they took shelter 
on these old trees as a kind of protection from any injury. I exa- 
mined younger trees with the bark comparatively smooth, but 
failed to find any specimens. 
Although these mango trees are quite close to a house I found 
no specimens in the house at Bhogaon, neither by day nor at 
night. 
Mr. Theobald states that it inhabits houses and bites, but 
according to Dr. Lutz it has not been observed to sting in South 
America. I found 6 females and 8 males resting on mango tree 
trunks at Bhogaon and 4 males resting on a wall inside a house by 
day at Katihar. All these specimens agree with the specimens 
in the Indian Museum collection which have been examined by 
Mr. Theobald. They also agree with Theobald’s description. 
This species has previously been recorded from British Guiana, 
Brazil, Argentine, Madras, and Perak (Theobald), and the Museum 
possesses two 2 specimens, one from base of Dawna hills, Lower 
Burma, “‘taken in bungalow,” 2-iii-o8 (Annandale), and the other 
at light on board ship, 4 miles off Tuticorin, S. India, 25-v-08 
(C. Paiva). This species appears to be rare in India. 
C. Palva, 
Assistant, Ind. Mus. 
NAMED SPECIMENS OF CHRYSOMELIDA) IN THE INDIAN 
MusrEumM.—By request of the Superintendent I have examined 
1 Theobald, Monogr. Culicid., ii, p. 219 (1901). 
