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road, and from grass at the side of a road a Pyralid moth and here 

 also it attempted to catch a noctuid (Chloridea obsoleta) which, 

 however, got away ; and a beetle (possibly a Tenebrionid) on a 

 road. The young are fed principally on caterpillars and Ficus fruit, 

 and to a less extent on moths, bugs and earthworms. No damage 

 appears to be done to orchard fruits. It feeds, however, exten- 

 sively on wild fruits, especially on Ficus and on mulberries. 



521. Oriolus melanocepkalus. It feeds chiefly on fruit, espe- 

 cially on the figs of the banyan and other Fici ; it is said also to 

 eat blossoms and buds. Jerd. B. I, II, 111. Almost entirely on 

 fruit. Bom. Gazette, Cutch, Vol. X, p. 76. 



Stomachs examined 



9-1-08. 3 Myllocerus discolor. 



1 Spider. 



22-1-08. 7 Dysdercus cingulatut. 



2 LygcBus hospes. 

 1 Noctuid moth. 



2-2-09. 1 Odynerus punctum. 



1 Lawana conspersa. 



Ficus fruit. 

 3-2-07. 1 Lygceus hospes. 



3 Myllocerus sp. 



1 Dysdercus cingulatus. 

 Ficus fruit. 



12-2-08. 1 Foliates hebroeus. 



2 Spiders. 

 Ficus fruit. 



14-2-07. Ficus fruit. 



17-2-08. 8 Dysdercus cingulatus. 



2 Myllocerus discolor. 

 2 Myllocerus blandus. 



Small Geometrid larva. 

 10-3-07. 1 Dysdercus cingulatus. 

 2 Lygceus sp. 

 1 Nezara viridula ? 



Ficus fruit. 

 19-3-07. 5 Geometrid larvae. 



Ficus fruit. 

 21-4-07. 5 (Ecophylla smaragdina. 



1 Caradrina pecten ? 

 Ficus fruit. 



21-4-07. 2 Small larvae. 



Ficus fruit. 

 30-4-07. 5 Opatrum sp. 



2 Myllocerus discolor. 



3 Small weevils. 



