62 beetle pest on the oapis estate. 



Cttratoe, Museum, 



Could you find time to make an exhaustive inquiry into 

 this matter. You would have to spend some time on the spot. 



22ncl January, 1897. 



(Signed) E. W. Biech. 



Secretary to Government, 



Yes, certainly. I have already worked out some of the 

 insect pests here. 



2Srd Jammry, 1897. (Signed) L. Wray, Jun. 



Secretary to Government, — 



I shall be much obliged if Curator and State Geologist 

 would take this up. T was aware of his researches in this 

 direction in the past. 



26th January, 1897. (Signed) W. H. Treacher. 



Secretary to Government, 



I now enclose a report on the life history of the pest. It is 

 not quite complete, but for the purpose is sufficient. A year 

 would probably not be enough time to work out all the details 

 as it is such a long lived insect. 



2. A copy of the report might be sent to Sir Graeme 

 El])hinstone, and I then propose to print it in the number of 

 " Museum Notes " which is now in the Government Printer's 

 hands. 



27th Jidy, 1897. (Signed) L. Wray, Jun. 



REPORT. 



The insect is a fairly common one in Perak and infests 

 many trees and plants. It would aj^pear to be Astycus 

 lateralis of Fabr. In the Indian Musum Notes, Vol. II., No. 6, 

 p. 15], it is mentioned, and stated to be "a small greenish 

 weevil, reported in the beetle stage as defoliating mulberry 

 (Morns) bushes in Rangoon. Also thought to be the species 

 which has been reported by Mr. Thomson as tunnelling into the 



