No. 3.] Miscellaneous Notes from the Entomological Section. 



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is a predaceous specie?, and is said to perform useful service in destroying- 

 the rice sapper Leplocorisa acuta, which does an enormous amount of 

 damage to paddy {Oryza saliva) throughout India. 



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The above figure represents the larva and imago, both somewhat 

 enlarged, of the Dermestid JEtliriostoma undiilata, Motsch. Below the 

 imago are much enlarged diagrams of the antenna and of the first, second 

 and third pairs of legs, the latter numbered 1, 2, and 3, respectively. 

 The natural size of the insect is shown by hair lines. This species is 

 referred to in these Notes, volume I, page 61, volume II, page 48, and 

 volume III, page 23. It is known as Kapra in the Delhi bazar, where 

 it is said sometimes to destroy as much as six or seven per cent, of wheat 

 stored in godowns. 



The above figure represents the larva and imago, both enlarged, also 



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