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No, XIII.—COCCIDIPHAGOUS LARVA OF EUBLEMMA, 
Mr. G. C, Dudgeon, in the last number of the Journal (Vol. XTII., No. 2), 
gives an interesting note on the life-history of Hublemma amabilis, and 
mentions that this is the second species that has been reported as preying 
upon Coccide, I can add two more to the list, Ihave bred Eublemma 
cretacea, Hmpsn., from the Coccid Ceroplastodes cajani, Mask., and Eublemma 
subangulata, Hmpsn., from a species of Antonina, HEublemma amabilis occurs 
very commonly in Ceylon, feeding upon a local species of Lac insect, 
Tachardia albizzie, Green. 
It is probable that very many—if not all—of the species of this genus 
will eventually be found to have the same habit, 
A closely allied insect—Thalpocharis coccidiphaga—does good service in 
Australia, in reducing the numbers of several injurious species of Coccide, 
e.g., Eriococcus coriaceus, Mask,, and Lecanium olew. 
E, ERNEST GREEN, F.5.5,, 
| Government Entomologist, R.B.G. 
PERADENIA, CryLon, August, 1900. 
No, XIV.—ON RHINOCEROS SHOOTING, 
IT have read with much interest Captain P, Z, Cox’s notes on Somaliland, 
and I know he will excuse me if I venture to criticise his advice to sportsmen 
to shoot Rhinoceroses in the belly. Every good sportsman will agree that 
shooting at large ‘“‘into the brown” of any beast is a practise much to be 
deprecated, and the advice given in his notes is only too likely to lead to 
this, Perhaps I may be excusedif I give a few instances of my small 
experience with the Rhinos. The first one lever fired at I had followed 
for several hours, and it was standing, facing away from me, with its head 
turned half round towards me, at about 70 yards; I may remark that I was 
extremely badly equipped for this style of shikar, as I had only a double- 
barrel 12-bore rifle. I thought to myself this is a fine opportunity for the 
head shot, and let drive behind the ear, The Rhinoceros fell on to its knees 
and stumbled forward for about ten yards, when it got up, and out of a cloud 
of dust charged straight down on me like an avalanche. I had just time 
to dodge it, and it passed on, and I never saw it again ; probably it hada 
headache, but nothing worse. The next chance we had, my friend was with 
me, (he had a double-barrel ‘500 express, magnum charge, and bullets with 
a steel core,)two Rhinos, which we had been following for some time, charged 
at our wind and passed within about five yards, I was behind a bush and 
could not see them. He dropped the first one stone-dead in its tracks with 
a shot behind the shoulder, It was a nearly full-grown calf, and he gave the 
other one the second barrel, in the same place, 1 ran after it as it went off, 
The going was very bad,I lost my hat,a large portion of my nose, and I 
