CONTENTS. 



Page 

 Papers read at the Meeting. 



47. The life history of Caligula cacharq, by J. Henry Watson . . , .836 



48. Life-histories of Indian Microlepidoptera (Abstract), by T. Bainbrigge Fletcher 838 



49. Exhibition of drawings, by Major F. C. Fraser, I.M.S., of early stages of Indian 



Butterflies . 857 



-50. The life-history of Orthezia insignis, by K. Kunhi Kannan .... 857 



51. The function ot the chitinouspUte in Bruchuschinensis(Ab.stnwi),hyK. Kunhi 



Kannan •••...... g57 .* 



—^2. Some Insect Prey of Birds in the Central Provinces, by E. A. D'Abreu . . 859 / ^^ CI ^ 



53. Life-history of Comocritis pieria, by R. Senior- White 872 ' ^^ 



54. Notes on rearing insects in hot countries, by T. Bainbrigge Fletcher and C. C. 



Ghosh •■•...... 875 



55. Breeding Cages and general insectary technique for wood-borers, by C. Beeson 892 



56. Notes on night-flying dragon-flies, by Major F.C. Fraser . . . . 8C5 



57. Note on larva of Catochrysops strabo, by Major F. C. Fraser . . . .897 



58. Spiders as checks on lepidopterous larva>, by Major F. C. Fraser ... 898 



59. The comparative invisibility of Papilio deiiiolcus during flight, by Dr E H 



Hankin "... 900 



60. The forms of Papilio polytcs, by Professor E. B. Poulton . . . .903 

 •61. The importance of insects to fisheries in India, by Dr. Baini Prashad . . 906 

 ■62. Note on a musciphagous wasp, by T. V. Ramakrishna Ayyar ... 909 

 63. Notes on the life-history of Cknitao ocellatus, by T: V. Ramakrishna Ayyar . 910 

 •64 Notes on the life-history of Polyptychus dcntatus, by T. V. Ramakrishna Ayyar 914 



65. Some observations on the Ufe-history of an Erotylid breeding in Itahan millet, 



byP. V.Isaac •■..•...!... 919 



66. The life-history of the Mminga stem-borer, by T. V. Subramaniam . . 922 



67. Notes on the Ufe-history of the Pollu flea-beetle (Longitarsus nigripennis) of 



pepper, by T. V. Ramakrishna Ayyar . . . . ... 925 



■68. On some of the bionomics of Bruchidse, by R. S. Kasergode .... 928 



-■69. On the insect parasites of some Indian crop-pests, by T. V. Ramakrishna / 'i' 1 /) J, 



^yy^^ 931 //oi^'^ 



70. Hints on coUectmg and preserving insects, by T. Bainbrigge Fletcher . . 936 



71. A method of preserving butterflies and other insects, by Dr. E. H. Hankin . 974 



72. The importance of collecting, by Dr. D. Sharp 976 



73. Note on a very curious Geometrid larva, by T. Bainbrigge Fletcher . . 978 



74. Indian Epipyropida;, by T. Bainbrigge Fletcher 978 <^/^ / 



- 75. Indian Fossil Insects, by T. Bainbrigge Fletcher .982 ^ f ^.0^ 



76. The desirability and practicabiUty of the preparation and pubUcation of a 



general catalogue of all described Indian Insects, by T. Bainbrigge Fletcher 989 



77. A sketch of our present knowledge of Indian Microlepidoptera, by E. Meyriok . 999 



78. The Trichonymphid parasites of some Indian Termites, by Captain Frodano 



•''«M«11° 1009 



79. GenitaUa of some Ceylonese Hesperiadse, by W. Ormiston .... 1022 



80. On the BoUworm parasite described as Phogas Ufroyi by Dudgeon and Gough, 



by Professor C. T. Brues . . ... . . . . io26 



81. Some recently noted South Indian Melolonthid* of economic importance by 



P. V. Isaac _ •' jQ.,g 



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