42 Indian Economic Bntomology. [ Yol. II, 



Thorax broad, with two alar muscular bosses. Scutellum small, abdomen pilose, 

 browui&h grev, flask-shaped, aud much corrugated. Nectaries as in the larval condi- 

 tion. Abdominal apex rounded, fringed with hair, and without a cauda. Legs long, 

 particularly the hinder pair ; second tarsal joint the longest, and furnished with two 

 black claws. Wings one-third longer than the body ; membrane semi-transparent 

 sinoky-brown, densely and finely punctured. Stigma long and straight. Stigmatic 

 vein nearly straight. Cubital vein twice forked ; other veins as in Lachnus. Lower 

 wino- with two straight cubital veins. Expanse 0"54 inch or 13"7 millimetres. Size 

 0-17 X 0-80 inch or 4*24 X 2-02 millimetres. 



" It would be hazardous to describe the colours of the living insects from samples 

 preserved in spirit, but it may be fairly assumed that the colours are of a grey-brown 

 or black, with a few obscure spots on the sides and dorsum. When placed in spirit, 

 they yield to it a deep port wine red tint, and the same stain tinges the insects 

 mounted in Canada balsam." 



In September 1890 were received, from the Agricultural Department, 



. „, Rano'oon, pupse o£ a moth belono-ino- to the 



Paddy caterpillars m Bhamo. ° '/'^^_ _ , '=' ^ ^ ^ 



lamily Ltmacockda, said to have proved de- 

 structive to paddy in part of the Bhamo district. The specimens were 

 insufficient for precise identification. 



From the Sub-Manager of the Encumbered Estates, Ranchi, were 



. ^ , . received in September 1890 a number of hair- 

 Rice caterpillars m Kancm. , 



covered caterpillars probably belonging to the 



heteroeerous family Las.iocampidcey but in too poor condition for precise 



identification. They were said to attack Dhan and Mama crops in Lohar- 



dugga, the damage annually done by the insect in one pergunnah being 



estimated at fr(jm four to six annas of the total crop. The caterpillars 



appear in the rainy season and defoliate the plants, trenches being dug 



by the cultivators to prevent their passing from the upland crops to 



attack the rice which lies at a lower level. 



The Executive Commissariat Officer at Thayetmyo reports that the 



.,,,,. , , outturn of potatoes grown from Englisii 



Ants attacking potatoes. _ . . . 



seed in the Commissariat garden in 1889-90 

 was considerably reduced by the ravages of a small ant which attacked 

 the tubers when quite young. No specimens have been furnished, but, 

 according to Dr. Walsh, the insect may perhaps have been the common 

 red ant Solenopsis gemminata. The only remedy suggested is that of 

 following the ants to their nest and destroying them there with boiling 

 water, kerosene oil, or bisulphide of carbon. 



In October 1890 the Collector of South Areot reported injury to 



paddy in his district by caterpillars. Speci- 

 Paddy pest in South Arcot. p .^ -n <• ^ •> 



mens or the caterpillars were lorwarded 



