MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 707 



1910 fruits, 40 cm. Growth beyond this produced in 1910, 19 cm. Growth 

 produced in 1911 (to base of bud), 38 cm. Present length of terminal 

 bud, 14 cm. 



I have seen a simihxr case in a wild plantain in the Botanical Garden, 

 Bassein, and should like to know if it is at all common in wild plantains, 

 and if it has been observed in cultivated plantains. 



W. BURNS, 

 Agbicultukal College, Economic Botanist, Poona. 



PooNA, 21.st September 1911. 



No. LI.— A FLY TRAP {BOUCEROSIA CRENULATA, Wight & 



Akn.). 



On 4th November 1911, I came across a flowering specimen of the 

 Asclepiad plant, Bouceronia crenulata, which had successfully entrapped a 

 common fly in the corolla of one of its flowers. The fly was very firmly 

 held, whether by the hairs of the surface or partly by the natural 

 viscosity of the flo»vers of this order I am uncertain, but I think by the 

 former, for on arrival at home after a long walk I released the captive 

 which flew away quite happily. I send you this note as I have not seea 

 the sensitiveness of this genus recorded anywhere and do not know 

 whether it is usual or not. 



Pyawbe, Sth December 1911. F. E. W. VENNING, Capt. 



No. LII.— NOTE ON MACROCRLAMYS (EURYCIILAMYS) PLATY- 

 CRLAMYS (Blanpord), ETC. 



[^From the ' Pkoceedings of the Malacological Society,' Vol. IX, 

 Part V, June, 1911.] 



It has been suggested that the following notes on the habits of this 

 small mollusc, made by me in Bombay about 1898, may be of interest, 

 The animal is of a bluish colour, the horn on the mucous pore is wel 

 marked, and the mantle has two broad shell-polishing lobes, each about a 

 quarter of an inch long, one protruding backwards and the other forwards, 

 over the shells. 



It is most lively in very damp weather, and crawls at an astonishing- 

 pace, but if allowed to get dry, when in captivity, dies immediately. It is 

 distinctly carnivorous ; a Succinea, crushed by accident in its presence, 

 was devoured on the spot. 



Aiiophanta bajadera (Pfeiffer), a much larger species, was attacked while 

 crawling on my table. The Macrochlamys climbed on to its shell and bit it 

 savagely on the back. The Ariophanta got rid of its assailant by swinging 

 its shell from side to side. On one occasion a specimen hung from my 

 finger by a thread of mucous 3 inches long ; at this point I unfortunately 



