^Io- 3. 3 Miscellaneous Notes from the Entomological Section, 111 



Agri-Horticultural Society of India. It proves to be a species of 

 Psychidas. The larvae cases are somewhat looser in structure, but very 

 similar both in size and shape to those of the species Eumeta siklcima, 

 Moore, which is figured and described on page 63 of volume II of these 

 Notes. "When received the caterpillars were alive, but no leaves could be 

 procured to feed them with in Calcutta. An attempt was made to rear 

 them upon the leaves of a number of other plants, but they fed very 

 sparingly and did not thrive. Several imagos however, both male and 

 female, were successfully reared. As usual, in the Psychidas the female is a 

 degraded wingless creature, very much like the female of Eumeia siklcima. 

 The male is an active dark-coloured insect, very considerably smaller 

 in size than the male of E. siklcima. It is also more uniformly covered 

 with scales. The species is new lo the Indian Museum collection, 

 so specimens have been forwarded to London for comparison with the 

 types in the British Museum.^) 



Several specimens of a small Ichneumonid parasite, also a single 

 Tachinid fly, emerged in the rearing cage, but have not yet been identifi- 

 ed. 



Both in 1891 and 189£ damage was reported in the forests of the 

 Hyderabad Assigned Districts by caterpillars 

 which defoliated the teak trees. 



The specimens, which were forwarded to the Museum through the 

 Forest Department in 1891, could not be identified at the time, as they 

 were immature. They were preserved, however, for further investigation, 

 and careful comparison with authenticated caterpillars since received 

 from Burma shows that the insects in the two cases are identical. The 

 species is the one referred to on page 94 of volume III of these Notes 

 under the name of Faliga damastesalis, Walker. According to a report 

 furnished by the District Forest Officer of Berar, the insect appeared in 

 the early part of September, but information has not been received upon 

 the subject of the extent of the damage that was occasioned. 



In 1892 the insect was a different one. It proves, from the speci- 

 mens forwarded to the Museum, to belong to the species liyhlcea puera, 

 Cramer. Injury commenced earlier, and a good deal of damage was done 

 in the beginning of the rainy season. The attack is said to have been 

 very severe in pure patches of teak, but was less noticed in areas where 

 the forest was a mixed one. The trees that were attacked looked quite 



(') The insect lias since been identified through the kindness of Mr. G. P. Hampson ss 

 Amatissa consorla, Tempi. 



