Indian Economic Entomology. 



[ Vol. II. 



From the Revd. M. M. Carleton 



The Anjoumois grain moth in Kulu. 



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have been received American 

 maize cobs grown in Kulu 

 and infested by the larvae 

 of a small Tineid moth, 

 which is said to swarm in 

 the granaries where the grain 

 is stored. The insect was evi- 

 dently very closely allied to 

 the Anjoumois Grain Moth 

 ( Gelechia cerealella, Oliv.) 

 described in the United 

 States Entomological Report, 

 1884, page 345, but, as this 

 insect had not been previ- 

 ously recorded from India, 

 the specimens were submit- 

 ted to Mr. L. O. Howard, 

 Acting United States Ento- 

 mologist, for favour of com. 

 parison with the American 

 form. In reply, Mr. Howard 

 writes : " So far as I can see, 

 this moth is indistinguish- 

 able from the Anjoumois 

 Grain Moth of this country 

 and Europe, and I have care- 

 fully compared it with speci- 

 mens upon which the illus- 

 trations and article in the 

 1884 Report were based." 



The Anjoumois Grain 

 Moth has long been known 

 in the granaries of Southern 

 Europe and of America. It 

 is named after the old Prov- 

 ince of Anjou in France^ 

 where it proved exceedingly 

 destructive about a century 

 ago. According to the ob- 

 servations which have been 

 made by Entomologists in 

 Europe and of America, the 

 first eggs are generally laid 

 in grain standing in the 



