MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 379 
No, XIII—OCCURRENCE OF THE BLACK-CAPPED KINGFISHER 
(HALCYON PILEATA) IN TIRHUT. 
“Mr, G. Dalgliesh has very kindly sent mea beautiful specimen of this 
species, shot by himself on the 25th of last February in the neighbourhood of 
Dalsingh Sarai, in this district, He has also kindly furnished me with some 
interesting notes on the specimen obtained, It was a solitary bird, and was 
shot whilst sitting on a bamboo in the open, This is the only one he has seen, 
and I myself have not seen it here. The stomach contained the remains of 
some fish and also some beetles, the latter being undigested. The finding of 
beetles in the stomach is, I think, interesting, showing that its food is similar 
to that of H, smyrnensis, 
I think this is the first record of the occurrence of this species in this dis- 
trict, but it has been found at Monghyr, 
CHAS, M, INGLIS. 
BaGHOWNIE Factory, DARBHANGA, 
April, 1900, 
No, XIV.—OCCURRENCE OF THE WATER-RAIL (RALLUS 
AQUATICUS) IN TIRHUT, 
A male of this species was shot by Mr. G, Dalgleish on the 12th February, 
1898, at Hatauri Fty., which is four miles from here. Never having examined 
an Indian specimen, I was anxious to do so,and I asked Mr. Dalgleish to 
_ kindly let me see this one. He forwarded it to me a few days ago, and I 
compared it with Blanford’s description in Vol. IV, Birds (Fauna, British 
India), I should certainly say it was this species and not Rallus indicus ; 
there being no sign of a brown streak behind the eye. The specimen has 
been mounted but, unfortunately, is not in very good condition. 
I may mention that both Mr. Dalgleish and Mr, Jesse have recorded this 
specimen in the “ Field,” but the latter has given a wrong locality. 
CHAS, M. INGLIS. 
BacHownie Facrory, DARBHANGA, 
May, 1900. 
No. av —LARVA OF EUBLEMMA AMABILIS, MOORE, AS 
A LAC INSECT DESTROYER, : 
This very interesting discovery was made by Mr, D, O. Witt, of the Forest 
Service, in the Damoh District, Central Provinces, with whom, through the 
courtesy of the Honorary Secretary of the Bombay Natural History Society, 
YT was put into communication, It adds a second species to the genus 
Eublemma, known to feed on a species of Coccide, The other described one 
is E, coccidiphaga, Hampson, which is said to feed on the bodies of certain 
Species of Lecanium and Pulvenaria forming a case of their empty skins, 
Mr, Wilt kindly furnished me with all the information he was able, based 
on his own observations of the lac insect and its attacker. He was also good 
