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Misrellaneons Nofes 



of the refuse 

 created by the 

 larvfe of the 

 beetle. The upper 

 part was fresh 

 and the leaves 

 green, and until 

 the tree came 

 down it was not 

 noticed to be in 

 bad condition. 

 On examination, 

 a number of other 

 trees were found 

 to be similarly 

 affected, and will 

 no doubt fade 

 before long." 



In October 

 the same in= 

 sect, both in 

 the grub and 



beetle stage, was found by Mr. Gollan in the stems of date palms in the 

 Saharanpur Botanical Gardens. The trees killed by the weevils had been 

 impoi'ted about four years previously from the Persian Gulf, and it was 

 thought possible that the insect came with them, as neither the wild date 

 nor any other species of palm in Saharunpur had been similarly attacked. 

 According to Mr. Ridley^s Report, this insect attacks both healthy and 

 unhealthy trees. It generally lays its eggs at the base of the leaf stalk, 

 though it also takes advantage of any mechanical injury to the stem, or 

 of holes drilled by the Rhinoceros beetle [Oryctes rhinoceros) for deposit- 

 ing its eggs. The beetles fly chiefly at night and are often found con- 

 cealed in the holes of the Rhinoceros beetle. As with other wood-boring 

 insects, it is probably the case that unhealthy trees are more subject to 

 attack than healthy ones. The only remedies that have been suggested 

 are the obvious ones of destroying the beetles wherever they are found, 

 and of burning trees that are badly infested to check the increase of the 

 pest. Trees however that are not very badly attacked should be spared, 

 as they are said to recover in many cases. (The figures show the beetle, 

 with its grub, pupa, and cocoon, also side views of the head of the male 

 and female to show the difference in the snout of the two sexes.) 



The minute moth which proved destructive to bales of country 



Determination of miscella- blanketing in the Calcutta Army Clothicg 



neous pests. Department in 1887 has been examined by 



