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many mosquitoes. Jerd. 

 LXV., 81. 



Stomachs examined 



B. I., II., 229. Millet. A. S. B. 



1907. 31 specimens. 



These invariably contained grass, weed-seeds and vegetable matter in 

 major proportion. Most (23) also contained traces or, in a few cases, 

 a large percentage of insect remains, weevi'.s find ants principally. 



1908. 23 specimens. 



Similar to those examined in 1907. 19 contained insects. 

 8-3-07. 1 Bagrada picta. 



2 Ephemerid wings. 



3 Myllocerus sp. 



Grass and weed seeds. 



1 Small pebble. 

 8-3-07. 3 Phtidole malinsi. 



2 Cydnus nigritus. 

 Grass and weed seeds. 



18-3-09. 2 Ephemerids ? 



2 Tanymecus sp. ? 

 1 Bagrada picta. 



3 Hemiptera (heads). 

 12 Grass seeds. 



1 Small pebble 



18-3-09 2 Small weevils Myllocerus sp. ? a considerable amount of other co 

 leopterous remains, in all probability weevils. 



3 Small seeds. 



1 Small pebble. 

 18-3-09. 3 Chrotogonus sp. '? larvae. 



1 Myllocerus sp. 



2 Small snails (Planorbis sp.). 

 1 Grass seed. 



18-3-09. 2 Hydrophilids. 



1 Cydnus nigritus. 



Small broken Coleoptera. 

 20-3-08. 2 Astycus ? sp. ? 



Grass and weed seeds. 



26-3-07. Some broken Coleopterous remains ('weevils). 

 1 Drasterius sp. (Pusa No. 2148). 



1 Cydnus sp. (Pusa No. 543). 

 8 Small dark seeds. 



26-3-07. 8 Myllocerus sp. Tanymecus sp. 

 26-3-07. 5 Myllocerus sp. 



14 Hydrophilids. Apparently 5 species. 

 8-4-07. 3 Chrotogonus sp. larvae. 



2 Small snails. 



Grass and weed-seeds, 

 9-4-09. 1 Myllocerus sp. 



Grass, and weed-seeds. 

 20-4-07. 2 Aphodiids. 



1 Cydnus nigritus. 

 Grass and weed-seeds. 



