PEOCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



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

 the lots together, the total los:^ 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 SI'S per cent. 



A. — In order to compare the damage to rice with that to wheat, 30 

 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) bom or harhati seeds (Vigna 

 mtjang), (2) Lentil seeds {Ervum lens), (3) gram sieeds {Cicer arietinum), 

 (4) arhar seeds {Cajanus indicus). The receptacle.? used were earthen 

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



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