PEOCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 723 



Anobium sp. (Plate 110). 

 This small brown beetle causes serious damage to aniseed, coriander 

 ■seed, cumin seed, ajwan (Carum copticum), and banjoan {Apium grave- 

 ■olens). Both the grubs and adults feed on the grains. In affected 

 material all the stages will be found at the same time. The white grubs 

 feed inside the grains and fx-equently bind several grains together before 

 pupation. 



Immunity or otherwise of grains, etc., stored in houses. 



In order to ascertain the immunity or resistance of the various kinds 

 «f seeds which householders ordinarily stock, two pounds of each of 

 the seeds mentioned below were kept m small earthen vessels (Plate 111) 

 ■without covers ha a tiled godown where the storage experiments were 

 carried on and which was full of insects and opened frequently so that 

 any insect co\ild have easy access. The seeds lay in the godown for 

 two years and those which were unaffected by insects after this period 

 are placed in one group and the affected ones in another group. 



Unaffected. 



I. Cereals — 



Oats (Avena saliva.) 

 China (Panicum miliaceum). 

 SJiama {Panicum frumentaceum). 

 Kauni {Setaria italica). 

 Kodon {Paspalum scrobiculatmn). 

 Gandli (Panicum miliare). 

 Mama (Ehusine coracana). 

 Bajra (Pennisetum typhoideum). 



II. Pulses— 



TJrid (Aghania and Mungia) {Phaseolus radiatus, varieties of). 

 Kirao (The small Field-peas, Pisum arvense). 



III. Oil-seeds— 



Mustard and Rape, [Brassica spp.). 



Castor, (Ricinus communis). 



Poppy, {Papaver somniferum). 



Linseed {Linum usitatissimum). 



Niger oilseed, {Guizotia abyssinica). 



SafHower, (Carthamus tinctorius). 



Groundnuts and groundnut seeds, (Arachis hypogcea). 



Gmgelly, {Sesamum indicum). 



y.B. — All aafflower, groundnuts and ground lut seeis an J some of gingelly and 

 niger oilseeds were eaten by rats and mice. 



