PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 753 



The weights left indicate the damage in each case. Taking both 

 the lots together, the total loss in weight was 15-5 per cent. This, 

 however, does not indicate the real damage. When the eaten shells 

 were removed the loss in weight amounted to 51 3 per cent. 



A. — In order to compare the damage to rice with that to wheat, 3) 

 lbs. Black-awn wheat was kept in an earthen vessel with loose cover 

 in the godown by the side of the rice from April 1917 to April 1918, 

 when, on sieving out the dust, the wheat weighed 19 lb. When cleaned 

 in a pestle and mortar the grains which were left and would be fit for 

 making atta weighed 8 lb. Therefore there was an actual loss of 73'3 

 per cent. 



Experiments with pulses. 



The experiments were made with (1) bora or barbati seeds {Vigna 

 catjang), (2) Lentil seeds {Ervum lens), (3). gram Seeds (Cicer arietiniim), 

 (4) arhar seeds (Cajanus indicus). The receptacles used were earthen 

 pots and gunny bags as in the experiments with wheat and rice. 



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