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and antennffi bent inward and, like several other weevils, sliams 

 death. 



In two cases I found hymenopterous grubs attached to the weevil 

 grubs and some parasitic pupae in the pupal chamber of the weevils. 

 I could get only one adult parasite and it is shown with the weevil. I 

 could not yet work out exact life-history of this weevil but so far as I have 

 observed this weevil begins to emerge from September to November. 

 In the month of December I cut open several dried stems of sann-hemp, 

 but could not find a single one. Alternative food plant is not yet known. 

 This weevil practically does no harm to the plant and tlius cannot be- 

 included as a crop pest.] 



Mr. Senior- WWte. 

 Mr. Fletcher. 



Mr. Beeson. 

 Mr. Fletcher. 

 Mr. Robertson- 

 Brown. 

 Mr. Inglis. 

 Mr. Senior- White 



Lamiad^. 



Batocera rvhus, Limi. 



S. Ind. Ins. p. 324, f. 129 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 36, 

 131, 227, 251, 299. 



We have this from the following localities and foodplants : — Peshawar, 

 adult eating shoots of Ficvs carica and larva boring into stems of F. 

 carica ; Laksar (Gwalior), (IR. 912 of 12th October 1912) ; Dehra Dun ; 

 Muzaffarpur district, larva boring into mango roots. March 1915 ; Pusa, 

 larva in rotten papaya stem, boring sissu wood, in Bombax stem, and 

 boring Erythrina indica stem; Khasi Hills ; Western Ghats, in Para 

 rubber stump ; Kanara and Madura. It is widely distributed and is 

 often a pest of cultivated fig. 



As regards control, collection of the adults and injection of a mixture 

 of chloroform and creosote into the larval galleries have been found 

 successful. 



In Ceylon I have found the larva boring into a five stem of Ficus 

 religiosa some way above ground-level. 



At Pusa it is a common species and probably lives mostly in the various 

 species of wild figs. We have reared it and found t£at there is only one 

 generation in the year here. 



It attacks dead trees. 



Certainly not always. It is often a bad pest of cultivated fig-trees. 



Some time ago all the fig-trees in the Peshawar district were bored. 

 Nothing was done and the pest has quite abated now. 



I have found it boring in a living tree of Ficvs religiosa. 



It has not been seen in living rubber trees but attacks dead rubber 

 trees. Of course, it may work below ground-level in the case of living 

 trees. 



