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  mological 
  Society 
  of 
  Washington, 
  Vol. 
  XXII, 
  page 
  191, 
  as 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  

   with 
  the 
  name 
  Poecilogonalos 
  mimus. 
  From 
  the 
  description 
  I 
  am 
  almost 
  

   sure 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  my 
  Poecilogonalos 
  fulvoscutellata. 
  If 
  both 
  

   these 
  happen 
  to 
  be 
  same, 
  Professor 
  Cockerell's 
  name 
  must 
  sink 
  and 
  

   mine 
  should 
  have 
  the 
  priority, 
  having 
  been 
  published 
  earlier. 
  

  

  COLEOPTERA. 
  

  

  Attelahus 
  discolor, 
  Fb. 
  (Plate 
  III, 
  fig. 
  2.) 
  

   This 
  pretty 
  weevil 
  was 
  noted 
  in 
  December 
  last 
  in 
  the 
  Walayar 
  

   forests, 
  Coimbatore, 
  on 
  Terminalia 
  shoots. 
  They 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  good 
  

   numbers 
  twisting 
  the 
  leaves 
  into 
  characteristic 
  knots 
  and 
  doing 
  some 
  

   appreciable 
  damage. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  Aj)oderus 
  ecJmius 
  

   and 
  AUelabus 
  8-pimctata. 
  This 
  has 
  been 
  noted 
  before 
  by 
  Stebbing 
  

   in 
  the 
  Coimbatore 
  district 
  on 
  Anogeissns 
  latifolia. 
  

  

  Lablah 
  vine 
  gall-weevil. 
  (Curculionidfe.) 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Kistna 
  delta, 
  while 
  engaged 
  in 
  paddy 
  stem-borer 
  work, 
  I 
  noticed 
  

   that 
  in 
  the 
  main 
  vines 
  of 
  Dolichos 
  lab-lab 
  were 
  found 
  prominent 
  galls 
  

   close 
  to 
  the 
  ground 
  level. 
  On 
  cutting 
  open 
  the 
  gall 
  a 
  weevil 
  was 
  found 
  

   to 
  breed 
  inside 
  the 
  spongy 
  matter. 
  The 
  gall 
  is 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  man's 
  

   fist. 
  I 
  am 
  unable 
  to 
  state 
  whether 
  the 
  gall 
  was 
  produced 
  by 
  the 
  weevil 
  

   or 
  whether 
  the 
  weevil 
  selected 
  the 
  gall 
  for 
  breeding 
  purposes 
  after 
  its 
  

   formation. 
  The 
  weevil 
  is 
  dark 
  brown 
  in 
  colour 
  and 
  stoutly 
  built. 
  In 
  

   appearance 
  it 
  resembles 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  DesmidojjJiorus. 
  

  

  Morinda 
  shoot-borer 
  beetle. 
  (Scolytidse.) 
  

  

  In 
  my 
  last 
  paper 
  I 
  have 
  made 
  reference 
  to 
  this 
  insect 
  as 
  a 
  borer 
  

   into 
  the 
  tender 
  shoots 
  of 
  Morinda 
  tinctoria 
  in 
  Coimbatore. 
  This 
  insect 
  

   has 
  recently 
  been 
  identified 
  as 
  Hypothenemus 
  'plumerim, 
  Nor. 
  The 
  insect 
  

   does 
  some 
  damage 
  to 
  the 
  tender 
  shoots 
  and 
  attacked-shoots 
  drop 
  down 
  

   faded, 
  which 
  indicates 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  pest. 
  

  

  Arcecerusfasciculatus, 
  DeG. 
  (Anthribidse). 
  

  

  This 
  well-known 
  beetle 
  has 
  recently 
  been 
  found 
  to 
  breed 
  inside 
  

   fruits 
  of 
  the 
  Persian 
  Nim 
  tree 
  {Melia 
  sp.) 
  in 
  numbers 
  on 
  the 
  Coimbatore 
  

   farm. 
  Though 
  a 
  well-known 
  pest 
  of 
  areca-nuts 
  in 
  India, 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  

   yet 
  come 
  across 
  this 
  insect 
  on 
  areca 
  nor 
  have 
  we 
  received 
  any 
  definite 
  

   reports 
  regarding 
  the 
  damage 
  done 
  by 
  this 
  insect 
  till 
  now 
  from 
  the 
  

   West 
  Coast 
  tracts 
  which 
  have 
  extensive 
  areca 
  gardens. 
  

  

  