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Indian Economic Entomology. 



[ Vol. 11. 



So far therefore as these specimens enahle us to judge^ it appears that 

 neither Acridiiim peregrinum, which is the chief locust of North-Western 

 India, nor Acridium succincttim., which was prohably the Bombay locust of 

 1882-83, were concerned in the Madras invasion of 1878. A consider- 

 able amount of damag-e was undoubtedly done by Acrididse over a wide 

 area in the Madras Presidency in 1878, and the official reports upon the 

 subject seem to show that while Orthoptera of all kinds were particularly 

 abundant in that year, all over the presidencj', most of the injury was 

 done by swarms belonging to a single species whose identity therefore 

 has yet to be established. 



Moth. 



l C ' gxM 3 R;jsaa^ ! sg^g{KJa^^'^ftJ>JgJ = g^«* ' - 



From Mr. J. Clegliorn were received in September 1890 some pome- 

 Baluchistan Pomegranate granates tunneled by the larva of a Micro. 



lepidopterous moth. The insect was reared in 



the Museum and 

 the specimens 

 were forwarded 

 to Mr. F. Moor', 

 who has identi- 

 fied them as be- 

 lono'ing' to a new 

 species of Phi/ci- 

 a dee, which he 

 describes under 

 the name of 

 Nephopteryx punic(sella. The following is the description kindly fur- 

 nished by Mr. Moore : — 



" NepJiopteryx funiccEella. 

 " Allied to the European N. alietella, but smaller in size, grey ; forewinsr numerously 

 covered with greyish black scales, but differs from ahietella in not having the marginal 

 blackish dots ; it has a similar transverse discal orpostmedial pale narrow wavy band, 

 and also an anteraedial similar band ; the other markings are also similar. Palpi, 

 antennae, and eyes black ; head, thorax, legs, and abdomen blackish, the latter with 

 greyish segmental bands. 



"Expanse of wings y\ inch. 

 " Habitat. — Baluchistan." 



In August 1890 the Commissioner of Bhagalpore forwarded some 

 paddv plants said to be suffering from the 



Paddy blight in Bhagalpce. ^^^^^ ^^ ^ ^.^^^^^ .^^^^^^ j^^^^^^ j^^^j,y ^,^ 



Mara, which weakens the plant by sucking up the juice of the leaves. The 

 insects are said to be so small as to be scarcely visible to the naked eye. 

 They occur only in rice fields where there is a scarcity of water, and the 

 damage caused by them has not been very extensive. The leaves of the 



